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This approach is based on building a strong therapeutic relationship with the client through open and honest dialogue such as is vital for medium - longer term work. The therapist seeks to understand an individual's experience from their point of view by providing an empathic, and non-judgemental experience for the client.
Internationally recognised, this therapy should only be used by appropriately trained, Accredited therapists. EMDR is highly effective in treating traumatic or distressing memories (including PTSD) that don’t process correctly as may occur when a situation or experience feels overwhelming or traumatic in the moment. Instead, the memory seemingly becomes “stuck”, attaching to the nervous system where it can be re-experienced over and over in a person’s mind in a vivid and emotionally disturbing way.
EMDR helps reprocess the memory using rapid eye movements at the same time as the brain accesses the memory in the present (with the therapist). This causes the memory to become “unstuck” and be correctly processed. This has a desensitisation effect so that the memory of the original experience will no longer feel as emotionally distressing (and in many cases not distressing at all). The client and therapist then work to develop a more positive future template.
For a more detailed description of this therapy and how it works, please visit https://emdrassociation.org.uk
Where an individual has experienced great emotional pain, the mind may seek to deny the memory of the experiences causing their distress. They get buried and the mind develops “defences” …a form of self-protection to avoid feeling. This pain has a tendency to re-emerge eventually in a form that may not be immediately recognisable or obvious (e.g. uncontrollable anger or rage behaviours, drug and alcohol misuse, over or under eating or expressions of depression and anxiety). The psychodynamic approach helps clients locate, work through and process these deep rooted, sometimes unconscious feelings and memories with a view to developing a greater understanding of how the past is impacting on their present life and allowing the client to start moving forward more positively.
CBT is a more directional approach where the therapist helps a client self-manage their “problems” by working with them to break down, explore and re-evaluate their internal processes i.e. unhelpful thoughts, feelings, physical reactions and resulting behaviours that maintain their issues.
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