To recover from abuse or another traumatic experience, some people turn to a therapy called eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. But this may present problems if these people pursue ...
The trauma treatment is growing in popularity. It worked for Ellie Wyse, now in college and seeking to help teens hurting like she was.
EMDR was originally developed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and like many scientific discoveries, it came about almost by accident: “Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who ...
Content warning: This article contains a description of gun violence. I was at dinner with my two best friends when we heard a few loud pops. At first, we thought it was fireworks. As the sounds got ...
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a type of psychotherapy treatment whose goal is to reduce and reframe triggers associated with trauma through a series of eye movements.
FOND DU LAC – The SSM Health Behavioral Health clinic on Camelot Drive is expanding access to trauma-informed mental health services. The Agnesian HealthCare Foundation has awarded a $7,500 grant to ...
A few months before the world turned upside down, I decided to get my life in order. I waited nervously outside the Union Square office of psychotherapist Gillian O’Shea Brown, LCSW and author of the ...
Miley Cyrus is opening up about how she overcame stage fright with a cutting-edge therapy technique that she says saved her life. In an interview with the New York Times last month, Cyrus shared that ...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a treatment for symptoms of trauma. Some limited research suggests it could also help with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). EMDR ...