EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a process by which bilateral eye movements, or bilateral tapping, helps the brain process and try to make sense of past traumas, dysfunctional emotions or beliefs, and instills the positive cues needed to promote a healthy experience; therefore freeing yourself from the pain of the memory and sensations that are triggered by everyday events.
When a trauma or negative memory/event occurs, it gets stored into the part of your brain, where you attempt to “forget about it”. This area of your brain, called the Amygdala, is also known as the ‘fight or flight’ part of your brain. When faced with a fearful situation, people either react or freeze and this gets imprinted into the memory; sometimes causing dysfunction (nightmares, flashbacks).
The bilateral stimulation of brain activates the amygdala to better process these negative events/memories. Because your brain is distracted with the stimulation, your amygdala does not cause you to have the same emotional reaction to the original fearful event; therefore we can better process it and make it part of your memory and history, not a constantly painful reminder of a distressful situation.
An excerpt from an actual EMDR session is located on the EMDR subtab.
You can read more about EMDR at www.EMDR.com
When a trauma or negative memory/event occurs, it gets stored into the part of your brain, where you attempt to “forget about it”. This area of your brain, called the Amygdala, is also known as the ‘fight or flight’ part of your brain. When faced with a fearful situation, people either react or freeze and this gets imprinted into the memory; sometimes causing dysfunction (nightmares, flashbacks).
The bilateral stimulation of brain activates the amygdala to better process these negative events/memories. Because your brain is distracted with the stimulation, your amygdala does not cause you to have the same emotional reaction to the original fearful event; therefore we can better process it and make it part of your memory and history, not a constantly painful reminder of a distressful situation.
An excerpt from an actual EMDR session is located on the EMDR subtab.
You can read more about EMDR at www.EMDR.com