Reprocessing and Desensitising Trauma with EMDR

The National Institute of Health Care and Excellence recommends EMDR therapy for treating symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress (2018). Symptoms of PTSD include;

• re-experiencing the original trauma through flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and nightmares
• avoidance of situations that remind you of the original trauma
• anxiety, anger and irritability
• negative alterations in mood and thinking
• dissociation (zoning out, feeling like you are not in your body)
•  problems in relationships
• low self esteem or negative self-perception (including feeling diminished, defeated or worthless).  

During the 8 phases of the EMDR therapy you should expect to gain psychological education about how trauma is held in the body and mind, resources to help you regulate in between sessions, assessment and desensitisation of material which will result in reductions in intrusive thoughts and images, nightmares, anxiety , panic and other trauma related symptoms. You will find that you are more able to get on with day to day tasks and engage with more things that you once enjoyed,

MY PRACTICE

I am an accredited EMDR therapist and have been practicing EMDR in private practice and at a staff counselling service since 2021.  I have used EMDR to successfully treat PTSD and C-PTSD related to

• Road Traffic Collisions
• Medical Trauma
• physical and sexual assault
• abuse, including childhood or domestic abuse (including C-PTSD)
• work-related exposure to trauma
• trauma from the COVID pandemic
• trauma related to serious health problems
• Anti natal issues 
• trauma from caring for a terminally ill loved one or witnessing death of a loved one
• Complex grief
• Social Anxiety

If you would like to learn more about whether EMDR is suitable for you then please contact me for a brief chat or to to arrange an initial appointment.