What Is An EMDR Intensive?
Have you ever wished for a faster way to work through past hurts and traumas? I am sure many people have. EMDR Intensives are essentially longer sessions of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), instead of an hour, they are often 3 hours or 6 hours which allows you to get more done in less time. Learn more about why this different approach to therapy is so helpful.
Have you ever wished for a faster way to work through past hurts and traumas? I am sure many people have. EMDR Intensives are essentially longer sessions of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), instead of an hour, they are often 3 hours or 6 hours which allows you to get more done in less time. Let me tell you about the four things I love about this approach.
Four Things I Love About EMDR Intensives and How They Can Help You Heal
The first thing I love about EMDR Intensives is that it allows you do to a large chunk of trauma work in one day. If you are wondering what EMDR is, it’s a type of trauma therapy that reduces how upsetting past memories are and has a body and attachment focus which can help calm your brain and body and help you feel more able to connect to others as you begin to heal. If you would like more information on EMDR, you can click here.
The second thing I love about EMDR Intensives is that by doing EMDR as an intensive, this lets you feel better faster, which I’m sure is something we all want. There is no need to wait to see the changes you have wished for so long.
The third thing I love about EMDR Intensives is that an EMDR intensive can be the big bang that gets everything moving or it can be in addition to what therapy you are already doing. It can also for some people be their preferred way of doing therapy. Either way, doing an EMDR intensive can provide the results that usually take months of individual weekly sessions in just a few days.
The fourth thing I love about EMDR Intensives is that there is time for a deep dive. You get to cut out all that pressure of doing everything in an hour. This allows so much more to be accomplished.
I hope this information helps you decide if an EMDR Intensive is right for you. It is also true though that each EMDR Intensive therapist may work a little differently so it is important to find someone that is a good fit for you in Eureka, CA. If you are still feeling stuck, please feel free to call me at (707) 954-7060 for a free 15 minute consultation. I’d be happy to hear about what is going on for you and to help direct you to the right person to help you. If you are looking for anxiety counseling, depression counseling, or trauma informed counseling, you can read more about how I help here. If you want to know more about my intensives, you can read more about them here.
I’ve Had A Painful Past, What If Talking About How I Feel Just Brings Up Everything and I Don’t Feel Better?
I have always found this to be a very interesting question and a valid concern. If what you are looking for in counseling is a quick fix and you have had a lot of painful things happen to you, therapy may not make you feel better right away although learning coping skills can help a lot with coping with your emotions as you work on healing. It’s important to remember healing takes time, as anyone who has broken a bone can tell you.
Another element of this question that is important is how much healing do you want to do. Sometimes we don’t want to heal everything, just enough so we can function better, and that’s ok. I like to think of healing trauma as having three options, cleaning the table, cleaning the room, or cleaning the house. If we clean the table we are likely only concerned with present triggers, if we clean the room we might want to address the way trauma is impacting a relationship or one area of our life, but not do everything. If it’s the house, you are working on healing all the trauma.
If I could give some advice to those looking for counseling, it would be to recognize your strengths and what areas you may need to learn coping skills in prior to doing trauma work. Doing the prep work first, helps the trauma work go so much easier. It’s still hard work, but you will feel supported through the process and able to cope and work through the emotions and thoughts that come up.
I hope this helps you find the right trauma therapist for you in Crescent City or online. If you are still feeling stuck, feel free to call me at (707) 954- 7060 for a free 15 minute consultation. I’d be happy to hear about what is happening and help direct you to the right person. If you are looking for help with anxiety counseling, depression counseling, or trauma counseling, you can read more about how I help here.