EMDR Part Two
EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) was discovered by Francine Shapiro in 1987. To learn more about her, click on her name above. It was created and studied to help people heal from traumatic events in their lives. Joanna Ford Counseling is using talk therapy combined with EMDR to assist folks that EMDR might be appropriate for.
EMDR with the Maiberger Institute
From the Maiberger Institutte Website:
When people are experiencing distress in their lives and can’t find a way to fix it on their own they end up coming in for EMDR Therapy. Sometimes events happen in a person’s life and he/she struggles to find a way to integrate that incident. That event can become an unprocessed memory and get stored in the brain creating symptoms that are uncomfortable. Physical sensations, emotions, thoughts, and images associated with the event can get locked into the brain, and without treatment, may lead to distressing symptoms and behaviors.
EMDR Therapy is designed to help a person identify and process these stuck pieces so that the symptoms can decrease and one can feel more alive and less distressed. EMDR Therapy helps facilitate the activation of the brain’s inherent system to process and integrate the information that got stored or stuck. EMDR Therapy will not erase the memory; rather you will be able to remember the story without all the emotional charge that was distressing before the treatment.
EMDR and Joanna Ford Counseling
You may or may not be ready to dive into the EMDR process. At Joanna Ford Counseling we can determine what your needs are and if EMDR would be a good fit for you. This blog, by Tom, What Healing Looks Like is very helpful, as is Tom’s website, Go With That. A huge thanks to Tom for sharing his experience as a therapist and EMDR advocate.