Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. How Does EMDR work? Currently there is research being conducted to understand how any form of psychotherapy really workds. What we do know is when you are very upset your brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. When a traumatic event occurs that moment is "frozen in time".When remembering a trauma it may feel as if you going through it for the first time or relivimg it again. Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way they relate to other people. EMDR seems to have a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relives the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting. Many types of therapy have similar goals. However, EMDR appears to be similar to what occurs naturally during dreaming or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep cycle. Therefore, EMDR can be thought of as a physiologically based therapy that helps take the emotional charge out of traumatic event, What can EMDR Treatment Help with? Scientific research has established EMDR as effective for post traumatic stress. However, clinicians also have reported success using EMDR in treatment of the following conditions: