EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a therapeutic technique which can help people process and heal from distressing or traumatic memories and from the impact these can have on their lives.

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EMDR involves bilateral stimulation, usually via guided eye movements, whilst someone is helped by their therapist to recall difficult life events or situations from the safety of the therapy room. 

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The process of bilateral stimulation together with brief therapeutic interventions helps the mind and body to assimilate and store difficult life events in a more adaptive way, reducing their emotional charge as well as the frequency and strength of triggers (such as loud noises, certain situations or body sensations) leading to states of heightened anxiety, panic, insomnia, avoidance, depression or anger. 

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Through directly targeting the negative self-beliefs and feelings which are linked to traumatic incidents and replacing them with more positive and realistic associations, EMDR is a very powerful tool for working through traumatic memories as well as other difficulties including anxiety, depression, complicated grief and illness. 

EMDR is a treatment well-supported by extensive and ever-expanding research highlighting its popularity and effectiveness.