Is EMDR Right for You?
Written by:
Wendy Pollock, MA, LPC, Licensed EMDR Provider
If you have experienced any
type of traumatic event during your lifetime that you feel may be limiting you
in the present, then Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) may be
an effective treatment option.
According to the EMDR International Association, EMDR is an integrative
psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective
for the treatment of acute trauma (short-term), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD), as well as other psychiatric disorders and mental health issues.
The model on
which EMDR is based, Adaptive Information Processing (AIP), posits that much of
psychopathology is due to the maladaptive encoding of and/or incomplete
processing of traumatic or disturbing adverse life experiences. This impairs a
person’s ability to integrate these experiences in an adaptive manner. The
eight-phase, three-pronged process of EMDR facilitates the resumption of normal
information processing and integration. This treatment approach, which targets
past experience, current triggers, and future potential challenges, results in
the
alleviation of presenting symptoms, a decrease or elimination of distress from
the disturbing memory, improved view of the self, relief from bodily
disturbance, and resolution of present and future anticipated triggers (EMDRIA
Website).
EMDR can be used
as the primary mode of therapy, or in conjunction with other types of “talk”
therapies, to help clients move beyond past experiences that are negatively
affecting the present. Please let
your provider know if you would like to schedule set of sessions to learn EMDR.
Through the
Maiberger Institute in Boulder, I have completed both the extensive requirements
for EMDR Basic Training, as well as Advanced Training for Working with Complex
Trauma. Over the past several
years, I have successfully utilized EMDR with numerous clients, addressing a
wide range of issues, and have found it to be life changing for those clients.
If you would like to learn more about EMDR and the research that has been
done, I highly recommend you go to EMDRIA’s website at
http://emdria2.affiniscape.com.
If you would like
additional information regarding my training and experience, or would like to
set up an initial appointment to determine if EMDR may be right for you, please
contact me via email or phone, listed below.
I would love the opportunity to speak with you about the potential
benefits of EMDR!
Wendy Pollock, MA,
LPC
303.913.6877