Moving Past the Past

EMDR therapy can help you (and your brain) move forward.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help your brain see this disturbing material in a new and less distressing way, so you can put the experience behind you.

EMDR does not brainwash you into forgetting the trauma or being happy about it, but it renders it so that it doesn’t feel like it just happened.

For example, if you ever had surgery, you may remember waking up and being in a lot of pain. You can remember being in pain, but the difference now is that you don’t feel the pain. You remember it was there, but that pain is not there now.

EMDR is very similar! Once reprocessing and healing are complete, you may look back on the trauma and remember that it was painful… but the pain is no longer present.

The pain will be gone – as will all those negative thoughts about yourself and the world around you.

Here’s an overview of what sessions look like…

Our first couple of sessions are going to prepare you for reprocessing. In these sessions, you’ll choose specific memories that you find distressing and are tied to the event or trauma. We’ll discuss those memories, negative beliefs, and feelings associated with them. We’ll also talk about how you would like to feel in the future when you think about them.

I like to remind all of my clients that, with EMDR, you’re holding the controller. If you feel overwhelmed or want to stop, you’re going to hold up your hand or say stop, and we will. You choose the memories and speed of your reprocessing… it’s all in your hands.