EMDR in Atlanta

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Atlanta

Reprocessing trauma attached to negative beliefs

EMDR is an evidenced-based psychotherapy that is used to alleviate symptoms related to trauma, anxiety, and many other mental health disorders.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing uses quick bilateral eye movements or bilateral tapping to help you process traumatic memories and other adverse life experiences. EMDR focuses on negative beliefs about oneself, traumatic memories, or stressful events to desensitize and reprocess to rewire your brain to more adaptive beliefs and associations. EMDR does not require you to retell your trauma in detail or do homework assignments in between sessions.

The bilateral eye or tapping movements helps to integrate both sides of your brain while processing. This enhances the communication within your brain while helping you to reprocess and rewire neuro networks within your brain associated with traumatic or adverse experiences.

EMDR helps the brain to heal itself.

More than 30 positive controlled outcome studies have been done on EMDR therapy. Some of the studies show that 84%-90% of single-trauma victims no longer have post-traumatic stress disorder after only three 90-minute sessions. Another study, funded by the HMO Kaiser Permanente, found that 100% of the single-trauma victims and 77% of multiple trauma victims no longer were diagnosed with PTSD after only six 50-minute sessions. In another study, 77% of combat veterans were free of PTSD in 12 sessions. (emdr.com)

Shae Ivie-Williams is trained in EMDR