Treating Trauma with Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

When people are traumatised, they may experience such strong emotions that the brain is overwhelmed. As a result, it is unable to cope with or process information as it does ordinarily. Distressing experiences become ‘frozen in time’. They are stored in the brain in the original ‘raw’ form and can recur as ‘action replays’ or intrusive memories. The person repeatedly relives the original unpleasant event(s).
Remembering a trauma may feel as bad as experiencing it the first time because the images, sounds, smells, and feelings haven’t changed. Such memories have a lasting negative effect on the way people see themselves, the world and other people. It can affect parts or all of their lives, including their ability to work or study. EMDR can help to process and normalise ‘locked’ information, so that it can pass through the mind. I am happy to explain the procedure if you would like more information. Treating Headache and Migraine using Integrated EMDR. Integrated EMDR combines EMDR with breathing techniques and headache pressure points to eliminate symptoms related to migraine and tension headaches. The use of EMDR for the treatments of headaches can be seen as a non-medication natural alternative treatment for headaches.