EMDR therapy services in London, Bristol, UK & Online.
What is EMDR?
EMDR therapy services in London, Bristol. UK. & Online.
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Belén’s EMDR training:
• 03, 04, 05. 11. 2023. Treatment of complex trauma and dissociation: Introduction and use of EMDR therapy with complex trauma. Advance Training EMDR.
• 13.09.2023. Clinical day. OCD disorder and EMDR.
• 26,27.05.2023. Addressing Borderline Personality Disorder with EMDR. Dolores Mosquera Barral.
• 17 & 18.03.2023. Indian EMDR conference & EMDR and group psychotherapy.
• 24.03.2023. Clinical day. The challenge of EMDR in public contexts.
• 24.02.2023. Clinical day. BPD and Personality Disorders. EMDR.
• 16.02.2023. Complex trauma, attachment, and dissociation: EMDR work in complex trauma. Advance Training EMDR.
• October 2022. Days of Family, Justice and Trauma. Live online course. EMDR.
• 8-10.09.2022. EMDR.Part 1 Developmental trauma and traumatic dissociation in childhood and adolescence: conceptualization and diagnosis, Sandra Baita.
• 31.08.2022. EMDR. The neurobiology of child abuse. Lourdes Fañanas Saura and Laia Marqués-
• 25 & 26 March 2022. EMDR UK Annual Conference & AGM.
• 26.03.2022. EMDR intervention in crisis and emergency situations (Intervention with refugees). EMDR Spanish Association.
• 18.09.2021. “When Anger, Resentment and Revenge are complicating EMDR: A new EMDR Anger Protocol”. Herman Veerbeek.
• 27.08.2021. “EMDR 2.0 Techniques (EMDR Bomb, Flash 1, Flashforward & Mental Videocheck)”. Rcs R. Cassidy seminars.
• 06.08.2021. “An Integrative Approach to working with traumatic Preverbal memories”. Kathy Steele, MN, CS.
• 08.2021. EMDR. New Hope for treatment of Resistant Depression. Envision Workshops, Janina Fisher. Live interactive. 4h.
• 16.05.2021. “Using EMDR Online”. Indian EMDR Association.
• August 2020. Webinar “Using EMDR with clients with OCD”. India EMDR association.
• 2013, (January, July, October). EMDR I and II level. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Barcelona: Level I Training and Basic supervision. EMDR Europe association. India, Delhi: Level II Training; Barcelona 2022. Level II & advanced supervision (re-visited).
Why EMDR?
EMDR is a powerful psychological treatment method that was developed by an American clinical psychologist, Dr Francine Shapiro, in the 1980s
EMDR is a complex and powerful therapy. Therapists always have a background in mental health before undertaking training in EMDR.
EMDR was originally developed to treat the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and phobias. Some therapists also use EMDR to treat depression, difficulties in everyday life caused by early events, Difficulties in relationships, eating disorders, schizophrenia, sexual dysfunction, bullying, and stress caused by chronic disease.
How does EMDR work?
When a person is involved in a distressing event, they may feel overwhelmed and their brain may be unable to process the information like a normal memory. The distressing memory seems to become frozen on a neurological level. When a person recalls the distressing memory, the person can re-experience what they saw, heard, smelt, tasted or felt, and this can be quite intense. Sometimes the memories are so distressing, that the person tries to avoid thinking about the distressing event to avoid experiencing the distressing feelings once again.
Some find that distressing memories come to mind when something reminds them of the distressing event, or sometimes the memories just seem to just pop into their mind. The alternating left-right stimulation of the brain with eye movements, sounds or taps during EMDR, seems to stimulate the frozen or blocked information processing system.
In the process, the distressing memories seem to lose their intensity so that the memories are less distressing and seem more like ‘ordinary’ memories. The effect is believed to be similar to that which occurs naturally during REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement) when your eyes rapidly move from side to side. EMDR helps reduce the distress of all the different kinds of memories, whether it was what you saw, heard, smelt, tasted, felt or thought.
Some people report that after the session they seem to recall more aspects of the events that they hadn’t thought about for a while.
Some report that they dream more. Everybody is different so keep a note of your experience after the session and discuss this with your therapist.
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