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If you have a counselling or health related subject that you would like to see information about please send a request to lorraine.mcateer@bestlifecounselling.com You never know, you just might get the information you are seeking! FAQs about EMDR Depression and Anxiety; Prevalence, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment On Reconciling Differences and Bridging Relationship Gaps What is Health? Why do I, as a Counsellor, choose to offer EMDR to my clients? As an evidence-based practitioner and researcher myself, it has taken a lot of experimental validation to convince me that EMDR is much more than a passing fad; Indeed it is a very effective psychotherapeutic tool. After nearly 20 years of research, and continued accolades from professional colleagues, it has proven itself to be a therapy worthy of my clients. Therefore, I have decided to include EMDR in my repertoire of Counselling techniques, as part of a multifaceted approach to Counselling, so that I can provide the very best to my clients, should they, of their own free will, choose it. What is EMDR? EMDR is a relatively new and groundbreaking psychotherapeutic technique involving bilateral stimulation of the brain, generally through eye movements much like those occurring naturally during dream or REM sleep. EMDR "˜targets' upsetting emotional events to allow their reprocessing such that they are no longer as painful nor as disruptive to client's lives. It is often a wonderful surprise to uncover the reasons why certain circumstances are unsettling to us and to often be, completely and permanently, relieved of them. Studies indicate that EMDR is effective in over 90% of the general populace. Since the first published EMDR research study done by its developer, Dr. Shapiro in 1989, EMDR has continued to evolve to include contributions made by world therapists and researchers, and to incorporate key elements of multiple psychotherapeutic approaches. Thus far, EMDR has helped approximately 2 million clients find relief from a great variety of psychological distresses. What does E.M.D.R. stand for? Eye Movement. Eye movements, or alternating bilateral taps or tones, assist to stimulate the left and right brain hemispheres. Desensitization refers to reducing or removing the sensitivity of the emotional disturbance(s) associated with a traumatic memory. Reprocessing refers to the replacement of unhealthy, negative beliefs, associated with traumatic memories, with healthier, more positive, beliefs. What can EMDR help with? EMDR has been most studied in its application to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its symptoms. PTSD symptoms include: anxiety, fearfulness, guilt, anger, depression/sadness, panic, sleep disturbances, nightmares, and flashbacks (where the memories are relived). Traditional therapies have met with limited success in treating victims of trauma. However, not only has EMDR therapy been found to be effective in reducing the chronic symptoms which follow trauma, several studies indicate that these benefits may be permanent. EMDR is useful in treating the two types of trauma; Capital "T" traumas and little "t" traumas.

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