EMDR is a useful tool that can help you to work through traumatic or stressful memories in a productive way that will diminish your reactivity to current situations that trigger anxiety, emotional dysregulation, avoidance, or depression.  EMDR helps traumatic memories that are very emotionally charged shift from the trauma regions of the brain (hippocampus and amygdala) and move to long-term memory where the visceral charge is less pronounced. It mimics the eye movements already built-in during REM sleep and utilizes bi-lateral stimulation alternating between the right and left hemispheres of the brain to help the brain break free from the negative associations with a traumatic memory. Any memory in which an individual feels vulnerable, unsafe, or threatened can lead to flashbacks that elicit a strong visceral response and sometimes emotional dysregulation. EMDR can greatly improve the capacity to self-regulate and access positive feelings and memories that were overshadowed by the trauma. Once a memory has been reprocessed using EMDR a new positive belief about self is installed to further the development of a whole and confident self.

I received my training at EMDR of the Rockies under Tamra Hughes, MA, LPC.  

Learn about how EMDR can help you here: EMDR Information Page

This is a short animation that describes EMDR therapy: EMDR

EMDR requires extensive training and additional group and individual supervision. As a result, fees for EMDR: $130.00 per session.

“However, today more than 20 scientifically controlled studies of EMDR have proven its effectiveness in the treatment of traumatic and other disturbing life experiences.”
― Francine Shapiro (Inventor of the EMDR technique)