EMDR THERAPY
EMDR therapy, harnessing the power of bilateral stimulation, is a structured and efficient approach that encourages patients to briefly focus on traumatic memories, concurrently experiencing controlled eye movements, leading to a reduction in the vividness and emotional intensity associated with the trauma, fostering empowerment and resilience.
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EMDR Therapy
Overview
What is EMDR therapy? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an innovative mental health treatment technique. It involves specific eye movements while processing traumatic memories with the aim of facilitating healing from trauma or distressing life experiences. Developed in 1989, numerous clinical trials since then have demonstrated its effectiveness, often providing faster results compared to other therapeutic methods.
Who benefits from EMDR therapy? EMDR can be transformative for individuals across age groups, including adolescents, teenagers, and adults. Some specialists also focus on providing EMDR for children.
Adaptive Information Processing
EMDR relies on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro. This model acknowledges the distinct way the brain stores normal and traumatic memories. Trauma memories often disrupt the natural healing process, leading to persistent negative symptoms, emotions, and behaviors.
Triggers
Improperly stored memories may be triggered by sights, sounds, or smells connected to a traumatic event, causing overwhelming emotions. Flashbacks, common in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), illustrate how improperly stored memories can create an uncontrolled and distressing reliving of past events.
Reprocessing and Repair
EMDR involves accessing traumatic memories through guided instructions and eye movements. This targeted reprocessing helps repair the mental injury caused by the trauma, making the memory more manageable and reducing associated negative feelings.
Procedure Details
What does EMDR therapy involve? EMDR therapy comprises eight phases conducted over multiple sessions. These phases, including patient history, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, re-evaluation, and continuing care, guide the therapeutic process.
What is EMDR therapy? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an innovative mental health treatment technique. It involves specific eye movements while processing traumatic memories with the aim of facilitating healing from trauma or distressing life experiences. Developed in 1989, numerous clinical trials since then have demonstrated its effectiveness, often providing faster results compared to other therapeutic methods.
Who benefits from EMDR therapy? EMDR can be transformative for individuals across age groups, including adolescents, teenagers, and adults. Some specialists also focus on providing EMDR for children.
Adaptive Information Processing
EMDR relies on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro. This model acknowledges the distinct way the brain stores normal and traumatic memories. Trauma memories often disrupt the natural healing process, leading to persistent negative symptoms, emotions, and behaviors.
Triggers
Improperly stored memories may be triggered by sights, sounds, or smells connected to a traumatic event, causing overwhelming emotions. Flashbacks, common in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), illustrate how improperly stored memories can create an uncontrolled and distressing reliving of past events.
Reprocessing and Repair
EMDR involves accessing traumatic memories through guided instructions and eye movements. This targeted reprocessing helps repair the mental injury caused by the trauma, making the memory more manageable and reducing associated negative feelings.
Procedure Details
What does EMDR therapy involve? EMDR therapy comprises eight phases conducted over multiple sessions. These phases, including patient history, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, re-evaluation, and continuing care, guide the therapeutic process.
Why choose EMDR?
Addressing the Effectiveness of EMDR Therapy
- Proven EffectivenessClients often inquire about the effectiveness of EMDR therapy, and the evidence overwhelmingly supports its efficacy. Extensive research reveals that EMDR is highly effective, achieving up to 100% success for single-trauma cases and a commendable 77% effectiveness for individuals with multiple traumas.
- Combat Veterans and PTSD:For combat veterans grappling with PTSD symptoms, EMDR therapy emerges as a powerful and transformative solution. It has been found to be highly effective in alleviating and eliminating PTSD symptoms, offering hope and healing to those who have served.
- Global Acceptance and Utilization:EMDR therapy is not only backed by research but is also widely embraced and utilized worldwide. Over 100,000 therapists globally employ EMDR as a key therapeutic tool, attesting to its widespread acceptance within the mental health community.
- Endorsements from Major Associations:The credibility of EMDR therapy is reinforced by endorsements from more than 15 major associations worldwide. Renowned entities such as the World Health Organization, American Psychological Association, and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs recognize and recommend EMDR for trauma and PTSD.
Does EMDR Work?
Expanding EMDR Applications
Beyond PTSD:
While much of the research surrounding EMDR focuses on its efficacy in treating PTSD, therapists often apply this versatile therapy to address a spectrum of psychological challenges. These include:
Beyond PTSD:
While much of the research surrounding EMDR focuses on its efficacy in treating PTSD, therapists often apply this versatile therapy to address a spectrum of psychological challenges. These include:
EMDR has shown promise in alleviating the symptoms of panic attacks. By targeting the underlying causes and associated distressing memories, EMDR aids individuals in regaining control over their emotional responses.
