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Healing Trauma Through EMDR: Effective Therapy for PTSD and Anxiety
If you or your spouse is struggling with trauma or PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be a highly effective treatment option. As a professional Christian psychotherapist, I specialize in using EMDR to help individuals heal from trauma by addressing the root causes through trauma healing and an internal family systems approach. For spouses, I provide guidance to help support their loved ones through the healing process.
EMDR is one of the most researched and recommended treatments for trauma and PTSD. This process reduces anxiety and changes your relationship to traumatic memories by accessing the brain’s innate capacity to reprocess them. EMDR works by promoting integration and processing on multiple levels, including the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and incorporating adaptive information from the Emotional Brain.
Most clients experience significant changes after just a few EMDR sessions, particularly for recent traumatic events. Through our therapeutic work, we can help you or your spouse achieve lasting healing and a healthier, more balanced emotional state.
Whether you are considering EMDR for yourself or your spouse, I am here to provide the support and expertise needed to navigate this transformative therapy.
What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-researched and highly recommended treatment for trauma and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). This therapy uses a physical process of Left-Right stimulation to launch mental and emotional processing similar to what occurs during dream sleep, essential for emotional stability, high-quality learning, and peak productivity.
What is EMDR Therapy Like?
In EMDR therapy, a skilled therapist helps identify the target memory for processing. This involves discovering the emotions locked in the memory and assessing the distress it causes. The therapist guides the client in identifying the beliefs, perspectives, and expectations rooted in this memory, which are crucial for real change. Once these elements are in place, the trained EMDR therapist begins using bilateral stimulation to process the memory. This continues until the memory no longer triggers the same feelings or supports the same beliefs. At this point, emotional healing has occurred. The therapist also helps consolidate the new perspectives and beliefs into the client's emotional belief system.
Evidence for Results from EMDR
EMDR is one of the most researched treatments for trauma and PTSD. The process reduces anxiety and changes our relationship to traumatic memories by accessing the brain’s innate capacity to reprocess them. EMDR promotes integration and processing on multiple levels, including the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and integrates adaptive information from throughout the Emotional Brain. Most clients experience significant changes after just a few EMDR sessions, especially for recent traumatic events. In summary, EMDR focuses less on seeking insight through dialogue and more on nonverbal processing using eye movement or Left/Right audio input. This makes effective therapy available for those who find it difficult to talk at length about their emotional issues. Even young children have benefited from this approach.
Surprising Results
Traditional talk therapists were initially surprised by the effectiveness of this More nonverbal method. While cognitive processing is often considered essential for emotional change, emotional trauma and learning are stored in the Emotional Brain, primarily as scenes and stories rather than words. Bilateral input works effectively within a guided protocol to facilitate emotional healing. I have integrated Christian Listening Prayer with EMDR with good results. My background includes over 10 years of hands-on experience in using listening prayer meditations to dissolve core beliefs. I found that EMDR can enhance listening prayer, allowing them to be used together effectively.
Book a Session
I am an EMDR-trained therapist who uses EMDR to enhance your capacity to process new information and old beliefs and emotions. This accelerates your psychotherapy goals. To book a session, please phone or text (416) 939-0544 or email [email protected].
To book a session with George phone or text (416) 939-0544.
Professional fee per hour session is $160.00 (2022 - subject to change). There is a fee ($80.00) for late cancelled appointments (24 hour notice is required). Payment is due at the end of your appointment. Payment by e-transfers or PayPal. A receipt is issued indicating that I am a registered psychotherapist in Ontario.
If you or your spouse is struggling with trauma or PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be a highly effective treatment option. As a professional Christian psychotherapist, I specialize in using EMDR to help individuals heal from trauma by addressing the root causes through trauma healing and an internal family systems approach. For spouses, I provide guidance to help support their loved ones through the healing process.
EMDR is one of the most researched and recommended treatments for trauma and PTSD. This process reduces anxiety and changes your relationship to traumatic memories by accessing the brain’s innate capacity to reprocess them. EMDR works by promoting integration and processing on multiple levels, including the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and incorporating adaptive information from the Emotional Brain.
Most clients experience significant changes after just a few EMDR sessions, particularly for recent traumatic events. Through our therapeutic work, we can help you or your spouse achieve lasting healing and a healthier, more balanced emotional state.
Whether you are considering EMDR for yourself or your spouse, I am here to provide the support and expertise needed to navigate this transformative therapy.
What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-researched and highly recommended treatment for trauma and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). This therapy uses a physical process of Left-Right stimulation to launch mental and emotional processing similar to what occurs during dream sleep, essential for emotional stability, high-quality learning, and peak productivity.
What is EMDR Therapy Like?
In EMDR therapy, a skilled therapist helps identify the target memory for processing. This involves discovering the emotions locked in the memory and assessing the distress it causes. The therapist guides the client in identifying the beliefs, perspectives, and expectations rooted in this memory, which are crucial for real change. Once these elements are in place, the trained EMDR therapist begins using bilateral stimulation to process the memory. This continues until the memory no longer triggers the same feelings or supports the same beliefs. At this point, emotional healing has occurred. The therapist also helps consolidate the new perspectives and beliefs into the client's emotional belief system.
Evidence for Results from EMDR
EMDR is one of the most researched treatments for trauma and PTSD. The process reduces anxiety and changes our relationship to traumatic memories by accessing the brain’s innate capacity to reprocess them. EMDR promotes integration and processing on multiple levels, including the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and integrates adaptive information from throughout the Emotional Brain. Most clients experience significant changes after just a few EMDR sessions, especially for recent traumatic events. In summary, EMDR focuses less on seeking insight through dialogue and more on nonverbal processing using eye movement or Left/Right audio input. This makes effective therapy available for those who find it difficult to talk at length about their emotional issues. Even young children have benefited from this approach.
Surprising Results
Traditional talk therapists were initially surprised by the effectiveness of this More nonverbal method. While cognitive processing is often considered essential for emotional change, emotional trauma and learning are stored in the Emotional Brain, primarily as scenes and stories rather than words. Bilateral input works effectively within a guided protocol to facilitate emotional healing. I have integrated Christian Listening Prayer with EMDR with good results. My background includes over 10 years of hands-on experience in using listening prayer meditations to dissolve core beliefs. I found that EMDR can enhance listening prayer, allowing them to be used together effectively.
Book a Session
I am an EMDR-trained therapist who uses EMDR to enhance your capacity to process new information and old beliefs and emotions. This accelerates your psychotherapy goals. To book a session, please phone or text (416) 939-0544 or email [email protected].
To book a session with George phone or text (416) 939-0544.
Professional fee per hour session is $160.00 (2022 - subject to change). There is a fee ($80.00) for late cancelled appointments (24 hour notice is required). Payment is due at the end of your appointment. Payment by e-transfers or PayPal. A receipt is issued indicating that I am a registered psychotherapist in Ontario.