EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization And
Reprocessing
.
What is EMDR
EMDR
Stands for Eye Movement
Desensitization
and Reprocessing
and is a method of trauma therapy
developed in the late 1980's
by clinical psychologists Dr
Francine Shapiro.
Since the mid-1990's
EMDR
has successfully been used as a method of trauma therapy and is also
increasingly being used in training, councelling and coaching. EMDR is a method that accelerates the processing
of traumatic, frozen memories
and resolves
fixed behavioural patterns. EMDR
is based on the
humanistic approach ( see Carl Roger's client-centred therapy),
which assumes that
humans have a natural desire
to grow and integrate experiences,
a desire which can develop in a safe setting.
The guided EMDR
process
supports
the precise observation and differentiated experiencing
of internal process as well as a
reflective understanding and acceptance
of links and connections.
Clients often report
spontaneous insights into
themselves which are linked to the traumatic memories,
which empower them to comprehend new feelings, thoughts
and
actions.
Creation of EMDR
American clinical psychologist Dr Francine Shapiro
noticed during a walkin the park that her
distressing thoughts disappeared
and their
negative effects
were
lessened
when she moved her eyes back and forth
between the trees.
Following this experience she tested the effect of
deliberate eye movements on her
self while
concentraiting
on
distressing thoughts.
The
positive changes observed led her
to extend her
experiments
with
induced eye movements
to friends and
acquaintances
with no known
psychiatric disorders.
They were instructed
to
focus on
negative thoughts
and the effects associated
with these
thoughts, while
following the movements
of Shapiro's fingers
with their
eyes. Encouraged by the success of
these further tests, Shapario
developed a standard procedure which she
called
EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization).
At the end of
1987
she tested the
efficacy
of
EMDR in an
empirical examination on
patients diagnosed with
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The published results (see
Journal of Traumatic Stress, Shapiro 1989)showed
a significant decrease
in
levels
of stress in the treatment
group when
compared
to the
control group. In California between 1987
and 1991 Shapiro
further developed the method into what is now the
EMDR method. She first employed EMDR in
1989 for therapeutic work with
war trauma victims.
Since the mid-1990's EMDR
has sucessfully been used as a method
of trauma therapy worldwide.
(EMDR Centre London)
Alan,
based at
The Therapy Centre,
has attended
EMDR
training in
2018
with the
EMDR Centre in
London. Alan
is
quallified
in
other areas
which
well places
him to
be a
fabulous deliverer
of
EMDR therapeutic sessions
and has already
achieved
great
success in
treating serious trama cases. Alan
has a
deploma
in
Clinical Hypnosos, is
a
Master Neuro-Linguistic Programmer,
is
Emotional Freedom Therapy Practitioner
and has
level 3 in
Counselling skills, amongst
many
other
qualifications.
EMDR Treatment - £60 per hour
