I am a family and marriage therapist who is being trained to do EMDR and I kid you not when being trained we had to become clients and I decided to talk about my phobia to snakes. Long behold, I only had it done once or twice and the somatic symptoms of the phobia, like the fear, nervousness, muscle tension and panic attacks about snakes have decreased drastically. Just thinking about them would make me nervous and anxious. After the bilateral movements (eyes left to right), I have noticed not only improvement when it comes to reptiles but in other areas. I notice myself being more patient, less anxious and before I couldn't even see the snakes on tv. I'd have to turn my head, now I see them on the news and I still get afraid but I don't react irrationally like before. I am so glad that I allowed myself to be vulnerable during the training because now I know how much I can help clients who can come to me for EMDR therapy. I also suffer from PTSD from childhood trauma and I could use more EMDR to deal with some of my flashbacks and panic attacks which have gotten better over the years. I'll probably try to do EMDR on myself. This stuff really works at least for me. I also had one of my clients take EMDR sessions a while back before I got trained and she was able to finally manage her anger and fits of rage due to sexual abuse from childhood. I saw it happen with my own eyes for someone else and for me. Please, please if you have untreated trauma consider EMDR. Make sure you find someone who has been doing it for a while and that is EMDRIA certified. Hope this helps.
I was almost burned to death as a 3 year-old, and I believe that experience--along with some hereditary mental illness--could explain a lot of my inability in life to "get my sh** together. Also, our dad simply chose to not tell us what to do in life, but rather leave us to our own devices [I'm the youngest of 6 boys]. I think EMDR could probably help me a lot. I'm trying to find psychologists in my area that are trained in it.
The cerebellar hypothesis seems to be interesting. I feel a clear improvement of motor coordination and awareness of my own biomechianics when i train after EMDR.
@ 2:04 It is my belief that the brain also reprocesses experiences of that day during REM sleep, redefining a more efficient way of reacting to that situation. Honing ones participation of any given day into a level of experience. That said, it makes sense that cherry picking the important aspects of any given issue while cutting the rest loose, would amount to throwing out the trash. If you never throw out your trash, one would soon be overwhelmed with trash. Blending these important issues or important parts into the experience bank of bits and pieces previously process might help explain why dream are so chaotic and seemingly delusional...
I have PTSD and have received three sessions of EMDR. It has NOT worked for me. I deeply regret having it. It works for many people but be warned that it could make you worse which has happened in my case.
I think the key with EMDR is finding the root trauma experience , that probably means chasing your trauma squirrels through your brain holes till you find the original experience.
it works. i do the butterfly exercise and some self-admininstered visual EMDR sessions. I feel a strong positive reframing of memories and thoughts as well as emotions. cool stuff.
Excellent video. However I have a question: I am able to do voluntary nystagmus. How could this ability of mine harm/help me, considering all that I've heard in this video? :S
I would suggest that the nystagmus condition does not adequately stimulate the bilateral stimulation of the brain as is central to the EMDR protocol. The "voluntary" inducement of eye movement is subjective to your own environment and likely is not sufficient or adequate to achieve measured application of eye movement.
Thank you for the explanation. But I guess the legitimacy of EMDR still needs to be further tested and proven, so I'm looking forward to those studies.
The video was over when he said "we don't know"... then he pontificates. Here is the nut shell- we experience life with all our senses. We create a memory like a movie, or 3D experience. When you look into the same trauma moment, but change up anything in it- you get a different meaning of the event! Have you ever returned to your home and immediately notice a chair has been moved, or a light is on- we notice quickly when something is different! EMDR helps to throw something is the room that changes the room, which changes the experience. You could move your eyes, hear different sounds, or imagine the voices of your hypothetical assailants are high pitched and mickey mouse like. It all works! My theory is that EMDR works better with kinestetic dominant people. (look up kinestetic , auditory, and visually dominant thinking.) Now back to the PH. D.... blah blah blah.... he could talk about every theory he has no idea is correct or not... Sorry. I'm not a Ph. D. , just someone who help people to heal.
I believe that EMDR releases suppressed and trapped feeling from our subconscious minds...that is why he cant explain it.Since we are all energy, we are getting did of these emotions that we have held onto for survival....These emotions are finally freed and thus returns the flow of blocked energy
unfortunately he mentions spect as a confirmation/study tool. this dents his credibility. I don't disagree that it works; it's just not the way he thinks it does, entirely...
This poor chap doesn't give a very good explanation and is obviously doesn't enjoy the lack of 'how it works' knowledge about EMDR. If it works, it works - apparently with more evidence than either hypnosis (and obviously placebo). Better to do look at traumatic memories as being unprocessed rather than 'too vivid' - the aim here is to fully process and integrate memories in the hippocampus (and beyond) much like undigested food.
I am a family and marriage therapist who is being trained to do EMDR and I kid you not when being trained we had to become clients and I decided to talk about my phobia to snakes. Long behold, I only had it done once or twice and the somatic symptoms of the phobia, like the fear, nervousness, muscle tension and panic attacks about snakes have decreased drastically. Just thinking about them would make me nervous and anxious. After the bilateral movements (eyes left to right), I have noticed not only improvement when it comes to reptiles but in other areas. I notice myself being more patient, less anxious and before I couldn't even see the snakes on tv. I'd have to turn my head, now I see them on the news and I still get afraid but I don't react irrationally like before. I am so glad that I allowed myself to be vulnerable during the training because now I know how much I can help clients who can come to me for EMDR therapy. I also suffer from PTSD from childhood trauma and I could use more EMDR to deal with some of my flashbacks and panic attacks which have gotten better over the years. I'll probably try to do EMDR on myself. This stuff really works at least for me. I also had one of my clients take EMDR sessions a while back before I got trained and she was able to finally manage her anger and fits of rage due to sexual abuse from childhood. I saw it happen with my own eyes for someone else and for me. Please, please if you have untreated trauma consider EMDR. Make sure you find someone who has been doing it for a while and that is EMDRIA certified. Hope this helps.
