EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a comprehensive, integrative psychotherapy approach. It contains elements of many effective psychotherapies in structured protocols that are designed to maximize treatment effects. These include psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies.
EMDR is an accellerated information processing therapy and uses a phased approach to address the experiential contributors of a wide range of positive approaches. It attends to the past experiences that have set the groundwork for pathology, then the current situations that trigger dysfunctional emotions, beliefs and sensations, and finally the positive experience needed to enhance future adaptive behaviors for good mental health.
During treatment, various procedures and protocols are used to address the entire clinical picture. One of the procedural elements is "dual stimulation" using either bilateral eye movements, tones or taps. During the reprocessing phases the client attends momentarily to past memories, present triggers, or anticipated future experiences while simultaneously focusing on a set of external stimulus. During that time, clients generally experience the emergence of insight, changes in memories, or new associations. The therapist assists the client to focus on appropriate material before initiation of each subsequent set.
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