EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy can help to help reduce the impact traumatic events, symptoms, and experiences can have on our lives.

When trauma, difficult memories, symptoms, and or pain are present in our lives, it can cause complete disruption of our normal functioning. It can be easy to just attempt to block things out or ignore things that are reminding us of those past or current struggles. Internally we may even know that trying to suppress what happened to us or what we are going through isn’t the healthiest option, but damn, it can make things feel more manageable in the moment. At some point, these experiences may catch up with us or maybe it has been steadily growing in unpleasant ways such as flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive thoughts, feelings of depression anxiety or panic, and even physical symptoms.

EMDR is a structured therapy that allows for patients to focus on a difficult or traumatic memory for brief periods of time while also undergoing bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, sounds, vibrations etc). Bilateral stimulation used in EMDR can be effective in reducing how vivid the traumatic or difficult experience is and assists in reducing the emotions that are attached to those memories.

We use EMDR therapy to treat trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, OCD, depression, grief & loss, substance use, stress, sleep disturbances, low self-esteem, body dysmorphia, and sexual assault. It can also be helpful for people who have a history of complex trauma or CPTSD, such as those who have experienced ongoing abuse or neglect.