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<h2>Trauma Control - Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing</h2> <p> Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a long and unwieldy name for a new therapeutic tool that is amazingly quick and easy to use.<br /><br />It was discovered by Francine Shapiro in 1987 in the USA. This technique has since become recognised and is used in trauma centres in many places, with much documented research attesting to its effectiveness.<br /><br />An EDMR session is not complicated<br /><br />The client describes the traumatic memory and is helped to focus on the very worst aspect and the associated feelings and then describes the negative belief they may have internalized as a result.<br /><br />Let's take for example somebody who had been in a traffic accident. He might have felt that he was to blame. He may have thought 'I'm really stupid.' The practitioner then helps this person to clearly state the belief that he would really like to have. This could be something like 'I do the very best that I can to make myself safe.' The feeling and thoughts are rated on scales ranging from one to ten.<br /><br />The client must keep in mind the negative thoughts and feeling as he holds on to the memory. He then watches as the practitioner moves his or her hand in front of the client's face in a series of movements. There is then a pause.<br /><br />After the client talks about his thoughts, feelings and anything he notices about his body, the hand movements begin again. This scenario is repeated until both therapist and client feel they have reached the end with nothing new arising. Now the original memory is returned to, and the thoughts and feelings are rated again. By doing so an objective measure of change can be witnessed.<br /><br />How does EMDR work?<br /><br />It seems that the brain fails to process trauma memories in the usual way, and they get stuck in a place (the limbic system) where they are easily triggered. Bilateral stimulation of the brain appears to help these memories shift to the place where ordinary memories are stored (the cerebral cortex), losing their emotional charge on the way.<br /><br />Clients who have received this form of treatment state that the memory has not gone away but the unpleasant or frightening feelings that came with it have gone, and they feel a lot better with themselves.<br /><br />Eye movements are the usual mode of EMDR, but needn't be confined to this so long as other bilateral methods are employed. This includes tapping on hands or knees alternately, or headphones can be worn, and certain sounds listened to. EMDR can be used with great success with core beliefs and patterns that cannot be shifted with any amount of talk therapy.<br /><br />For a trauma that is simple as with a car accident, the feelings may be processed in only six sessions. Traumas that are more complex may require a therapeutic relationship that is ongoing. <p style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:5pt"> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt">Article Source: <a href="http://www.ArticlesMaker.com">ArticlesMaker.com</a></font></p> <h3>About the Author</h3> Su Fox can be found at <a href="http://www.n16health.com/listings/139.html" target="_blank">london psychotherapy</a> or <a href="http://www.n16health.com/listings/139.html" target="_blank">london counselling</a>. She is an experienced British practitioner located in the south of England. She is the author of a of book for complementary therapists: Retaling To Clients.

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