The Secrets of EMDR Therapy and How It Can Help You

The fundamental idea behind psychotherapy is that we tend to grow mentally unwell because we haven’t been able to think with sufficient clarity about the difficulties in our past, typically in our distant childhoods. EMDR therapy is a fascinating tool that can help us process these difficulties, move past them and continue with our adult lives.

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"The fundamental idea behind psychotherapy is that we tend to grow mentally unwell because we haven’t been able to think with sufficient clarity about the difficulties in our past, typically in our distant childhoods. Damaging incidents have been locked away, and continue to have an outsized impact on us, but we have no way of going back over them in order to liberate ourselves from their distorting influences. A sense that we are bad or disgusting, acquired in our fifth year, may ruin our chances of fulfilment in our fiftieth..."

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[sarahdavis]

My partner had this therapy and when I say I met a new person after, I mean it. If you have trauma, you deserve to heal and lead a full life. Please give therapy a chance and if you are seen as a good candidate for this type of therapy, try to be brave. It's hard and takes time but so worth it

[jmc]

EMDR is life highly recommend to anyone who is "stuck" or has severe anxiety/panic attacks etc.

[xsdpx]

“but the idea is not to abandon our younger self in one of the most difficult moment of their lives, it to help them find a way out of their pain”. I cried.

[brianw.]

This therapy gave me my life back. Highly, highly recommended.

[Cherrycherrylady]

I have struggled with Panic Disorder and this was this only thing that helped me, after 7 therapists. I could finally leave my home.

[bedrockcounseling]

EMDR Therapy changed my life for the better. I’m also an EMDR therapist, and whenever I get the opportunity to do EMDR with a client, I’m always in awe at how their brain is able to heal itself while also reprocessing their irrational beliefs.

[lovebeamstudio]

This is the first time I've ever taken the time to actually comment on a youtube video but I started EMDR therapy not long ago and it has already made a huge impact on my life. I can recall traumatic events but my brain no longer has them running on replay every day. For the past 15yrs I struggled with PTSD, I had terrible panic attacks and my world became so small trying to constantly avoid triggers. I had tried so many things in that time, from counselling, meditation to medication but nothing worked until now. I felt like I was drowning and would never be able to think clearly again or get past my horrible experiences but all of a sudden I just realised that I've completely stopped thinking about them let alone having nightmares and constantly re-living them. I would highly recommend EMDR to anyone feeling stuck in the past and desperate to move on with their life!

[estefania]

EMDR changed my life, it has been one of the best experiences of my life, I think it is unfair that very few people can experience it, given its effectiveness

[edbl]

After having a bad childhood and going from depression to depression and several therapies I finaly found EMDR and now in my early 40`s I have hope.... for the first time.

[nyx]

Now it makes sense why I always drift off into memories every time I travel when seated at a window seat

[VasundharaVee]

This was really needed. My therapist uses EMDR and it has helped me so much. Yet when I speak about it to others, very few people seem to have heard of it. I'm so grateful that you put up this video.

[Lapilapinova]

I was severely depressed and got lost in the past having heavy thoughts. I started this therapy thanks to a friend’s advice, I thought it was my last chance.Last week I completed the protocol. It took 14 months to finally feel like myself again. It was not easy, I don't remember how many times I asked why do I do this to myself.Facing with your worst fears and traumas is challenging.If you're reading this and need some help and support, please seek for it. I promise it gets better🙏 You are worth it!

[aza.akra]

It was (and still is!) a game changer for me. Also remember that we're all a bit different, our minds are differently wired and we're at different stages in our lives and we could be ready or not ready for it. If it didn't work for you, please don't discourage others, someone could miss an opportunity to save their life.

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

There are eight phases to EMDR therapy: initial history discovery and treatment planning, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, and then reevaluation.👍

[Alice_Walker]

I am a first responder and in 2011 developed PTSD after attending multiple critical incidents without adequate time between to recover my resilience.
When my therapist suggested EMDR in 2012 I'd never heard of it and it sounded pretty silly to me.
The process was kind of anti climactic and didn't feel like much happened, but in just a few sessions it removed all the emotional angst associated with the trauma of the critical incidents and completely stopped the nightmares and night terrors I'd been experiencing.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that it was a magic bullet as I still had to work hard to completely recover from other ways it had affected me but it turned the volume of the traumas down sufficiently that I could then get on with my other coping skills.
Eight years later those EMDR sessions have stuck and I have not been troubled by the trauma of those critical events since. I can recall them when I want to tell the stories, and I get an appropriate little blip of "that was an difficult and upsetting situation to have to deal with" on my emotional radar but otherwise they are out of mind.
So EMDR definitely worked for me.
I hope that people everywhere who might benefit from it will have access to it.

[if]

I also never comment on Youtube but EMDR was so amazing and helped me so much that the message needs to be shared! The sessions were very emotional and heavy but so effective. It really helped solving a big part of my PTSD and lifted such a big weight off my soul. Even my family and friends noticed the change.

Can’t recommend enough! As other people mentioned, it gave me my life back.

If you can, definitely give it a try (always with a trained professional!)

[aliglobiu]

My sister is an EMDR therapist, and i can confirm that this thing copes with PTSD excellently.

[GajanaNigade]

With some much of the audience here being made aware of how important ones childhood experiences are, I hope we give it our best to raise our children with best possible experiences we can offer.
Easier said than done, but we can all try.

[ReyesvilleTheMost]

I’ve been in and out of counseling for YEARS. I’ve “failed” all the things… I’m embarking on this new journey starting Monday 🤞🏽🤞🏽

[MickeyDs-mpyr]

I 100% agree. I've been doing EMDR therapy with life changing results. Go for it.