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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 Director is an EMDR
Consultant and Trainer, approved by EMDR Europe and is 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.
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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
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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
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Why the Seahorse Logo?
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The
seahorse had a particular significance for us in that its
New Latin name (hippocampus) is the same as a structure
in the brain that is responsible for processing our sensory
experiences; when we suffer trauma, often the events become
stuck in the central nervous system and remain unprocessed
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EMDR
frequently asked questions
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