Fierce Therapy
with Pia Crosby
EMDR Intensives
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EMDR therapy is modeled after the natural functions of the human body that occur during Rapid Eye Movement (REM). The human mind uses REM sleep to process daily emotional experiences. The traumatic experiences are stored in the brain with all the sights, sounds, thoughts, and feelings that accompany them. The raw memories are “trapped” in the central nervous system and therefore cannot be processed normally.
It is somewhat challenging to explain how EMDR produces results because the human brain is so complex. What we do know is that EMDR seems to unblock, unfreeze, and desensitize the information. The traumatic memories can then be processed and adaptively integrated.
EMDR is carried out through various methods – using alternating, left-right, bilateral eye movements, tones, or kinesthetic stimulation. These techniques enhance information processing.
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PROCESSING PHASE:
Phases taken from EMDR Institute Inc.
EMDR videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkfln-ZtWeY&t=495s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJXYN9bPOg
Additional videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dsaziiF9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSIYpnh9xEQ&t=50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYab1q5N9-U&t=2s
Infographics:
https://www.emdria.org/public-resources/the-eight-phases-of-emdr-therapy/
National Center for PTSD:
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand_tx/tx_basics.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh1OoOG2WEg
EMDR and research:
https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/emdr-and-ptsd/
https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/recent-research-about-emdr/
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