Virtual EMDR Therapy: What it looks like

EMDR Therapist explains and shows the different parts of EMDR processing while answering the question 'What Does Virtual EMDR Therapy Look Like?'

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It's most popular for how effective it is for treating trauma and PTSD, however it is also effective in treating anxiety, depression, grief, substance use, panic, and other issues.

There are 8 phases of EMDR Therapy. This video shows phases 4, 5, and 6, which some EMDR Therapists refer to as EMDR processing, and these phases are explained. Most often, these are the phases that people want to see when they ask 'What Does Virtual EMDR Therapy Look Like?'

Virtual EMDR Therapy can involve different forms of bilateral stimulation, which means stimulating one side of the body and then the other side of the body, repeatedly alternating left and right. In this video, the most common types of bilateral stimulation for virtual EMDR Therapy are shown.

00:00 What Does Virtual EMDR Therapy Look Like?
00:38 Phase 4: Desensitization, eye movements, and tones
02:30 Phase 4: Desensitization and tapping
05:06 Phase 5: Installation
07:21 Phase 6: Body Scan with disturbance
08:35 Phase 6: Body Scan without disturbance
9:10 Tactile bilateral stimulation in virtual EMDR
9:45 Conclusion

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Credits
Illustrations of video game controllers by GG125FR from Pixabay.

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[AriseWithin]

I hope you found this video helpful! Thank you for your support, whether you liked, subscribed, or even just briefly watched, I appreciate it! What's something you find interesting about virtual EMDR Therapy?

[tisICaroline]

I did EMDR therapy 2 weeks after the death of my 14 month old son. Seeing his lifeless body and trying to revive him was a trauma I didn't think I would recover from until a friend suggested I do EMDR. Listening to the headphones combined with tapping on my body I began by reliving the moment sharing the parts of me that hurt then repeating the process until soon the memory dissolved into one where now when I think of my son and the day we lost him my entire body is filled with his love and I radiate joy having known him, feeling honored that I was his mother. It took only 2 sessions, 4 hours total and I turned a trauma into something that actually sustains me. This therapy saved my life and I will sings it praises from the highest mountain tops. Thank you for showing a demo of what it actually looks like. I am writing a memoir about surviving death of child and there is a chapter devoted to EMDR thanks for reminding me what it looked like. When you are doing the therapy you are only feeling not noting the actual process. Thank you for your work and time to spread the message. People don't have to suffer. There is a way out of the darkness.

[Shell.]

Thanks for sharing this! I didn't even know you could do EMDR virtually.

[murphy]

Can you tell me how to find a therapist that does the virtual EMDR on-line for childhoood trauma? Any that may take major insurances would also be great, thanks for your help

[elisacarter]

Where do you get the EMDR program that works through the gaming controler?

[aminumuhammed]

Great video. How many taps do you do on the hug ?

[WhitneyKatzenbach]

I am a therapist and trying to link a xbox controller for the tactile BLS. How did you link your controller to the app you use for your sessions? I currently use RemoteEMDR and it allows Bi-Tapp but it is not computer friendly at all and I still can't get the controller to buzz back and forth.... Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

[nitajimenez]

I need this really bad who can I contact

[israelcastillo]

Dude that’s way too dangerous. How would you manage a dissociative episode? I wouldn’t recommend it, but that’s just me. Greetings!