What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, (EMDR), is a therapeutic treatment for trauma, based on the theory that when a painful event happens in our lives, it can get locked in the brain and body with the original picture, sounds, thoughts, feelings, and body sensations. This material can combine factual material with fantasy and with images that stand for the actual event or feelings about it. EMDR seems to stimulate the information and allows the brain to process the experience. That may be what is happening in REM or dream sleep—the eye movements may help to process the unconscious material. It is a person’s own brain that does the healing, which they are always in control of.
EMDR may be helpful for the following people:
1 Persons with Chemical Dependency
2 Persons with Anxiety and/or Panic
3 Persons with excessive grief
4 Victims of natural disasters
5 Victims of crime or sexual assault
6 Combat Veterans
7 Persons with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
8 Persons involved in accidents or surgery
9 Persons with dissociative disorders
10 Persons engaged in business, performing arts, or sports, for performance enhancement
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EMDR may not be an appropriate treatment for everyone. If you are interested in learning more to see if EMDR may be helpful for you, please contact David at 207-846-3422, and go to www.emdr.com, for more information.
