" I was able to go back to a memory in such an acute way- with my adult self comforting and soothing my 8 year old self - it was more therapeutic than six years of psychotherapy."

If you experience feelings of powerlessness, hopelessness, or feel as if you have no choice or control, EMDR  can help you feel better and reclaim  your life. You don't have to  be hijacked back to the past. Control your moods and actions for both major life situations and seemingly benign, mildly annoying situations without intense and overwhelming emotions. 

Are you yelling at your kids or your spouse? 

Saying things to yourself you wouldn't utter to anyone else? 

Feeling defeated and depleted? 

There is an explanation and an answer. 

The goal of EMDR therapy is to process traumatic or distressing life experiences that are causing problems now.  Complete treatment of a single EMDR trauma target involves a three-pronged protocol to alleviate the symptoms and address the complete clinical picture. The three prongs include:

1. past memories
2. present disturbance
3. future actions

If I said to you, “Knock Knock” what would your response be? Would it be, “Who’s There?” If so, this is because your brain automatically links to a learned response without you even thinking about it.  This is fine, but if your automatic brain is running your life, you may experience situations that are not fine for you. Intrusive and/or  negative thoughts, beliefs  or images, can lead you down a catastrophic trail. One second you didn’t turn in a work assignment and the next you imagine yourself being fired.