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For people who have experienced trauma, either as adults or in childhood, life can become very difficult indeed. Sometimes the associated thoughts and feelings become as if ‘frozen in time’, and it can feel as though a difficult, traumatic or distressing experience is still happening. The experience cannot be resolved properly because the feelings are too intense. I offer a comprehansive package of up-to-date trauma treatment, including EMDR and Sensorimotor Trauma therapy. Both Sensorimotor Trauma therapy and EMDR help in processing the event, moving to a more adaptive position – from re-experiencing to remembering. I am trained to work with these problems, and have much experience in this area.
EMDR is a treatment which can be effective in helping
with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and other problems such as anxiety,
phobias and panic
attacks. EMDR has been the subject of a great deal of clinical research
which has demonstrated the changes that can take place. It is recommended
by Nice (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) for PTSD. EMDR is
widely used in NHS specialist services.
Less well known in the UK, but rapidly gaining popularity, Sensorimotor Trauma therapy is a gentle and optimisitic way of working with trauma and related problems, which clients generally respond to very well. Rather than focus on the painful symptoms of the trauma, the client is supported and encouraged to develop ways of understanding their competance and ability to recover a sense of power.
A combination of EMDR and Sensorimotor Trauma therapy can help remove the blocks to natural healing and recovery. A period of stabilisation is necessary, and it is sometimes possible for treatment take place in a few sessions when there has been a single trauma. With long term abuse or multiple trauma treatment will be longer, although it is always impossible to predict how long treatment will take. I will usually interweave Sensorimotor approaches and EMDR with regular psychotherapy, keeping in mind the natural pace of each individual I work with.