Louise O'Connell
Counselling & Psychotherapy, Farnham, Hampshire & Surrey
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. It is a therapy used to help clients recover from distressing events, and the problems these have caused. EMDR is an 8 phased therapeutic treatment, which facilitates healing, as it helps clients to access their natural healing processes and process traumatic events or memories.
Francine Shapiro who created EMDR explains -
“ Old disturbing memories can be stored in the brain in isolation; they get locked into the nervous system with the original images, sounds, thoughts and feelings involved. The old distressing material just keeps getting triggered over and over again. This prevents Learning/healing from taking place. In another part of your brain, you already have most of the information you need to resolve this problem; the two just cannot connect. Once EMDR starts, a linking takes place. New information can come to mind and resolve the old problems. This may be what happens spontaneously in REM or dream sleep when eye movements help to process unconscious material.”
I am a member of the EMDR Association UK. you can find out more information from visiting this website. If you are interested in exploring EMDR in the Esher, Surrey or Aldershot, Hampshire areas, or have any questions, get in touch.
Get in touch
Please feel free to contact me to discuss further and to arrange an initial telephone assessment appointment (which is free of charge). This enables us to discuss your aims, and reasons for commencing therapy , whether it could be helpful for you and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can also call me on 07775746354 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.
All enquires are usually answered within within 2 working days, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.