EMDR Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy tool used to help individuals find healing from emotionally distressing or disturbing memories, beliefs, and experiences. EMDR has been an approved and utilized therapeutic approach for over 30 years backed by over 30 independent studies conducted on individuals diagnosed with PTSD, the majority of whom experienced full resolution of symptoms after sessions.
Candace David is trained in providing EMDR.
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EMDR is an eight-phase treatment and is facilitated by an EMDR Trained Therapist. Through bilateral stimulation (what researchers believe is experienced during REM sleep) clients are able to access maladaptively stored memories, beliefs, and experiences, experience a neutral emotional state when thinking about them, and finally reprocess and store them adaptively. In short, clients facilitate and experience their own healing.
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EMDR is facilitated by the therapist and the pace is set at the pace at which a client's brain is experiencing healing. The number of memories an individual chooses to address, the frequency of sessions, and the willingness to experience discomfort as they process all are factors that impact the length of time. The length of time is unique for each individual
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EMDR has been proven to be the most effective therapeutic intervention for treating trauma. Research has shown it to also be highly effective at helping individuals make progress in their journey with addiction, eating disorders, social anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Video provided by EMDRIA.