EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a highly effective psychological treatment. It helps people heal from trauma, distressing memories, and other negative experiences. If you're searching for EMDR therapy in Perth, Mindstate Psychology offers experienced, accredited EMDR psychologists who can help you process traumatic experiences and reduce their emotional impact.
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing EMDR has been used successfully for over 20 years. It's recognised as a gold-standard treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Our EMDR therapists in Perth also use this evidence-based approach to treat anxiety, panic, grief, phobias, eating disorders, and addictions.
Movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy works by helping your brain reprocess disturbing memories. This reduces negative thoughts and emotional distress associated with past experiences. Whether you're dealing with a single traumatic event or complex, long-standing trauma, EMDR therapy near our South Perth practice can help you find relief and move forward.
Why EMDR?
EMDR has many advantages over other treatment approaches, but we believe the biggest advantage is that EMDR shows comparable results to other trauma-focused therapies (such as Prolonged Exposure), but over a much shorter time frame.
"Often disturbing events happen in our lives that stay with us. The brain cannot process information as it ordinarily does. One moment can become ‘frozen in time’ and remembering the trauma may feel as bad as going through it for the first time. This is because the images, sounds, smells and feelings still seem to be there – they haven’t changed. Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way that they relate to other people.
EMDR has a positive effect on how the brain processes information. Following an EMDR session, the person no longer relives the trauma. They still recall that an incident happened, but it no longer feels upsetting."
The exert above is from the EMDR Association of Australia's (EMDRAA) website. For a complete list of their EMDR FAQ, please visit their website at https://emdraa.org/what-is-emdr. You can find out more about trauma and why it occurs on our dedicated trauma page.