EMDR
What is EMDR?
EMDR is a highly efficient technique that produces positive results in a high percentage of cases; fast, visible and objective; durable and without suffering. This technique uses a neurophysiological approach.
It is a psychological method, created in California -USA-, to treat difficulties that were caused by tough life experiences; from wars, assaults and natural disasters, to phobias, panic attacks and traumatic incidents in childhood.
Clinical experience shows that people with a wide range of problems can benefit from this method, especially those whose difficulties are the direct result of past trauma or painful experiences, respond especially quickly to EMDR. EMDR is also used to relieve the distress of public speaking, to improve performance at work, in sports, and in artistic performances.
If a person was physically, sexually, or emotionally abused as a child or has experienced unresolved grief over the death of a loved one, a pet, or has suffered accidents, injuries, or was the victim of a natural disaster or violent experience, EMDR is the treatment of choice.
Problems related to guilt, fear, anxiety, phobias, low self-esteem, eating disorders, poor social relationships, and depression respond well to treatment. In physical illnesses caused by stress, it allows the relief or disappearance of symptoms by processing their emotional causes.
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How does it work?
When trauma occurs, it settles on the nervous system along with the original image, sounds, thoughts, and emotions. Negative life experiences or trauma are what upset the balance of the brain’s physiological information processing system.
The eye movements (or another form of bilateral stimulation, such as tapping or sounds) used in EMDR act on the nervous system and allow the brain to process the experience.
The EMDR methodology allows for better interhemispheric communication. In this way, traumatic incidents are processed, achieving an adaptive resolution.
This means a reduction in symptoms and a change in beliefs, i. e., moving from a negative belief about oneself to a more positive one, and the possibility of feeling better in everyday life.