EMDR Therapy in Calgary
You may know it is over. Your body may not feel that way yet.
Sometimes you understand exactly what happened and why it affected you. But certain memories, situations or feelings can still bring back the same fear, tension, shame or urge to shut down. EMDR therapy helps us work with what still feels unfinished.
Ask questions first. No pressure to begin EMDR.
The Emeth approach
EMDR is structured. You are not a protocol.
Two people can live through similar experiences and carry them very differently. At Emeth, EMDR begins with understanding you, not simply identifying a memory and trying to process it.
We understand before we process.
We look at what happened, what is happening now, how you cope, what tends to overwhelm you and what helps you feel grounded.
Your Readiness matters more to us.
Processing difficult memories is not the starting line for everyone. Preparation is part of the therapy, and we move forward when it makes clinical sense for you.
We look beyond the memory.
We pay attention to the beliefs, emotions, body reactions, relationships and patterns that may still be connected to what happened.
Starting EMDR does not mean...
You have to tell your therapist every detail of what happened.
You will immediately be asked to work on your most painful memory.
You have to stay with something when you are becoming too overwhelmed.
EMDR is automatically the right treatment simply because you have experienced trauma.
What can we work on?
Sometimes all you want is to break the pattern of intergenerational trauma.
EMDR may be considered when past experiences continue to affect how you feel, react, relate to others or see yourself today.
You do not need to decide if EMDR is right for you before you reach out.
That is part of what the consultation is for. Tell us what has been happening. Ask your questions. Together, we can consider whether EMDR makes sense for where you are right now.
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