overview
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an internationally approved treatment for all kinds of psychological trauma arising from accidents, abuse, assaults, natural disasters, and bereavements, to attachment traumas that may be experienced in childhood.
EMDR involves talking and bilateral stimulation, typically eye movements. The aim is to reduce distress and negative beliefs associated with past overwhelming or traumatic experiences that are having a significant impact on our mental health.
Here is a short YouTube video that helps explain EMDR.
And here is a concise description of the treatment.
EMDR has been successfully used to treat:
- anxiety
- panic attacks
- grief/loss
- depression
- addictions
- anger
- phobias
- performance anxiety
- sleep
- traumatic memories
- low self-esteem
- trust issues