What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR is a powerful, evidence-based therapy that helps your brain process and heal from traumatic experiences, anxiety, and emotional wounds. Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR works directly with your brain's natural healing mechanisms.
During EMDR sessions, we use bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or sounds) to help your brain reprocess distressing memories. This allows you to view past experiences from a new perspective, reducing their emotional impact and helping you move forward with greater peace and clarity.
EMDR has been extensively researched and is recognized by the World Health Organization and American Psychiatric Association as an effective treatment for trauma and PTSD.
How EMDR Therapy Works
Assessment & History
We begin by understanding your trauma history, current symptoms, and treatment goals. This helps us create a personalized treatment plan.
Preparation & Resources
I'll teach you grounding techniques and coping skills to ensure you feel safe and supported throughout the process.
Target Memory Processing
We identify specific traumatic memories and use bilateral stimulation to help your brain reprocess them naturally.
Integration & Closure
As processing completes, we integrate new insights and ensure you feel grounded and stable.
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Benefits of EMDR Therapy
Rapid Relief
EMDR often produces faster results than traditional talk therapy, with many clients experiencing significant improvement in just a few sessions.
Lasting Change
Unlike temporary coping strategies, EMDR creates lasting neural changes that continue to benefit you long after treatment ends.
Natural Healing
EMDR works with your brain's natural healing processes, making it gentle yet powerful for processing difficult experiences.
Comprehensive Treatment
Addresses the root causes of symptoms rather than just managing symptoms, leading to deeper, more meaningful healing.
Evidence-Based
Backed by decades of research and clinical studies, EMDR is recognized worldwide as an effective trauma treatment.
Versatile Application
Effective for a wide range of issues including trauma, anxiety, phobias, grief, and performance enhancement.
Conditions Treated with EMDR
PTSD & Trauma
Combat trauma, accidents, abuse, natural disasters
Anxiety Disorders
Panic attacks, social anxiety, generalized anxiety
Phobias
Fear of flying, driving, heights, public speaking
Grief & Loss
Death of loved ones, divorce, job loss
Performance Issues
Work stress, test anxiety, creative blocks
Relationship Trauma
Infidelity, abandonment, emotional abuse
Childhood Trauma
Early life experiences, attachment issues
Addiction Recovery
Underlying trauma contributing to substance use
The Science Behind EMDR
EMDR therapy is grounded in decades of neuroscience research. When we experience trauma, our brain's natural processing can become overwhelmed, leaving memories stored in their raw, unprocessed form. This is why traumatic memories can feel as vivid and distressing years later as they did when they first occurred.
EMDR helps your brain complete the natural processing that was interrupted during the traumatic event. The bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or sounds) appears to activate the same brain mechanisms used during REM sleep, when your brain naturally processes daily experiences and integrates new information.
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Touchstone Counseling and Consulting
2950 Halcyon Ln STE 202
Jacksonville, FL 32223
Phone: (904) 401-6166