EMDR Therapy in Charlotte, North Carolina
Release Trauma in the Mind and Body with EMDR.
Here’s the Truth: Talking About It Isn’t Enough
Talk therapy helps you understand how your trauma effects you.
EMDR helps you heal the wounds trauma created in your psyche.
It’s not about coping better. It’s about healing actual wounds that are keeping you stuck.
EMDR Therapy Covered by Insurance in North Carolina and Virginia:
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Getting Started is Easy:
Step 1: Complete the Online Consultation Form to let us know how we can help.
Step 2: Get Matched with a provider and Complete the intake paperwork.
Step 3: Meet with your therapist to create a plan for your healing journey.
EMDR Is The Start of A New Chapter
Reprocess your past, relieve fear and pain from your body, and regain control of your emotions and your life.
EMDR Works Because:
EMDR utilizes eye-movements or tapping to activate & speed up the brain’s natural ability to heal trauma wounds created in the psyche.
EMDR does not require you to spill all of the details, nor your feelings. It stops the spiraling and moves you forward.
EMDR reprocesses many memories at once. Many people experience some relief of symptoms after just the first reprocessing session.
What to Expect During EMDR Treatment
EMDR is a structured treatment typically requiring 8-12 weeks to fully reprocess a past experience.
EMDR requires bilateral stimulation of the brain. Your therapist will simulate this by having you tap, sway, or follow their finger back and forth while reprocessing.
EMDR requires your therapist to follow a protocol consisting of 8 phases, including extensive preparation before you are able to reprocess any memories.
EMDR involves both internal and verbal processing. Your therapist will provide verbal ques, questions, or insights for you to consider. You will verbally report your thoughts, sensations, and experiences when prompted by your therapist.
Processing full memories over a short period of time can be emotionally and physically intense. In order to fully resolve the disturbance you and your therapist will have to navigate through these intense moments.
EMDR Can Help You:
Heal years of childhood trauma and C-PTSD symptoms.
Recover from domestic violence and narcissistic abuse.
Reduce your nightmares and improve overall sleep quality.
Calm your nervous system and gain control of your emotions.
Feel safe in your body after sexual assault.
Eliminate irrational fears and phobias.
Reduce unnecessary fight or flight response during interpersonal conflict.
FAQs About EMDR
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No! EMDR is an effective treatment for many mental health disorders including:
Depression
Anxiety
Phobias
Eating Disorders
Substance Abuse Counselors
ADHD
Contact Us to see how EMDR can help you.
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The price of EMDR Therapy varies depending on the program chosen.
Weekly EMDR may be covered by insurance, however intensives and adjuncts are ineligible for insurance coverage.
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Online EMDR Therapy is equally effective online as it is when conducted in-person. However, this may not be true if you are found to be inappropriate for online mental health care due to physical or neuro-divergent limitations.
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This will vary depending on the program selected and the intensity and urgency of your needs. Most clients report feeling some relief with one session of reprocessing.
A full treatment of weekly EMDR is typically 12 sessions, however, some clients with complex or chronic trauma symptoms tend to extend treatment to address multiple issues. Extension of treatment also means long lasting mental health improvement, increased resilience, healthier thought processes, and overall improvement in physical wellness and daily functioning.
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Recovery achieved from EMDR is long lasting, however, it may not be permanent for some people, depending their unique circumstances. This includes but is not limited to one’s history of mental health symptoms, physical health, environment, supports, and use of healthy coping mechanisms and ongoing self-care.
Some people may benefit from incorporating EMDR sessions into their routine mental health care plan in order to maintain progress.
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Absolutely! If you already have a therapist that you love, you are welcome to explore incorporating an Intensive Program or Adjunct EMDR Therapy into your mental health care plan.
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EMDR is not hypnotism. Hypnotism is typically conducted with the eyes closed using techniques to induce an altered state of physical and mental consciousness. This makes the client more receptive to the clinicians suggested thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. The client does not engage as much in the healing process as with EMDR.
EMDR uses eye movements to help clients attune to their mental and physical bodies, while recalling and reprocessing their own negative experiences and feelings. EMDR increases one’s conscious tolerance of discomfort, so that they can gain new and healthy ways of thinking about the past, present, and future. This effectively helps to reduce disassociation, avoidance, and harmful behaviors when faced with adversity.
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Unfortunately EMDR is not like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. You will retain your memories, old and new, good and bad. EMDR will help you reprocess bad memories in a healthier way, which means less internalization, reduced anxiety, improved mood and functioning, and little to no rumination over the past.
Not Ready for EMDR?
Brainspotting May Be for You.
Brainspotting is a therapeutic treatment used to heal trauma wounds, emotional dysregulation, and somatic conditions at the root.
Similar to EMDR, it uses eye movements to identify a “brainspot” where painful emotions or memories are stored.
It does not require bilateral stimulation, meaning you won’t be shuffling through several memories at once. This mean slower processing that is easier on your nervous system.
Brainspotting is client led, allowing the client to dictate when, how deep, and for how long they are ready to reprocess the hard stuff. We go where you are ready to go.
Brainspotting is more flexible than EMDR, not requiring a strict adherence to a protocol to be effective.
Brainspotting is an excellent companion trauma-focused talk therapy. Your therapist can utilize Brainspotting in the middle of a talk session guiding you towards quick and lasting relief of emotional pain by the end of the hour.