EMDR Therapy Gold Coast

EMDR therapy is a form of cognitive psychotherapy that is becoming increasingly popular. It has been scientifically proven as an effective treatment for trauma. EMDR therapy Gold Coast works on transforming self-defeating beliefs and releasing painful emotions stored in the memories of distressing events.
It provides relief to those suffering from the effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relational trauma and childhood trauma. This form of therapy is not only an effective technique for treating major traumatic events and PTSD, but it is also very effective in treating the everyday memories that are causing low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, anxiety and depression.

Our Clients

We at Harmony Hypnotherapy Gold Coast strive to provide a nurturing and soothing environment where you feel safe to face and resolve any emotions that are causing you distress. Our EMDR therapy Gold Coast helps to produce results in relatively short time frames, affording emotional relief in as few as one to three sessions. So that each week you can experience real relief and make meaningful progress towards your goals.

EMDR therapy Gold Coast is effective in treating:
o Phobias
o Panic attacks
o Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
o Anxiety
o Depression
o Relational trauma
o Emotional, physical or sexual abuse
o Childhood trauma eg. bullying
o Intrusive memories or flashbacks
o Nightmares
o Low self-esteem or self-worth
o Complicated grief
o Addictions

Trauma

When a person experiences trauma, the overwhelming amount of stress they experience exceeds their ability to cope and integrate the emotions involved in the experience. As a result, trauma leads to incompletely processed and unresolved thoughts and emotions associated with the event. So that these painful emotions can be triggered and reexperienced over and over again because they unconsciously or consciously remind you of the past traumatic event. You may not be consciously aware that you are being triggered and therefore you may not know why you are experiencing anxiety or emotional distress.

What is EMDR?

EMDR is a process which allows you to travel back to the traumatic event and complete the processing of the thoughts you had at the time. Bilateral eye movements are used to stimulate your own information processing, a similar process that is used during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. These eye movements help to desensitize the emotions and reprocess the thoughts surrounding the painful event. This reprocessing enables a person to bring the unresolved thoughts to a peaceful resolution, enabling them to relax and feel a sense of well-being in the present. The important thing to remember during this therapy, is that it is your own brain doing the healing and you are the one in control.

Effects of EMDR

Immediately following an EMDR session, clients report that they can remember that the disturbing event happened, however the emotional distress once associated with the memory, has been eliminated or greatly reduced. They have essentially been “desensitised”. They state they immediately feel more confident as a result of the spontaneous insights gained during the EMDR session. People also state that they have more clarity, feel more relaxed and have a more positive outlook on life. Clients have reported to have experienced positive behavioural changes almost immediately following the session.

Years or perhaps even decades of unresolved and unprocessed feelings and thoughts can be processed in weeks or months rather than the years that “talking therapy” can often take. Over 100,000 clinicians throughout the world use EMDR therapy. Millions of people have been treated successfully over the past 25 years using this wonderful healing technique.

If you are suffering from the effects of trauma, please don’t hesitate to call us on 0424 952 038 at Harmony Hypnosis so we can help you identify and resolve the underlying cause of your distress. There is a solution.

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