EMDR can help you
Just as we have a digestive system capable of assimilating the nutrients we ingest, we have an information processing system , capable of assimilating the information contained in our experiences to continue adapting day by day.
When experiences remain undigested they leave a "print" in the nervous system in the form of symptoms that end up governing our lives: post-traumatic stress.
We can spend even a lifetime, holding onto tension, repetitive thoughts, anxiety or difficulties in our way of being or behaviour ignoring that they have an origin which is treatable.
Nowadays, there are new and effective methods that can free us from its influence in the present. EMDR is a comprehensive approach to achieve it.
Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Corporals
Emotional
Thoughts
Chest pain without cause
Chronic back or limb pain
Insomnia
Headaches, migraines
Bowel symptoms, irritable bowel
Bruxism
Autoimmune diseases
Tics
Loss of speech or voice
Tremors without cause
Feeling of loneliness
Feeling of not belonging anywhere
Anxiety
Hopelessness
Irrational feelings
Overwhelming emotions
Unsurpassed duels
Fears/phobias
Frequent mood swings/irritability
Nightmares / night terrors
Difficulty making decisions
Difficulty concentrating
Constant self-criticism
Frequent confusion
Memory problems
Constant negative thoughts
Negative thoughts about myself
Behaviors
Perceptions
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Difficulty saying “no”
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Difficulty making or maintaining friendships
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Sofering when I'm alone
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Perturbance when feeling closeness
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Frequent conflicts with others
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Addictions
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Eating disorders
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Manias or impulsiveness
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Hyperactivity
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Hurting myself
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Sexual difficulties
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Saturation or Burn-out
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Thinking that I want to end it all
Feeling empty
Feeling alien to everything or strange
Visual, auditory, sensory or olfactory perceptions
Feeling like I've wasted my time
Feeling like parts of my body are unreal
Feeling like the world is unreal
Feeling my thoughts like voices that don't stop
In the late 1980s, Francine Shapiro discovered a connection between eye movement and persistent disturbing memories. From this personal observation, she began to study this phenomenon and develop what became known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
Over the years, and in the face of initial skepticism, Dr. Shapiro's work evolved from a hypothesis to a structured psychotherapy process. What is now EMDR therapy is the result of many research studies analyzing changes during sessions, effectiveness in different pathologies, and effects on the nervous system.
Francine Shapiro was the founding leader of the EMDR International Association, which includes more than 11,000 mental health professionals who use EMDR therapy in their clinical practice to treat a wide range of problems. Until her death in 2019, Shapiro promoted research on EMDR and the constant revision of EMDR procedures based on empirical data.
