EMDR therapy: faster relief for overcoming trauma

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Many people dealing with emotional pain search for trained counselors or therapists to help them. Some therapy it isn't that helpful. One particularly effective approach that has been getting more mainstream attention is called EMDR therapy. It stands for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. 

Yes, daily prayer and faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ, can bless and fill us with a measure of hope and peace. However, it can come to a point when professional help is needed to find greater relief and make sense of lingering pain. 

If you are looking for immediate relief from emotional pain that traumatic events can cause (rather than slower relief from prolonged "talk therapy") many people are turning to EMDR over all other therapies. Click here to find an EMDR therapist near you. 

EMDR therapy is a very effective approach for overcoming "chronic pain, phobias, depression, panic attacks, eating disorders and poor self-image, stress, worry, stage fright, performance anxiety, recovery from sexual abuse and traumatic incidents" [emdr website].

The common talk therapy approach can be very painful and progress can be slow. After EMDR many people find they can finally

immediately think or talk about their traumatic event (and it's complicated fallout) without triggering deep emotional pain.

"The short-term benefits of EMDR are simple and straightforward ~ immediate relief of emotional distress and the elimination of the debilitating effect of unresolved past trauma. Longer-term benefits of EMDR therapy include the restoration of each client's natural state of emotional functioning. This return to normalcy brings with it a greater sense of personal power, more rewarding relationships and a more peaceful life." [quoted from this website, by Carol Bouleware, Ph.D]

 

EMDR combined, I believe, with the blessings that come from a religious belief system, can bless many to find more relief and healing. I am a devoted Christian (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), and I cherish my beliefs, as people of other faith's cherish theirs. I like what Henry Haskins once said, "Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine."

In keeping with my belief system, and in addition to therapy if needed, there are two Christian talks that I recommend for dealing with pain and distress. This talk ("Come What May and Love It") deals with choosing how we react to adversity, and this talk ("Hope Ya Know We Had a Hard Time") reminds us that trials can ultimately bless us.