I Matter

The theme of today's treatment with EMDR, eye movement,desensitization, reprocessing~ This is a jump-start to feeling "fine". For someone who may be unaware of types of therapies and what psychology is truly capable of, EMDR is quite amazing to say the least. I have been reading about this modality every since it was referred to me for assisting my personal development and healing. Almost seven years since I was encouraged to receive this work, here it is.

Wow! My first session! There were definite cross-overs from the work that I have practice for myself and clients. The key point, the eyes. No other treatment that I have witnessed has ever gotten this result in those speed, guaranteed. NLP is close, energy work and "bio-energetics" do their thing, this is definitely a much needed step to any direction of reprocessing & support building regimen.

I could not even remember the original image of distress in which the therapist and I initially began working with. I felt an opening and deep release of an old programs. Letting go of images in which I have been seeing repeated through my minds eye for years that got in the way of school, work and all life related activities and connecting in love~

I will savor the process and go further in more detail in next blog. The treatment was the dance of feeling the distress then being taken to that safe space. A new phrase was given to over ride the original one holding negativity. The therapist held very carefully and safe space for this balancing act. I was left with bringing the "I matter" into my life again~ This session was no longer than an hour~start to finish.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti


Wikipedia says: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy that was developed by Francine Shapiro[1][2] to resolve the development of trauma-related disorders caused by exposure to distressing events such as rape or military combat.
According to Shapiro's theory,[1] when a traumatic or distressing experience occurs, it may overwhelm usual cognitive and neurological coping mechanisms. The memory and associated stimuli of the event are inadequately processed, and are dysfunctionally stored in an isolated memory network.
The goal of EMDR therapy is to process these distressing memories, reducing their lingering influence and allowing clients to develop more adaptive coping mechanisms.

Although some clinicians may use EMDR for other problems, its research support is primarily for disorders stemming from distressing life experiences,[3] such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[4][5] However, EMDR remains somewhat controversial due to questions about its methods and theoretical foundations.[6][7][8][9][1