Psychoeducation - EMDR for Trauma,
What is EMDR?
What is my trauma?
What is my trauma?
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). The theory behind EMDR is that many psychological difficulties result from distressing life experiences, including trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression, which have not been stored in memory properly and are said to be unprocessed or blocked. EMDR rapidly allows us to process stuck trau
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). The theory behind EMDR is that many psychological difficulties result from distressing life experiences, including trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression, which have not been stored in memory properly and are said to be unprocessed or blocked. EMDR rapidly allows us to process stuck traumatic memories as we would normally do with less traumatic memories during sleep.
What is my trauma?
What is my trauma?
What is my trauma?
What is unique about trauma memories? Trauma can be an accumulation of negative life experiences or a single event. Either way, your current sensitivity or disturbance is driven by your subconscious mind. However, the common thread that holds trauma memories together is negative core beliefs.
EMDR focuses on working with past, present and future vision sets.
Science of EMDR
What is my trauma?
Science of EMDR
EMDR is measurable using brain scans. The EMDR image on the left shows the brain before EMDR, and the right shows the brain after EMDR. The areas in the red front have unhealthy hyperactivity in the parts of the brain associated with anxiety, depression, and concentration. In other words, you feel triggered, anxious, out-of-control.
EMDR
EMDR is measurable using brain scans. The EMDR image on the left shows the brain before EMDR, and the right shows the brain after EMDR. The areas in the red front have unhealthy hyperactivity in the parts of the brain associated with anxiety, depression, and concentration. In other words, you feel triggered, anxious, out-of-control.
EMDR temporarily slows your over-stimulated amygdala, helping you process (desensitize) the traumatic memory or distressing thoughts.