Online EMDR Therapy
Mount Vernon Counseling Center
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
EMDR Therapy is a robust, evidence-based psychotherapy approach that is culturally neutral, cost effective, and remarkably effective when applied correctly by a well-trained and skilled practitioner.
The EMDR Healing Program will promote resilience and improve your coping skills. We call this post-traumatic growth.
EMDR THERAPY can be used safely with children of all ages, adolescents, adults and the elderly.
EMDR Therapy is one of the most thoroughly researched psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder.
Endorsed by the World Health Organization as a front-line therapy for trauma.
EMDR Healing Program will promote resilience and improve one’s coping skills.
EMDR THERAPY CAN BE USED SAFELY WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS AND THE ELDERLY.
Anxiety, Phobias
Eating Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Depression, grief and loss
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociation
Performance anxiety
Recent and long-term trauma, Sexual trauma
Relationship difficulties
Chronic Pain, Migraines and many kinds of headaches, Phantom limb pain
What is an EMDR session like?
EMDR Therapy uses a set of standardized protocols that incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches. Simply put, when the patient accesses a difficult memory and notices whatever comes up, while engaging in lateral eye movements, bilateral taps or listening to tones, adaptive and bilateral taps or listening to tones, adaptive and accelerated processing spontaneously occurs. The central instructions to you will be: lateral eye movements, bilateral taps or listening to tones, adaptive and bilateral taps or listening to tones, adaptive and accelerated processing spontaneously occurs. The central instructions to you will be: “Just notice” or “Go with that” You are asked at the outset what the images, thoughts, beliefs, sensations and distress levels are, that accompany this memory or “target”, and these questions assist you in accurately accessing the material you seek relief from. Complete treatment of the adverse experiences involves a three-pronged approach (past memories, present disturbance or triggers, future actions or concerns), which are needed to alleviate the symptoms and address the complete clinical picture. Often patients will report at the conclusion of a session that they are fatigued. This is entirely normal, in fact, it is a good sign as this often heralds a good treatment effect. Any fatigue is transient and should resolve within a few hours following a session. Your memories will be preserved but they will seem more distant and less troublesome and a more balanced perspective will be restored. Often positive memories that were previously eclipsed by negative material will emerge. The length of time spent in treatment with EMDR Therapy varies according to your particular history, biological makeup, internal strengths and life experiences. In general, treatment is typically briefer than with some other forms of psychotherapy and is therefore often more cost effective yielding results sooner.
Problematic Behaviors
Autism spectrum
Cancer patients and survivors
Work stress and career problems
Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Psychosomatic illness
What are the conditions EMDR Healing Program can treat?
1) The program starts with a comprehensive evaluation of what is going on and what are the major factors that are causing the distress. Our team which includes a skilled Psychologist, a Psychiatrist and a psychotherapist can be involved and consulted and if needed participate in the treatment. If necessary appropriate adjunct psychotherapeutic modalities or medication intervention can be considered. Once other biological and emotional contributing factors were identified and addressed we move forward to EMDR Therapy phase. 2) We process the experiences that are causing you problems, and to include new ones that are needed for full health. “Processing” will set up a learning state that will allow experiences that are causing problems to be “digested” and stored appropriately in your brain. 3) This therapy will leave you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that lead to healthy, useful behaviors and interactions and your equilibrium will be restored.
How does EMDR work? The Neurobiology of EMDR Link?
https://www.emdria.org/page/Neurobiological https://www.emdria.org/page/Hypotheses https://www.emdria.org/page/Mechanism
Randomized studies: https://www.emdria.org/page/Randomized Non-Randomized studies: https://www.emdria.org/page/NonRandomized
Links to research for specific problems?
Depression: The EDEN study: A large multi-site randomized clinical trial conducted in Europe: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487548 Post-traumatic stress disorder: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29928250 Anxiety and panic: http://www.emdr.com/phobia-and-panic-disorder-studies/ Medical issues: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3951033/ EMDR for headaches: http://www.emdrwest.com/Articles/emdr-migrainesStudy.pdf Medically Unexplained symptoms: http://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgremdr/3/4/248 EMDR Group: Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 12, Number 3, 2018 EMDR International Association. Roberts, A http:// dx. doi. org/ 10. 1891/ 1933- 3196. 12. 3. 105
Biofeedback treatment
We all want to be in control of our emotions and our body, Biofeedback offers us a way to pursue this wishunique
HeartMath is a form of biofeedback scientifically proven to be effective at managing a wide range of psychophysiological and emotional difficulties. A dedicated HeartMath practice supports health promoting and life enhancing shifts in both physical and emotional wellbeing.
Most emotional difficulties including ADHD, depression, anxiety, trauma and a high proportion of medical illnesses stem from physiological dysregulation.
HeartMath is a form of biofeedback scientifically proven to be effective at managing a wide range of psychophysiological and emotional difficulties. A dedicated HeartMath practice supports health promoting and life enhancing shifts in both physical and emotional wellbeing.
Most emotional difficulties including ADHD, depression, anxiety, trauma and a high proportion of medical illnesses stem from physiological dysregulation.
HeartMath interventions can be a powerful aid in facilitating healing and rehabilitation by reducing stress-induced autonomic and hormonal activation, improving sympathovagal and neuroendocrine balance and promoting increased efficiency and synchronization in the functioning of physiological systems.
Heart Rate Variability or HRV is an important indicator of overall health and fitness as well as an indicator of resilience. By learning to increase HRV coherence with emotional self-regulation techniques, you can improve your health and well-being. Regular practice of Heartmath can re-establish healthier patterns of autonomic activity and in so doing increase cognitive performance in the workplace/school setting. Many also observe dramatic improvements in their relationships and family dynamics after a period of regular practice of these techniques.
By learning self-regulation and emotional management skills you can gain mastery over stress, anxiety and many other conditions.
Emotions influence the body’s systems in ways that are either renewing or depleting. Learn how to identify those depleting emotions and attitudes commonly referred to as stress and replace them with ones that facilitate renewal.Heartmath is compatible with and compliments as well as augments all forms of psychotherapy and allows you to receive maximum benefits from the other forms of self-care in your life.
In particular, Heartmath is a natural and dynamic companion to effective EMDR treatment by carefully fortifying the preparation phase that precedes effective and responsibly delivered EMDR processing. This enables you to tolerate and integrate the work more efficiently and safely.
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