EMDR

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a unique, non-traditional form of therapy designed to diminish negative feelings associated with memories of traumatic events. Treatment includes a hand motion technique used by the therapist to guide the client's eye movement from side to side, similar to watching a pendulum swing. The eye movements will last for a short time and then stop. The client will then be asked to report back on the experience that they have had during the set of eye movements. Experience during a session may include changes in thoughts, images and feelings.

With repeated sets of eye movements, the memory tends to change in such a way that it loses its painful intensity and simply becomes a neutral memory of an event in the past. Other associated memories may also heal at the same time. This linking of related memories can lead to a dramatic and rapid improvement in many aspects of one's life.

I hold a certifcate in Attachment focused EMDR which is a variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). It adapts the standard EMDR model to help with current psychological problems which may have their origins in traumatic events experienced in early childhood.