EMDR

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a specialist form of therapy that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic memories and other distressing life experiences.

It involves using bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, sounds, or tactile experiences such as tapping, while focusing on a specific memory, allowing the brain to naturally reprocess and integrate the experience, reducing its emotional intensity.

We have a fantastic team of trained clinicians at Totally Psyched who can work with children, adolescents and young adults using this specialist modality of therapy.

What can EMDR be used for?

In addition to its use for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, EMDR has been successfully used to treat anxiety and panic attacks, phobias, sleep problems, anger, grief and loss, addictions, chronic pain, and feelings of worthlessness or low self-esteem.

How long does treatment take?

EMDR can be a brief, focused treatment or part of a longer psychotherapy treatment plan. EMDR can be easily integrated with other approaches your therapist might be trained in, such as Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. For best effects, EMDR sessions during the actual reprocessing phases of treatment usually last from 60 to 90 minutes. Positive effects have been seen after just one session of EMDR.

How do I know if EMDR is right for me?

Your referral will be triaged by our Clinical Manager/Senior Clinical Psychologist to ensure that EMDR is the right approach for you. It may be that you are recommended an EMDR clinician straight away, or this may be something that is suggested after another piece of therapeutic work is done first. Safety and stability are key pre-requisites to EMDR therapy, so please get in touch if you think EMDR would be right for your child.