EMDR Therapy

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It is important that you are supporting your physical health with excellent self-care, sleep, rest (screen free time), hydration, movement, fresh air, nutrition, connections and activities that make you laugh. 

Healing the brain takes extra energy so it is important to have a solid self care program in place prior to EMDR therapy.

Distressing memories will be traced back to the earliest memory that can be recalled.

Traumatic memories are rated on a scale of 0-10 where 0 is no distress and 10 is the worst possible distress so that the alleviation of distress can be measured.

EMDR is done when you are fully awake. This permits the negative information to be discharged from the nervous system in a more focused way.

Several ways of performing the rapid eye movement will be tried so that the most comfortable method can be picked.