I have had this question on my mind for some time. Dr. Leeds answered it very eloquently. Thanks for this video.
I was almost burned to death as a 3 year-old, and I believe that experience--along with some hereditary mental illness--could explain a lot of my inability in life to "get my sh** together. Also, our dad simply chose to not tell us what to do in life, but rather leave us to our own devices [I'm the youngest of 6 boys]. I think EMDR could probably help me a lot. I'm trying to find psychologists in my area that are trained in it.
Charles Pruett where are you located?
EXCELLENT & THOROUGH explanation! The BEST out there on the internet!! Thank you Dr Leeds!
The cerebellar hypothesis seems to be interesting. I feel a clear improvement of motor coordination and awareness of my own biomechianics when i train after EMDR.
I've started this 2 weeks ago, so far so good
did you have anxiety and depression? is that what brought you there to emdr?
Fascinating, thank you so much for posting this. Most insightful.
I loved learning about the brain function and the questions on how EMDR works. Thank you Dr. Leeds.
Absolutely incredible and such hreat information. Thank you
@ 2:04 It is my belief that the brain also reprocesses experiences of that day during REM sleep, redefining a more efficient way of reacting to that situation. Honing ones participation of any given day into a level of experience. That said, it makes sense that cherry picking the important aspects of any given issue while cutting the rest loose, would amount to throwing out the trash. If you never throw out your trash, one would soon be overwhelmed with trash.
Blending these important issues or important parts into the experience bank of bits and pieces previously process might help explain why dream are so chaotic and seemingly delusional...
Thank you I incorporate EMDR in my work and this really helps
Testimonios cientificos de la velocidad y cura de traumas. ansiedad, fobias. depresiòn etc. Es Grandiosos EMDR.
Gabriel sabe si alguien ofrece este servicio es español?
I have PTSD and have received three sessions of EMDR. It has NOT worked for me. I deeply regret having it. It works for many people but be warned that it could make you worse which has happened in my case.
Mr Jones your therapist must not have been so good
I hear you. Is it possible that your therapist has not yet found the core memories or issues in all of this?
EMDR needs to be longer than 3 sessions in my understanding
I think the key with EMDR is finding the root trauma experience , that probably means chasing your trauma squirrels through your brain holes till you find the original experience.
It was your projecting that it wouldn't work for you so therefore as one think so comes the manifestation of the thoughts. I bid you a slow awakening
it works. i do the butterfly exercise and some self-admininstered visual EMDR sessions. I feel a strong positive reframing of memories and thoughts as well as emotions. cool stuff.
Wow excellent explanation. thanks
This really works ............
its like letting go
Seems way to simple.
Excellent video. However I have a question:
I am able to do voluntary nystagmus. How could this ability of mine harm/help me, considering all that I've heard in this video? :S
Can you?? That's so cool!
I would suggest that the nystagmus condition does not adequately stimulate the bilateral stimulation of the brain as is central to the EMDR protocol. The "voluntary" inducement of eye movement is subjective to your own environment and likely is not sufficient or adequate to achieve measured application of eye movement.
Thank you for the explanation. But I guess the legitimacy of EMDR still needs to be further tested and proven, so I'm looking forward to those studies.
Yes I can :) Thanks, and this has got to be the most delayed reply ever :D somehow I didn't receive the notification at all :)
my therapist did emdr on me it worked
great it really works
The video was over when he said "we don't know"... then he pontificates.
Here is the nut shell- we experience life with all our senses. We create a memory like a movie, or 3D experience. When you look into the same trauma moment, but change up anything in it- you get a different meaning of the event! Have you ever returned to your home and immediately notice a chair has been moved, or a light is on- we notice quickly when something is different! EMDR helps to throw something is the room that changes the room, which changes the experience.
You could move your eyes, hear different sounds, or imagine the voices of your hypothetical assailants are high pitched and mickey mouse like. It all works!
My theory is that EMDR works better with kinestetic dominant people. (look up kinestetic , auditory, and visually dominant thinking.)
Now back to the PH. D.... blah blah blah.... he could talk about every theory he has no idea is correct or not...
Sorry. I'm not a Ph. D. , just someone who help people to heal.
I believe that EMDR releases suppressed and trapped feeling from our subconscious minds...that is why he cant explain it.Since we are all energy, we are getting did of these emotions that we have held onto for survival....These emotions are finally freed and thus returns the flow of blocked energy
There are many things that cannot be explained, ever heard of electricity?
its because it eye exercize and thats how to exercize your brain.ur brain need exercize?
really poor volume on this video.
unfortunately he mentions spect as a confirmation/study tool. this dents his credibility. I don't disagree that it works; it's just not the way he thinks it does, entirely...
a different view on things.
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This poor chap doesn't give a very good explanation and is obviously doesn't enjoy the lack of 'how it works' knowledge about EMDR. If it works, it works - apparently with more evidence than either hypnosis (and obviously placebo). Better to do look at traumatic memories as being unprocessed rather than 'too vivid' - the aim here is to fully process and integrate memories in the hippocampus (and beyond) much like undigested food.