What is EMDR (eye movement and desensitization reprocessing) therapy used to treat? The answer used to be straight forward, it was developed to treat PTSD in veterans. However, after it proved to be very beneficial, professionals began to apply it to many other types of problems- recent event traumas like car accidents, assaults, surgeries, deaths, and then to other issues like memories of sexual or physical abuse, alcoholism and addiction, phobias, anxiety, relational trauma or bereavement.

Looking for ways to support a child that has experienced a trauma? Play therapist, Jennifer Hendricks, shares some practical tips for supporting children through difficult times.

Have you ever wondered if you are still being impacted by overwhelming events that happened in the past? Has an event left you with a lingering sense of powerlessness, guilt, distrust, or shame? Are your current emotional reactions out of proportion to your situation? Do you re-experience past events or work hard to avoid thinking about them? Trauma can have lingering impact on you and EMDR therapy can help.