👁 EMDR Therapy

There is a memory from the past that causes pain, unpleasant emotions and thoughts. Even though this memory was experienced years ago, when the person remembers it, they still feel "I am not good enough" and unpleasant emotions continue (such as sadness, fear, anger). The traumatic memory still affects the person's life as if it happened today. In EMDR Therapy, the person returns to the time when it happened (in a safe environment and with the therapist's accompaniment). The memory is no longer as vivid and the emotions and thoughts it brings no longer affect the person as much. The person did not feel good enough in that traumatic memory. Today they can "feel good enough". They can say "I am good enough". While the emotional impact of the traumatic memory on today is very disturbing, after EMDR Therapy there is no emotional disturbance. In therapies, emotions and memories that cause pain and discomfort generally weaken and lose their power. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy application performed WITHOUT medication and hypnosis. The therapist moves the client's eyes left and right (usually by having the client follow the therapist's finger with their eyes), this movement slightly stimulates both hemispheres of the client's brain and thus allows the client to focus on memories and emotions that disturb them.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Death and Grief, Coping with Stress, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Anger Problems, Depression, Test Anxiety, Phobias (claustrophobia, elevator, animal-related phobias), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Low Self-Esteem, Performance Anxiety, Childhood Traumas (Violence-Abuse-Neglect-Sexual Abuse) Accidents, Natural Disasters, Social Event-Related Traumas

Bilateral stimulation enables the reprocessing of traumatic memories and the recording of traumatic memories in a more adaptive way for life. At the same time, desensitization occurs in response to stress-inducing stimuli. With EMDR Therapy, appropriate attitudes and skills are developed for the person to show better functionality in the future. Patients with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, PTSD, and abuse victims who start EMDR therapy with negative views about themselves and events complete the therapy with positive emotions, feelings of trust, and self-worth when they continue the therapy consistently. The opposite does not happen. EMDR treatments accelerate toward health; functionality, positive emotions and high self-esteem, feelings of trust. EMDR Therapy does not lead to dysfunction; inappropriate self-blame, self-hatred, anxiety attacks, anger control issues.