With 6-12 sessions lasting 60-90 minutes each, EMDR is completed in eight phases including preparation work, education about EMDR, and identifying traumatic memories to process. By using dual attention to your past and present at the same time, while tracking visual stimuli with your eyes, or with therapeutic tapping using “tappers” that vibrate or touch, you work closely with your EMDR therapist to help change the way traumatic memories are stored in your brain. The process focuses more on the painful emotions surrounding the memories and less on the traumatic event itself in order to neutralize the vividness and painful emotions, alter your thinking about the memories, alleviate tension in the body, and assist you in feeling more positive about yourself.

EMDR is a treatment that can help you regain control of your life, feel stronger about your past, and help you feel more confident as you move into your future.