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therapist conducting EMDR therapy

EMDR THERAPY
for
Anxiety & Trauma

If you feel stuck in past experiences,

EMDR helps your brain process them

so you can move forward.

​When something overwhelming happens, your brain’s alarm system activates:

​The amygdala triggers fear and survival. 

The hippocampus struggles to place the memory in the past.

The prefrontal cortex (thinking brain) goes offline​​​.

​The result: the experience is stored in a raw, unprocessed way, so it can feel present rather than past.

Research suggests that EMDR mirrors what happens during REM sleep, when the brain naturally processes emotional experiences. Over time, the memory remains, but without the emotional charge.You can recall it without feeling overwhelmed.

WHICH ANXIETY ISSUES DOES

LAUREN WORK WITH?

Generalised anxiety and chronic worry

Anxiety related to trauma or past experiences

Anxiety in relationships

Existential anxiety

Mid-life transitional anxiety

Workplace stress and burnout​

Social Anxiety

Panic Attacks

Many people notice relief within the

first few sessions.

HOW DOES EMDR HELP TRAUMA?

EMDR helps the brain process the memory while you stay grounded (reactivating a memory while engaging both sides of the brain through bilateral stimulation.

EMDR follows a structured process.

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​It works by:

Reducing the brain's sense of threat in the amygdala, and

Re-engaging the thinking brain

(the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex)

so the memory can be processed

and placed in the past.

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