“EMDR provides a way for people to free themselves from destructive memories, and it seems to work, even in cases where years of conventional therapy have failed.”
– ABC News 20/20
“Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy approach used to overcome the emotionally painful effects of trauma and a wide range of other emotional conditions. It has been shown to be twice as effective in HALF the amount of time of standard traditional psychotherapy treatments alone. EMDR is a combination of traditional talk therapy and bilateral stimulation following an eight-phase model.
It has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress”.
EMDR is a well-known treatment for trauma and PTSD and is considered an effective treatment for the following:
- Addiction/substance- abuse
- Anxiety and panic
- Low self-esteem
- Phobias
- Life transitions
- Stress
- Performance anxiety
- Grief
- Fear of flying
- Disturbing memories
- Sexual and/or physical abuse
- Phobias
- Depression
- Anger Management
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