What is Trauma? How does EMDR help with Trauma?

Trauma is a mind-body reaction that occurs in response to events that involve threats to one’s physical and/or psychological security. Trauma is a Greek word meaning “wound.” Basically, trauma is the result of extremly stressful events that disrupt a person’s sense of safety and security, and lead to feelings of vulnerability and helplessness.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. To Learn More Please Visit: http://www.emdria.org/?page=2