🧡 What is EMDR?
EMDR is a structured therapeutic approach designed to help individuals process traumatic memories and emotions. It involves a combination of talk therapy and guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation techniques.
🧡 How does EMDR help you?
EMDR is a psychotherapy that helps people heal the symptoms of emotional distress and disturbing life experiences. By using EMDR therapy, people can experience the benefits of therapy that once took years to make a difference.
EMDR therapy shows that the mind can heal itself from psychological trauma. If the brain’s information processing system becomes clogged or imbalanced as a result of a disturbing event, the trauma will flare up and can cause intense suffering. Once that negative event is resolved, the healing process will continue. Using the processes in EMDR therapy training sessions, therapists help clients activate their own healing process.
In essence, EMDR is a therapy that can connect the past, present, and future by addressing the emotional impact of past events, reducing current symptoms and suffering, and equip individuals with the emotional tools and resilience to face the future with greater strength and hope. . It is a holistic approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of our past, present, and future experiences.
🧡 How does EMDR work?
According to IFS, the undamaged Core Self is the essence of who you are. Parts of a person can be healed, transformed, and better managed by the Self by achieving the three goals of IFS:
1, Free the client from negative things and sad memories
2, Restore the client’s faith in themselves
3, Coordinate and harmonize departments, so that clients can work together as a team with Self in charge
🧡 What groups of people is EMDR effective for?
Since the initial efficacy study (Shapiro, 1989), positive treatment results with EMDR have been reported with many client groups including:
- People with phobias, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder
- People with problems with migraines, chronic pain, limb pain, gastrointestinal problems, eating disorders and negative body image
- Adults and adolescents diagnosed with depression
- Veterans, active in war
- Police officers, firefighters, field staff and carers are haunted by the consequences of violent attacks or the stressful nature of their work.
- People with emotional or physical weakness
- Victims of domestic violence and sexual dysfunction in marriage
- People in the stage of chemical dependence and addictions
- People who worry about performance in studies, work, business, performing arts and sports, etc
🧡 Hope this is an article with useful knowledge for you. The effectiveness of this therapy depends on each person’s adaptability and your therapeutic relationship with the counselor. You should proactively and comfortably talk to your psychologist about the therapy you are using!