EMDR Therapy

EMDR and Trauma

Here’s a hard truth: trauma isn’t just a story you tell — it’s stored in your body. And no matter how much you talk it through in traditional talk therapy, intellectualizing your pain might not be enough to heal it.

So how do we reduce your trauma symptoms & help you move forward in life?

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) is a safe & effective therapy tool used to resolve unprocessed trauma memories & symptoms. Unlike traditional talk therapy, you won’t verbally rehash the trauma over and over again, which can be retraumatizing, dysregulating, & counterproductive to your healing.

And @ Big Mood Therapy, your EMDR therapy is 100% online.

The nitty gritty of EMDR therapy

First, we’ll make sure you’ve got some banging coping strategies prior to your EMDR Therapy. 

Then we’ll get comfy.

 

Emotional support water bottle?

Check

 

A calm & serene environment?

Check

 

Post-therapy snacks?

Check

 

Finally, we’ll get started by picking an unpleasant memory or disturbing experience contributing to your unwanted symptoms.

You’ll recall the details of the event in your mind, and we’ll use visual & auditory bilateral stimulation (back and forth movement) to safely guide you through the painful sensations, emotions, thoughts, & beliefs resulting from the disturbing memory. 

The outcome?

We can’t go back and change or erase what happened to you.

However, EMDR CAN reduce the intensity of your trauma symptoms and automatic coping strategies + help you develop healthier messages about yourself and the world.

Ready for real & lasting healing for your trauma symptoms, unhelpful looping thought patterns, challenging relationship dynamics, and old ways of automatic coping?

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