EMDR Treatment

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, otherwise known as EMDR, is an integrative psychotherapy approach that incorporates elements from many different treatments. EMDR therapy has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder but it has also shown to be beneficial in the treatment of many other conditions including:

• panic attacks, complicated grief, dissociative disorders, disturbing memories;
• phobias, pain disorders, performance anxiety, stress reduction, addictions;
• sexual and/or physical abuse, body dysmorphic disorders, and personality disorder.

The amount of time to complete treatment will depend on the complexity of the presenting issue and it will involve what is known as a three pronged protocol focused on the identification of past memories, present triggers, and future actions related to the presenting concern. Through this process EMDR therapy aims to process the inappropriate emotions, beliefs and body sensations that are maintaining your present distress and leave you with emotions, understandings and perspectives that will move you into a healthy and useful direction.

Maddalena has advanced training in EMDR and she will be happy to assist you in deciding whether EMDR is the right treatment choice for you.