👇🏼 So much to like in this comprehensive account of EMDR.
💡 I particularly like Dr Justin Havens EMDR Consultant use of accessible language.
🖊 Dr Havens writes about how EMDR can transform our relationship with the symptoms of trauma, particularly if we are constantly reminded of a traumatic experience or event.
👩🏼⚕️ As an integrative therapist, not all of my clients approach me specifically for EMDR therapy.
🧠 This means that not all clients present with traumatic memories.
👤 For example, recently, I have helped a client with a phobia.
⁉ This phobia had no links to any related traumatic experience.
🖇 The link is a fear of helplessness. This fear links to a childhood bereavement.
Dr Havens adds that the manifestation of trauma shows up in a number of mental health difficulties including:
➡ depression
➡ anxiety
➡ addiction
➡ behavioural issues
➡ relationships challenges
🔎 The link to trauma is not always obvious.
👥 It's up to the therapist to sit alongside the client and understand their personal journey.
🧠 EMDR is about facilitating a space to let our brains adaptively process.
✨ As someone who has experience of EMDR both as client and practitioner, there really is something life changing about how this happens.
🎤 I spoke at the BACP conference earlier in the year about how I incorporate EMDR into my coaching practice.
I help clients:
➡ prepare for promotion
➡ overcome public speaking nerves
➡ prepare for pitches
➡ prepare for interviews
➡ overcome writers block
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