EMDR
Utilizing bilateral stimulation (BLS) which is the fancy term for stimulating the left and right hemispheres of the brain by following a moving light, tapping yourself on alternating sides of your body, or tones in headphones, helps the brain recover from traumatic memories and events. This process involves communication between the amygdala (the threat detection center or car alarm), the hippocampus (our memory library, including memories about safety and danger), and the prefrontal cortex (which is the thinking part of our brain which helps analyze and make decisions).
Our fight, flight, freeze, collapse instincts are an important part of our nervous system but often with trauma, it kicks in too often, leaving us in a state of panic, depression, and fear. Often to feel calmer, we start avoiding people, stop leaving the house, stop going to crowded places or withdrawing from anything that brings about anxiety. EMDR therapy helps the brain process these past memories that create present day anxiety and depression, and allows normal healing to resume so that you can engage more fully in your life and with your loved ones. The experience is still in our memory bank, but the fight, flight, freeze, collapse response and overwhelming feelings and visceral sensations from the trauma are resolved. EMDR can help us heal from both Little t trauma and Big T trauma as well as free people from depression and anxiety. Find out more about EMDR with a free consultation today.
More information about EMDR: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pkfln-ZtWeY
Another brief video about EMDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrH6xy3snTk
