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EMDR (Eye
Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) |
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EMDR is a powerful new method of
doing psychotherapy. To date, EMDR has helped an estimated
half million people of all ages relieve many different types
of psychological distress. |
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How Does it Work? No one knows exactly how EMDR
works. However, we do know that when a person is very upset,
the brain does not process information in the same way that it
ordinarily does: It is as though the processing
becomes stuck or stalled at a certain point. Consequently
memories of traumatic events are different from memories of
day-to-day events. EMDR uses eye movements, similar to those of REM (rapid eye
movement) sleep to "jump-start" information processing and
enable a person to reach a healthier and more
adaptive resolution by processing the information as they
would normal memory. In much the same way as one
would focus on a stuck traumatic event, the focus can be a
successful moment or admired figure in your life
to process a needed resource (confidence, courage, forgiveness
of self or others), enabling a person to
feel more capable. |
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Ginny Kelly,
LICSW , Certified in EMDR, has used it
successfully with childhood trauma flashbacks, nightmares,
truamatic accidents, fears, phobias, anxiety, grief issues,
self-esteem and performance issues. In the same way it can
process out a stuck traumatic memory, it can highlight a
positive thought or eliminate negative feelings associated with
past events. If used as part of ongoing therapy, it will be
covered by health insurance.
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