EMDR Psychotherapy

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, commonly known as EMDR, is a type of psychotherapy used for mental health issues caused by traumatic events in the past. EMDR relieves distress associated with these traumatic memories and helps to process the negative images, beliefs, emotions and body sensations therein. Its aim is to help you heal from distressing life experiences (including trauma). 

EMDR psychotherapy does not involve in depth detail regarding a distressing experience. Instead, it endeavours to change the emotions, behaviours or thoughts resulting from a distressing experience. This enables the mind to naturally heal. EMDR posits that the mind can recover from psychological trauma in the same way as the body physically heals itself. When trauma or distress occurs, trauma or distressing events serve to block or imbalance the brain’s information processing system. Once this block or imbalance is removed, healing naturally resumes.   

This method entails the client making certain eye movements and following guided instructions while they access traumatic memories. This can help the person reprocess what they remember from the negative event. This reprocessing repairs the mental injury from that memory. EMDR can be helpful for: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, dissociative disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, personality disorders.