You may have experienced something terrible or seen something dreadful happen. Afterwards you had trouble coping, you talked about it, did what you could to forget it. And then you got on with things. After all, life goes on.<\/p>\n
For a long time, everything seemed fine. For months, maybe even years. Then, suddenly, it came back into your life. And you find it impossible to avoid it. You relive it and you\u2019re preoccupied with it, even if you don\u2019t want to be. A lot has started happening to you now. You suffer from nightmares, have trouble sleeping, you are irritable. Perhaps you find yourself suddenly lashing out at people.<\/p>\n
Well, the trauma has not been fully laid to rest. You continued with your life, but the trauma didn\u2019t go away completely. It takes time and effort to lay such significant, momentous incidents to rest.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, there are clear, effective methods by which to deal with trauma. EMDR is an example of one of these methods.
\nEMDR is a successful therapeutic technique used to \u2018jump start\u2019 traumatic experiences that have been blocked out. Here\u2019s the problem: you are stuck in that one moment in time. You\u2019ve moved on, you cried about it, you were angry but life goes on and so did you. However, inside you weren\u2019t ready to let it go. So that negative experience lays dormant. Therefore, when something happens that you associate with that moment, your emotions take control and drag you back to that single moment in time.<\/p>\n
With EMDR, you erase that reaction completely in a relatively short space of time and without having to talk about it for hours. The first session is tough. We take you back to that moment \u2013 completely. From this first session onwards, EMDR takes positive steps away from that moment. You will feel more relaxed and comfortable.<\/p>\n