What is EMDR Therapy?

EMDR Therapy (or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) is an integrative therapy that helps us heal from Traumatic events, as well as life disturbing experiences. EMDR Therapy has gotten worldwide attention for helping millions of people and is currently the #1 research based therapy modality for treating PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), caused from traumatic events, such as; rape, sexual abuse, auto accidents and combat. EMDR Therapy can also help people who feel distress in their lives to heal and feel more whole after events that have been disturbing such as; divorce, life transitions, grief, anxiety and more.

Many times when events happen in a person’s life or they are experiencing distress and can’t find a way to fix it on their own, they struggle to find a way to integrate that incident into their life experience. That event can become an unprocessed memory and get stored in the brain creating symptoms that are uncomfortable. Physical sensations, emotions, thoughts, and images associated with the event can get locked into the brain, and without treatment, may lead to more distressing symptoms and behaviors.

Using EMDR we can identify and process these “stuck” pieces, activating the brain’s inherent system to process and integrate the information, so that the symptoms can decrease and we can feel more alive and less distressed. EMDR Therapy will not erase the memory; rather you will be able to remember the story without all the triggers or emotional charge that was distressing or debilitating before the treatment.

“EMDR with Alanna has helped me so much! I have been able to process and release the triggers and trauma of my past. I was able to let go of years of resentment and find more peace in my life.” – Steve N.