EMDR is a popular method of processing trauma. The advantage of EMDR is that you often don’t have to talk much about your traumas; good empathy and concentration are usually sufficient. With EMDR, unpleasant feelings and experiences are relived in such a way that your unconscious removes the heavy emotional charge from the memory. The intention is that the unpleasant memory feels neutral after the therapy and therefore no longer has a grip on you.
Complaints after EMDR
One of the disadvantages of EMDR is that you touch on traumatic experiences from the past and that your body and mind can be turned upside down. Sometimes there is just no other way to process a trauma. But your body can still be very upset for days after an EMDR treatment. So you can experience quite a few complaints after EMDR.
Energy therapy in combination with EMDR
Energy therapy is very suitable to relax the body and mind after EMDR therapy. During the energy therapy you do not have to bring back the bad feelings or memories (again) and it is also not necessary to talk about your bad past experience. As long as I, as a therapist, know your trauma in outline, that is sufficient.
During EMDR (if all goes well) unprocessed sadness or fear will be released. During EMDR (if all goes well) unprocessed sadness or fear will be released. Your nervous system is calmed and your mind feels clear again. Such a discharge can itself be accompanied by emotions, but relief usually follows.
Are you currently undergoing EMDR therapy and would you like to know whether energy therapy can also support you? Please contact me for a no-obligation free introduction.
How does EMDR work?
EMDR stands for Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. With EMDR you think back to a traumatic event for you, or you evoke an unpleasant and obstructive feeling for you (such as fear). While you are feeling the emotions, you are, as it were, distracted by the therapist. The original and most common way to do this is that you have to follow an object with your eyes that alternately moves left or right (hence the name). There are now other ways in use, such as that the client wears headphones and alternately hears a beep to the left and right that attracts attention. Some therapists tap your knees alternately left and right (this is called tapping).
Either way, the same two things happen in your head: first, your working memory is overloaded, and second, both of your brain hemispheres are activated. In EMDR, for example, an attempt is made to restart an ‘unfinished’ processing of a trauma, so that processing can still take place.
Does EMDR really work?
Yes, EMDR really works. It is one of the most scientifically researched (and proven) trauma processing techniques we know today. But it makes sense that when a trauma comes loose, it can be accompanied by intense emotions. Body and mind can be quite upset for days or even weeks. That’s not bad (it’s actually good) and it’s part of it. But some extra support can be nice; and that is possible, for example, in the form of energetic therapy.
Do you also want to try this? Please contact me or first read what an energy treatment looks like. You may already be interested in what it costs and whether you will be reimbursed.
