EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING (EMDR)
EMDR is an evidence-based treatment for trauma that is very effective in helping clients to process and reduce the symptoms associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It's application goes beyond just PTSD, but also to situations where one is reacting disproportionately to the situation. Whether they are feelings of fear, anger, shame, loss, or another feelings that may be due to a past negative experience, rather than the current situation, EMDR can be effective.
One theory is that trauma or negative experience becomes wired in the brain so that it feels like the event has just happened the other day even when it may have happened many years ago. When the trauma is processed, it is integrated with the rest of the neural system and the fight or flight symptoms that go along with PTSD or that leads to the reactivity are diminished. EMDR works with many traumas such as the loss of a loved one, a sexual assault, child abuse, near death experiences, car accidents, phobias, and many other problems. EMDR is also used to process less catestrophic traumas, but traumas none the less that may be causing one to be reacting with anxiety or anger (that fight or flight response).
I have been providing treatment with Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) since 2006 and have been trained by Bart Rubin, Ph.D., Ann Buscho, Ph.D., and took both Level 1 and Level 2 EMDR training with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D. I have treating many clients with EMDR successfully and have been teaching and training therapists in EMDR for the past 4 years in my Introduction to EMDR workshop for clinicians.
To make an appointment for an assessment and/or discuss recommendations for treatment, call (415) 686-9544 or email [email protected] I have offices in San Francisco and Corte Madera and provide phone and/or web sessions for clients who can not come to the office.
EMDR is an evidence-based treatment for trauma that is very effective in helping clients to process and reduce the symptoms associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It's application goes beyond just PTSD, but also to situations where one is reacting disproportionately to the situation. Whether they are feelings of fear, anger, shame, loss, or another feelings that may be due to a past negative experience, rather than the current situation, EMDR can be effective.
One theory is that trauma or negative experience becomes wired in the brain so that it feels like the event has just happened the other day even when it may have happened many years ago. When the trauma is processed, it is integrated with the rest of the neural system and the fight or flight symptoms that go along with PTSD or that leads to the reactivity are diminished. EMDR works with many traumas such as the loss of a loved one, a sexual assault, child abuse, near death experiences, car accidents, phobias, and many other problems. EMDR is also used to process less catestrophic traumas, but traumas none the less that may be causing one to be reacting with anxiety or anger (that fight or flight response).
I have been providing treatment with Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) since 2006 and have been trained by Bart Rubin, Ph.D., Ann Buscho, Ph.D., and took both Level 1 and Level 2 EMDR training with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D. I have treating many clients with EMDR successfully and have been teaching and training therapists in EMDR for the past 4 years in my Introduction to EMDR workshop for clinicians.
To make an appointment for an assessment and/or discuss recommendations for treatment, call (415) 686-9544 or email [email protected] I have offices in San Francisco and Corte Madera and provide phone and/or web sessions for clients who can not come to the office.
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