By Dr. Claire Plumbly, Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant & Founder of Plum Psychology. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. This is a structured, eight-phase therapy that can improve the psychological effects of trauma. EMDR has a strong evidence-base for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  (PTSD), but can also be used to improve distress in other health presentations like panic, pain and anxiety. How does EMDR Therapy work? Unprocessed traumatic memories come back...

By Dr. Claire Plumbly, Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant & Founder of Plum Psychology. Quick answer:   I wouldn't recommend self-guided EMDR for trauma-processing (even though there are websites that offer this I would steer clear and I will outline why in this post). BUT there are brilliant self-guided EMDR techniques for calming and for overcoming obstacles/fears that I do recommend and outline below. There is also a condensed form of EMDR that can be carried out with a therapist, so...

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