EMDR or Eye Movement desensitisation and Reprocessing is a powerful psychotherapy that can help people to recover from traumatic events. These events may be linked to traumatic events like a road traffic accidents, or be related to difficult experiences in childhood.

What is EMDR?

Traumatic events and memories can remain "frozen" in the brain and not processed in the way other memories are. Everyday trigger events, like a car exhaust backfiring connect with these frozen memories leading to repeated distress and reliving of the traumatic event as if it was still happening today. EMDR seeks to reprocess traumatic memories so that they can be stored in the long term memory leading to a life free of the distress associated with past events.

EMDR was designed to work on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and there is ample evidence as to its effectiveness. The NHS recognises EMDR as an effective therapy for PTSD. Recent evidence also suggests that EMDR is effective for a wide range of psychological problems as seen with CBT. A key benefit of EMDR is that it can have very rapid results when compared to other therapies.

What can EMDR help with?

I recently started EMDR training. As an EMDR therapist "in training" I will see clients under supervision. This means that I will be offering EMDR to clients who request this and are suitable for EMDR. My practice will be under supervision. If you would like to discuss EMDR with me please contacted on the details below.