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Accredited EMDR Institute
training,
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specialist workshops and consultation
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in the United
Kingdom (UK) and Ireland
What we Offer
We provide EMDR training in the UK and Ireland which is accredited
by EMDR Europe Association, and the EMDR Institute. From the
early 1990s, the EMDR Institute has provided quality trainings
worldwide . Our trainers are unique in that they have not only
met the EMDR Europe criteria for accreditation as trainers, but have
also undergone intensive trainers' trainings with Dr Francine
Shapiro, the originator of EMDR. In addition, our trainers are
members of faculty at the EMDR Institute which is truly
international in its composition.
Following on from the initial trainings in EMDR we run masterclasses
which help experienced EMDR therapists take their skills to the
highest levels.
Consultation on cases is also available from our team of Accredited
EMDR Consultants.
What is EMDR?
The name,
EMDR, refers to a psychological therapy
known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
Its originator,
Dr Francine Shapiro, discovered by accident that disturbing thoughts she was having seemed to disappear
as she moved her eyes in rapid sideways movements.
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The approach was developed initially as a treatment for
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and found great success with veterans of
the Vietnam War and survivors of rape. In
2000, EMDR was recognised by the
International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
as an effective treatment for
PTSD. The Northern Ireland Department of Health subgroup,
CREST, followed suit in
2003 and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK
in 2005. EMDR has also been
considered highly effective and supported by research in the practice
guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association and the
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EMDR
integrates a range of psychological therapies within a
comprehensive framework to effect therapeutic change. Therapists
report recognising similarities to approaches they are familiar
with, but they also observe therapeutic changes not normally
achieved with their original approaches.
Today, tens of thousands of therapists worldwide have been trained in
EMDR. At EMDR Masterclass our two Directors are EMDR
Consultants and Trainers, approved by EMDR Europe and are on the Faculty
of the EMDR Institute based in California, USA.
We regularly provide quality trainings for new entrants
at different locations through UK and Ireland. We also provide
consultation for existing EMDR therapists.
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American Psychiatric Association (2004).
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute
Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Arlington, VA:
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
CREST (2003).
The management of post traumatic stress disorder in
adults. A publication of the Clinical Resource
Efficiency Support Team of the Northern Ireland Department
of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast.
Department of Veterans
Affairs & Department of Defense (2004).
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Post-Traumatic
Stress. Washington, DC.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
(2005).
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): The management of
adults and children in primary and secondary care.
London: NICE Guidelines.
What Happens in EMDR?
When we receive sensory information it passes through an emotional filter
(amygdala) in the right half of the brain. If there is nothing
emotionally-charged, the information then passes through another structure
(hippocampus) that processes the information for its time and space
properties and allows it to pass to the left hemisphere. This
experience is then stored normally in memory.
However, when incoming sensory information is
emotionally-charged (e.g. traumatic), it gets stuck in the Central Nervous
System (CNS) in the right hemisphere of the brain. It does not get
processed in time and space so, when reminders occur, the stuck memory is
triggered and feels emotionally that it is happening in the present. This
accounts for flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and nightmares.
EMDR therapists help clients reprocess their traumatic
memories by using a process that involves repeated left-right (bilateral)
stimulation of the brain while noticing different aspects of the traumatic
memory. The bilateral stimulation is achieved through either rapid eye
movements across the field of vision, auditory tones or clicks, or
tactile stimulation of alternate sides of the body. It is believed that
the bilateral stimulation of EMDR creates biochemical changes in the brain
that aid processing of information. Theorists suggest that the mode of
action occurs in the Limbic System, where the amygdala and hippocampus are
located.
EMDR
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