How EMDR Can Replicate REM Sleep to Resolve Trauma

EMDR practitioner Dr James Alexander describes how EMDR is most commonly thought to work - through replicating what naturally happens during REM sleep, when the mind processes or "prunes" memories, extracting what is necessary and useful and discarding what isn't.
See here for a link to the full video from which this clip is taken, as well as a link to Dr James Alexander's own website:
• EMDR explained Part 1
www.drjamesale...
For more on the theory as to why EMDR is so effective, including links to supporting studies on the REM sleep hypothesis, see our blog post here:
emdrhealing.co...

[@trauma2happiness]

Good description