EMDR Therapy & PTSD

This website for a general audience explains how EMDR therapy can help symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Website Description

“Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an eight-phase psychotherapy approach that helps people recover from trauma without having to talk at length about the traumatic experience(s). It is an effective therapy with a lot of research support. An EMDR therapist will help you to tell important aspects of your story and will be mindful of how your culture and personal context impact you. They will build a working relationship with you, and help you develop tools for coping with how you are feeling currently. The therapist will help you identify your internal and external resources and the experiences causing distress (traumas) and their relationship with current symptoms. The therapist will assess your readiness for addressing your trauma and move at a pace that works for you.  If a client is not sure what event(s) have caused the PTSD symptoms, an EMDR therapist can help them to identify how their current symptoms are connected to past events and how they can be resolved.”

—Description from publisher

Website Access

Open Access

EMDR International Association (2023, May 15). EMDR Therapy & PTSD. https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/emdr-ptsd/