How Does Emdr Help

Traditional therapies that depend on logical thinking to resolve things may meet with limited success in treating victims of trauma. Sometimes these feelings defy logic. For instance, a woman abused as a child may know in her mind that the abuse was not her fault and that she couldn't have stoped it, however, she may continue to feel guilt, shame, or anxiety, and avoid people similar to her attacker.

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Traditional therapies that depend on logical thinking to resolve things may meet with limited success in treating victims of trauma. Sometimes these feelings defy logic. For instance, a woman abused as a child may know in her mind that the abuse was not her fault and that she couldn’t have stopped it, however, she may continue to feel guilt, shame, or anxiety, and avoid people similar to her attacker.

God designed our bodies and minds to heal. If you cut yourself, natural healing begins immediately, but if the wound is not cleaned and treated, it may get infected and the infection can invade the whole body. Similarly, unresolved emotional trauma may fester and cause emotional, as well as physical and spiritual pain. If the trauma was too personal, too severe, or you were not prepared (such as childhood traumas) your brain’s natural mechanism for processing disturbing events may be unable to resolve it adequately. Unresolved emotional trauma can last a lifetime, and can’t be covered up with willpower, denial, anger, good deeds, or any defense mechanisms. EMDR helps remove the sting from old trauma, so that God’s natural healing to take place.

When you have unprocessed trauma, your body may seem to react without engaging your brain. These ‘reactions out of nowhere’ are caused by BODY MEMORIES of the traumatic experience . They are set off by reminders or ‘ triggers’ related to trauma. They usually show up as irrational anxiety, resistance, fears, or inappropriate behaviors. These conditioned responses can be extremely hard to resist, leading to guilt and feelings of failure.

An EMDR therapist will encourage you to notice those body memories so he can help you identify and desensitize related offending memories or irrational beliefs. You remain awake and alert while EMDR therapist helps you find your God-given strengths and resources to process the troubling past. Instead of trying to reason the problem away, EMDR engages the unconscious mind, which controls the body memories, to find the answers. The result is rational, reasonable, positive and long-lasting.

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