EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy technique designed to help people process and recover from traumatic memories and distressing experiences including PTSD. It involves guided eye movements, alternating sounds or other bilateral stimulation to facilitate the brain's natural healing process, reducing the emotional impact of traumatic events and alleviating symptoms of conditions like PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
In an EMDR session, after going through a detailed assessment of your situation and needs, your therapist will work with you to create a safe space in your mind. They may ask you to focus on a real memory or an imagined situation that brings you feelings of happiness, security, safety and calmness. This gives you the protection you need when you’re later asked to bring to mind the distressing experiences which you’re looking to work on, allowing you to return to this safe space in your mind anytime you need to.
Your EMDR therapist will then guide you through a structured process that involves recalling traumatic memories while engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements, taps, or sounds. This dual attention activity is believed to stimulate the brain's natural information processing system, helping to reframe and integrate traumatic memories more adaptively. By doing so, EMDR reduces the emotional distress linked to these memories, allowing clients to process them without being overwhelmed, ultimately leading to decreased symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and other psychological issues.
Our EMDR Therapists in Hanwell W7 and Online
We currently have two therapists in our team offering EMDR therapy. You can find out more about them by clicking on their pictures above. Hayrish currently works in Hanwell, West London whilst Roksana offers online EMDR therapy. Feel free to contact them with any questions you may have. Alternatively, you can view details of our full team of therapists or make a genera enquiry with our practice manager and lead therapist by clicking either of the below buttons.
West London Counselling, Psychotherapy, Talking Therapies & Hypnotherapy Services are here to provide professional therapeutic support online or face to face at our any of our therapy practices in Acton, Chiswick (High Road), Chiswick (South), Ealing Broadway, Ealing (North), South Ealing, Hammersmith, Hanwell, Kew, Putney & Fulham, Richmond upon Thames and Southfields
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