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If you would like to learn more, this video from the EMDRIA organization will provide additional insight into how EMDR can help you process past traumas and painful experiences.
And if you're looking for an EMDR therapist in Roseville or the greater Sacramento area, I'm here to help — virtually and in person.
When something traumatic happens in your life, the original picture of the event, the sounds, thoughts, and feelings seem to get locked in the nervous system. Because of the way our bodies store trauma, that stored trauma can continue to be triggered when reminders surface.
As summarized on the EMDRIA website: “Stress responses are part of our natural fight, flight, or freeze instincts. When distress from a disturbing event remains, the upsetting images, thoughts, and emotions may create an overwhelming feeling of being back in that moment, or of being ‘frozen in time.’ EMDR therapy helps the brain process these memories, and allows normal healing to resume. The experience is still remembered, but the fight, flight, or freeze response from the original event is resolved.”
what is emdr (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy & how does it work?
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This is a great question; however, it is not one which can be easily answered. Because no two journeys are alike, no two timelines will be alike. At the core of my therapeutic approach is to meet you where you are in your personal process of self-discovery and healing.
What I can tell you is that an open line of communication is an important part of the work we will do together. You are in the driver’s seat, guiding how fast or slow you would like to go in our work together — and when you are ready to stop.
Learn more about my individualized and client-centered approach to this process of discovery.
how long will therapy take before i notice improvements?
