EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a powerful, evidence-based psychotherapy approach designed to help individuals process and heal from distressing memories and trauma. Whether you're an adult grappling with unresolved trauma, a couple navigating the impact of past experiences on your relationship, or a child struggling with difficult emotions, EMDR therapy can provide profound relief and transformation.
What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR therapy facilitates the natural healing process by enabling the brain to reprocess traumatic or distressing memories. Through a structured eight-phase approach, clients are guided to revisit challenging experiences while engaging in bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or tactile taps). This process helps to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, allowing clients to integrate it more adaptively.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR does not require clients to delve deeply into the details of the traumatic event, making it especially suitable for those who find verbal expression difficult or overwhelming.
Working with Adults
For adults, EMDR therapy can address a wide range of issues, including:
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Anxiety and panic disorders
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Grief and loss
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Childhood trauma
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Low self-esteem or negative self-beliefs
By reprocessing painful memories, clients can experience lasting relief from emotional distress, gain a deeper understanding of their triggers, and build resilience for the future.
Attachment-Informed EMDR
Incorporating an attachment-informed perspective, EMDR therapy can explore how early relationships shape current patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating. By addressing attachment wounds, this approach helps clients build a stronger sense of self and healthier interpersonal connections.
Couples and EMDR Therapy
Trauma and unresolved emotional wounds can significantly impact relationships. EMDR therapy for couples addresses how individual and shared experiences influence relational dynamics. By working through trauma together, couples can:
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Heal from past hurts
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Strengthen emotional connection
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Enhance communication and understanding
This integrative approach creates a foundation for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
Working with Children
Children often express their emotions through behaviour rather than words, making EMDR an ideal therapeutic approach. Using child-friendly techniques, including storytelling, play, and creative interventions, EMDR therapy helps young clients process fears, phobias, trauma, and other challenges in a way that feels safe and accessible.
Parents or caregivers are often involved in the process, creating a supportive environment for the child's healing journey.
Why Choose EMDR Therapy?
EMDR therapy is deeply transformative, offering clients of all ages a structured yet flexible pathway to healing. Whether you’re an individual, a couple, or a parent seeking support for your child, EMDR can empower you to move beyond the weight of the past and embrace a brighter, more balanced future.
If you are ready to explore how EMDR therapy could support you or your loved ones, please reach out to arrange a consultation.
'I came to Yafit for EMDR counselling, having heard much about its effectiveness, and after one year of very productive talking therapy. But I felt that I had reached a limit with that, with my ability to process some of my deeper issues, which were likely caused in childhood and which I could not really recall properly. From our first session, Yafit provided a space - both conceptual and physical - in which I felt confident to work on these issues. The whole process was very kind, clear, and tailored to my (erratic) schedule and personal situation. I'm really impressed by how effective and durable the therapy has been. It has allowed me to continue to confront other issues from a much stronger personal position, and thus now have the emotional space to do so without the obstruction of unconscious barriers that had existed in past therapies . Very impressed and very, very grateful to Yafit!'
Dr. P.B.
