Telehealth and EMDR Therapy

Online video sessions

In reponse to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have moved sessions soley online to ensure the safety of clients and myself. I offer talk therapy, and I am offering EMDR Therapy remotely. EMDR Therapy can be done over video sessions as I can guide you through sessions while you can engage in self tapping.

Facts

EMDR is a well-researched therapy approach and a proven effective treatment for trauma. EMDR uses techinques to access and re-process memories that keep us to be stuck in our negative core beliefs.

EMDR does not require you to talk about the distressing details of your trauma. Instead, EMDR Therapy relies on your brain to heal itself naturally. EMDR Therapy has a standard protocol with treatment stages.

In the first part of treatment, I assist you in building coping skills and resources through mindfulness meditation and grounding techniques. This is called resourcing. The later stage of treatment is called re-processing, which is when unprocessed memories are re-processed in the brain through a technique called bilateral stimulation. Bilateral stimulation can be done with eye-movements, tapping or through audio.

Sessions

Clients often ask, “How many sessions does EMDR take?” This is a complicated question with no simple answer. Research shows that EMDR on a single incident trauma in adulthood, can take anywhere from 6-12 sessions.

In my experience, I have seen people come into the office wanting to work on one traumatic memory and re-process within a few weeks, and others come in with one traumatic memory and it took months to get through. Some experts talk about the possiblity that childhood and developmental trauma are more complex than trauma experienced as an adult.

Its helpful to know that the brain has extensive connections and memories, and one memory can lead to another, or multiple memories can be re-processed at once. In sum, there is no concrete way to know how many sessions your EMDR therapy will take. But you can learn more about EMDR Therapy on the EMDR International Association [EMDRIA] website.