When someone experiences a traumatic event, it leaves an emotional scar that can affect almost every aspect of a person’s life. Many people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a way for their minds to deal with the trauma they suffered. Often, PTSD treatment from a team of experienced professionals is the best course of action for someone to begin to heal mentally and emotionally. An innovative approach to treat PTSD that many treatment centers use is known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing or EMDR.
At Prairie Recovery Center, our team of highly qualified addiction specialists and therapists provides our patients with many choices for treatment and therapy programs. One of these options is our EMDR therapy program in North Dakota. If you are interested in learning how our EDMR therapy program might ease the symptoms of PTSD, reach out to our Prairie Recovery Center team today online or call [Direct].
What Is EMDR Therapy?
During an EMDR therapy program session, specially trained EMDR therapists use experiential techniques to engage clients in dual processing, which engages both the left and right sides of the brain. Clients bring up a negative mental image, feeling, belief, or physical sensation while simultaneously focusing on an additional stimulus created by the EMDR practitioner. This additional stimulus may involve tracking the practitioner’s finger movements, tapping, listening to an auditory tone, or another type of sensory cue developed to gain and hold attention during the EMDR process. The rapid eye movements and accompanying processing can help de-condition trauma responses pairing well with PTSD and trauma therapies.
How Does EMDR Therapy Help?
Even though clients aren’t currently experiencing trauma, past trauma can create the same physical and mental reactions in the present. EMDR helps lessen trauma-related symptoms by targeting the underlying negative beliefs, memories, and feelings that contribute to these present symptoms and replacing them with more positive, appropriate ones.
For example, for clients who experience trauma flashbacks, EMDR therapists can access the belief they are in danger, which is no longer true, and replace it with the idea they are safe, which will significantly reduce the anxiety associated with the trauma.
What Are the Benefits of EDMR Therapy?
Clients at Prairie Recovery Center who engage in EMDR often experience a significant reduction in trauma-related symptoms. They increase their awareness of triggers, stress responses, and beliefs that contribute to their distress and learn new ways to self-soothe and calm themselves when experiencing trauma symptoms. Many studies have supported the effectiveness of EMDR as a trauma treatment option.
Other benefits of our EMDR therapy program in North Dakota include decreased:
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Intrusive thoughts
- Episodes of flashbacks or re-experienced trauma
- Occurrences of trauma interfering with current experience
Further, an EDMR therapy program at Prairie Recovery center can increase:
- Confidence
- An ability to participate in life
- Feelings of calm and well-being
- A greater understanding and acceptance of past trauma
At Prairie Recovery Center, our EMDR therapy program in North Dakota provides an alternative approach to traditional therapy options. An EDMR therapy program might not be the right option for everyone’s recovery journey, but some people might benefit from this type of treatment. The goal of our Prairie Recovery Center team is to ensure that each person in our care has a personalized treatment plan, so it’s essential for us to provide an array of treatment and therapy choices for our patients. If you’re interested in learning more about our EMDR therapy in Raleigh, ND, reach out to our friendly and knowledgable Prairie Recovery Center team today by calling [Direct] or filling out our convenient online form.