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EMDR THERAPY IN TEXAS

Is talk therapy not working for you?

Are you feeling like your childhood trauma and inner wounds affect your ability to reach you full potential in life? Are you ready to surrender & release it? Are you ready to process unresolved traumatic memories?

You’re in the right place!

What is EMDR?

  • EMDR is a psychotherapy technique aimed at processing and reducing the emotional impact of traumatic memories. It involves guided bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, to help individuals focus on distressing experiences. The goal is to facilitate the natural processing of memories, making it particularly useful for conditions like PTSD, anxiety, and phobias.

  • Intrusive Traumatic Memories: EMDR can assist in alleviating the distress caused by intrusive memories, helping individuals process and reduce the emotional charge.

    Emotional Dysregulation: For those struggling with intense and unpredictable emotions stemming from trauma, EMDR provides a structured approach to promote emotional regulation and stability.

    Negative Core Beliefs: EMDR can be beneficial in addressing and reprocessing negative core beliefs formed as a result of trauma, fostering a more positive and adaptive mindset.

  • Bilaterally stimulation is guided eye movements, side to side, which is believed to aid the brain in processing traumatic memories.

    EMDR can adapt to various forms of bilateral stimulation, making it accessible to individuals with different comfort levels or preferences.

  • Some individuals may experience noticeable improvements in a relatively short time, although the duration of therapy varies based on individual needs.

    EMDR aims not only for symptom relief but also for long-term psychological well-being, addressing the root causes of distress.

  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing

How EMDR works…

It’s normal to wonder what happens during a typical EMDR session. The process happens in eight different phases throughout treatment. The first phase focuses on a thorough history and trauma timeline followed by a preparation stage. Rapid eye movement is the bilateral stimulation, basically look right, then left, then right, then left, and continue to repeat as instructed. During this the client will focus on the target memory and identify beliefs about themselves. The client will identify a positive they would like to believe about themselves. All the sensations and emotions that come up during this time will be identified. Then the individual will reprocess the memory while focusing on the external stimulus creating bilateral eye movements. This usually happens by following the therapist finger move side to side or following a ball move side to side on a computer screen. This process continues until the memory is no longer disturbing for the client.

You do not forget the memory, however your body kind of forgets the response associated with the memory and the dysregulation becomes desensitized. I believe our body is naturally regulated through bilateral stimulation. I mean consider a baby and what ways you soothe one, naturally we rock a baby side to side right? Similarly, this process happens internally.

During this time, you’re processing the trauma while both sides of the brain are stimulated. The positive belief regarding the memory will replace the negative belief. Many individuals report zero to minimal dysregulation of a target memory after an EMDR experience.

EMDR therapy can help you with…

  • Intrusive Traumatic Memories: EMDR can assist in alleviating the distress caused by intrusive memories, helping individuals process and reduce the emotional charge.

  • Emotional Dysregulation: For those struggling with intense and unpredictable emotions stemming from trauma, EMDR provides a structured approach to promote emotional regulation and stability.

  • Negative Core Beliefs: EMDR can be beneficial in addressing and reprocessing negative core beliefs formed as a result of trauma, fostering a more positive and adaptive mindset.

If you’re ready to truly make a change, I am here to help walk this journey with you…

FAQs about EMDR

  • EMDR was developed by Francine Shapiro in the late 1980’s and has since gained widespread recognition in the field of psychotherapy.

  • EMDR typically follows a structured eight-phase approach, including history-taking, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, and reevaluation.

  • EMDR is particularly effective in treating trauma-related conditions, such as PTSD, by helping individuals process and reframe distressing memories.

  • EMDR is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an effective treatment for trauma-related conditions.

  • This will vary for each client based on the complexity of traumatic experiences.

    Typically a target memory can be processed and fully desensitized in one to two sessions.

    An EMDR therapy intensive is enough time to process multiple target events.

    Some clients integrate therapy intensives while maintaining individual counseling weekly to help alleviate the day to day stressors they encounter.

    Each individuals journey is unique and will require different timeframes.