EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING
For a memory that never got filed away properly and still interrupts your sleep and your temper.
WHAT IT IS
A structured way of working with a memory that never got filed away properly. You bring the memory to mind in short pieces while doing something rhythmic with your eyes, your hands, or sound. Your brain does the sorting it did not get to do at the time.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
You do not have to tell the whole story out loud. Many people say the memory stays true but stops feeling like it is happening now.
GOOD FOR
Nightmares, flashbacks, a moment that plays on a loop, a body that reacts before you decide anything.
WHAT A SESSION LOOKS LIKE
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We spend the first few weeks on steadying work. You learn how to put a memory down before we ever pick a hard one up.
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When you are ready, we take one memory at a time in short sets. I keep track of where we are so you do not have to.
03
You say very little about the content if you do not want to. A number and a word is often enough for me to follow you.
04
We stop each session at a resting place. Nothing is left half open when we hang up.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ME
No. I need enough to know which memory we are working on. The details stay yours.
Yes. We use sound or tapping instead of my hand moving in front of you. It works the same way.
A single event often takes a handful of sessions. Years of repeated exposure take longer. I will give you an honest estimate once I know what we are dealing with.
You do not have to choose. Tell me what is going on and I will tell you what I think fits.
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