Therapists have found success in utilizing EMDR for individuals struggling with eating disorders. By addressing the trauma or distressing experiences underlying these disorders, EMDR supports a holistic approach to healing.
Addressing the roots of addictive behaviors, EMDR can complement addiction treatment. By reprocessing traumatic memories contributing to addictive tendencies, individuals may experience more effective and lasting recovery.
Beyond PTSD-related anxiety, EMDR has proven beneficial for addressing various anxiety disorders. This includes easing discomfort related to public speaking or dental procedures. By rewiring negative associations, EMDR empowers individuals to confront and manage anxiety triggers more effectively.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
- INDIVIDUAL APPROACHI create your personal schedule and choose individual tools to achieve your goal by eliminating the real cause of the problem.
- AT YOUR OWN PACEEveryone is different. I had a client who quit smoking in 1 day or drinking in 3 days. Everyone has their own reason and speed for change.
- NO MEDICAL INTERACTIONWhat does it mean? It means that all of my treatments are medications free. I work only with your mind and emotional state of being.
- DELIVERYYou choose the delivery of the program. Online, In-person, In group or through Zoom.
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Bilateral Stimulation (BLS) in tandem with EMDR therapy is crucial for emotional distress relief, transforming traumatic memories, and fostering resilience. This blend signifies the future of holistic mental health intervention.
Empower your healing journey with EMDR – where breakthroughs happen through the transformative touch of bilateral stimulation (BLS)
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BLS, a fundamental EMDR component, engages both brain hemispheres through stimuli like eye movements, auditory cues, or tactile input. Its primary goal is to kickstart neurological processing techniques, amplifying communication between brain regions to process traumatic memories.
Eye movements, along with auditory and tactile components, are vital in the dual attention stimulation process, mimicking REM sleep for effective EMDR therapy. EMDR's evolution, initiated by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s, incorporates BLS, maintaining its principles for global recognition in PTSD treatment.
Bilateral Stimulation comes in visual, auditory, and tactile forms, with tools like light bars, headphones, and buzzers enhancing memory targeting stimulation. Significance and Advantages of BLS encompass decreased disturbances, increased relaxation, improved coping mechanisms, and emotional distance from trauma.
Bilateral Stimulation plays a vital role in trauma resolution, memory processing, and reducing stress and anxiety, aligning with EMDR techniques. Efficiency sets BLS apart from traditional methods, treating various psychiatric disorders beyond PTSD, with active patient participation.
Success stories, testimonials, and data-driven evidence validate BLS's efficacy, countering misconceptions and prejudices. EMDR therapy techniques, including BLS, are scientifically endorsed and client-safe.
Eye movements, along with auditory and tactile components, are vital in the dual attention stimulation process, mimicking REM sleep for effective EMDR therapy. EMDR's evolution, initiated by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s, incorporates BLS, maintaining its principles for global recognition in PTSD treatment.
Bilateral Stimulation comes in visual, auditory, and tactile forms, with tools like light bars, headphones, and buzzers enhancing memory targeting stimulation. Significance and Advantages of BLS encompass decreased disturbances, increased relaxation, improved coping mechanisms, and emotional distance from trauma.
Bilateral Stimulation plays a vital role in trauma resolution, memory processing, and reducing stress and anxiety, aligning with EMDR techniques. Efficiency sets BLS apart from traditional methods, treating various psychiatric disorders beyond PTSD, with active patient participation.
Success stories, testimonials, and data-driven evidence validate BLS's efficacy, countering misconceptions and prejudices. EMDR therapy techniques, including BLS, are scientifically endorsed and client-safe.
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Grounding technique
Bilateral Stimulation (BLS)
BLS is used in EMDR Therapy. Please watch the video to learn how to apply it.
EMDR Therapy Stages
Stage One
Target Initial Sensitizing Event
The therapist and the client choose what initial sensitizing event (ISE) is causing posttraumatic syndrome disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Duration: First Session
Duration: First Session
Stage Two
Tools
The client is trained to use tools that are important in successful desensitization and reprocessing stage.
Duration: First Session
Duration: First Session
Stage Three
Desensitization&Reprocessing
This is where the actual desensitization and reprocessing happens with utilization of BLS.
Duration: 4-5 Sessions depending on the issue.
Duration: 4-5 Sessions depending on the issue.
Stage Four
Future Template
During this stage the client is introduced to a future template (future event where possible disturbance may occur) and evaluates the readiness to live freely.
Duration: Last Session
Duration: Last Session
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Olena Pkhaladze. 36Monroe Inc.
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Olena Pkhaladze. 36Monroe Inc.
olenapkh.therapy@gmail.com
www.olenapkhaladze.com
www.36monroe.com
(289) 724-4945