Are you feeling stuck, weighed down by painful memories, or struggling with emotional distress from past experiences? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy might be the breakthrough you need.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.
More than 30 positive controlled outcome studies have been done on EMDR therapy. Some of the studies show that 84%-90% of single-trauma victims no longer have post-traumatic stress disorder after only three 90-minute sessions. Another study, funded by the HMO Kaiser Permanente, found that 100% of the single-trauma victims and 77% of multiple trauma victims no longer were diagnosed with PTSD after only six 50-minute sessions. In another study, 77% of combat veterans were free of PTSD in 12 sessions.
There has been so much research on EMDR therapy that it is now recognized as an effective form of treatment for trauma and other disturbing experiences by organizations such as the Australian Psychological Association, the World Health Organization and the Department of Defence.
Given the worldwide recognition as an effective treatment of trauma, you can easily see how EMDR therapy would be effective in treating the “everyday” memories that are the reason people have low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, and all the myriad problems that bring them in for therapy.
If something is blocking your recovery or holding you back in some way, or if other therapies haven’t worked for you in the past, then book in a session with Laura, Clinical Psychologist from Fildes Psychology to explore EMDR and move through this together, to continue your life unaffected by trauma.
WRITTEN BY LAURA FILDES, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
