EMDR, Brainspotting, and Trauma Therapy
Feeling caught in the past and that no matter how far you try to push the memories down, they JUST. KEEP. COMING. BACK.
You just want PEACE. To move forward. To stop feeling like you're not the one in control of your life.
You know that the idea of having to talk about all those painful things has kept you from doing anything. It's not fun. It's uncomfortable. And it's scary. You get an awful pit in your stomach just thinking about this stuff. You don't want to have to relive the experiences and so you just keep telling yourself it's not a big deal. Everyone goes through bad stuff. I should be over this by now....But you're not.
EMDR, BRAINSPOTTING, AND TRAUMA COUNSELING CAN HELP CHANGE THAT
EMDR (or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence based form of therapy that can rapidly speed up the processing of traumatic memories. The benefits can be phenomenal and one of the biggest draws is that this type of therapy doesn't require a great deal of talking. It works in a way that allows your brain to reprocess the traumas of your past and to heal itself.
Traumatic memories tend to get "stuck" in our brains in a way that keeps us from moving on. Like a bad sandwich eaten at midnight--traumatic memories aren't digested properly and you feel the painful reminders long afterwards. Without getting too technical, EMDR uses something called bilateral stimulation (BLS) to activate both sides of your brain, in a similar way to the REM sleep phase, and works to process, digest and make sense of those "stuck" memories (or that bad sandwich). The memories aren't erased--they will still be there--they just won't have the same "heat" to them that's currently holding you hostage. You can now start living and moving forward without each step (or bite, if we're going with the sandwich analogy) triggering the unpleasant reminders of what came before.
Brainspotting is a brain based therapy technique that is similar to EMDR in that it works to access subcortical or deeper parts of our brain where trauma(s) is stored. Different that traditional talk therapy, Brainspotting works to identify spots in our visual field that can serve as portals allowing us to connect with those deeper areas of our brain. In doing so, we bypass the logical/rational/thinking part of our brain (the top layer of our brain called our neocortex) and tap into the areas where our emotions, body sensations, and more primitive reactions take place. If you've ever had the experience of logically knowing something is not true but still feeling it to be true, Brainspotting and EMDR work to align both our thinking and feeling/lived experiences so that we can live in a more embodied and congruent way.
Stop letting the past interfere with your present. Reclaim your life and your relationships. Reach out now to not just live, but to THRIVE.
You just want PEACE. To move forward. To stop feeling like you're not the one in control of your life.
You know that the idea of having to talk about all those painful things has kept you from doing anything. It's not fun. It's uncomfortable. And it's scary. You get an awful pit in your stomach just thinking about this stuff. You don't want to have to relive the experiences and so you just keep telling yourself it's not a big deal. Everyone goes through bad stuff. I should be over this by now....But you're not.
EMDR, BRAINSPOTTING, AND TRAUMA COUNSELING CAN HELP CHANGE THAT
EMDR (or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence based form of therapy that can rapidly speed up the processing of traumatic memories. The benefits can be phenomenal and one of the biggest draws is that this type of therapy doesn't require a great deal of talking. It works in a way that allows your brain to reprocess the traumas of your past and to heal itself.
Traumatic memories tend to get "stuck" in our brains in a way that keeps us from moving on. Like a bad sandwich eaten at midnight--traumatic memories aren't digested properly and you feel the painful reminders long afterwards. Without getting too technical, EMDR uses something called bilateral stimulation (BLS) to activate both sides of your brain, in a similar way to the REM sleep phase, and works to process, digest and make sense of those "stuck" memories (or that bad sandwich). The memories aren't erased--they will still be there--they just won't have the same "heat" to them that's currently holding you hostage. You can now start living and moving forward without each step (or bite, if we're going with the sandwich analogy) triggering the unpleasant reminders of what came before.
Brainspotting is a brain based therapy technique that is similar to EMDR in that it works to access subcortical or deeper parts of our brain where trauma(s) is stored. Different that traditional talk therapy, Brainspotting works to identify spots in our visual field that can serve as portals allowing us to connect with those deeper areas of our brain. In doing so, we bypass the logical/rational/thinking part of our brain (the top layer of our brain called our neocortex) and tap into the areas where our emotions, body sensations, and more primitive reactions take place. If you've ever had the experience of logically knowing something is not true but still feeling it to be true, Brainspotting and EMDR work to align both our thinking and feeling/lived experiences so that we can live in a more embodied and congruent way.
Stop letting the past interfere with your present. Reclaim your life and your relationships. Reach out now to not just live, but to THRIVE.
