EMDR Therapy for Kids, Adults and Families

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization. EMDR is a type of therapy developed by Francine Shapiro that works directly with trauma and the triggers associated with traumatic experiences. Trauma can be a defining event that is hard to forget or move on from. Trauma involves a range of experience, from a one-time car accident to repeated childhood abuse. Although what happens in the brain-body system to create a trauma is theoretical, the result is a painful memory and sense of responsibility for what happened that is stuck in the present. EMDR is a process that clarifies the moment of trauma and uses bilateral stimulation to process the memory and the negative impact of it.

Here is a partial list of issues that EMDR works well with:

• Accidents

• Medical/surgical traumas

• Childhood abuse and painful memories

• Domestic violence

• Sexual abuse

• Fears, phobias and insecurities

• Complex grief and loss

• Family conflict

• Low self-esteem