If your anxiety or depression symptoms feel worse after an EMDR session, you are not alone. EMDR therapy can activate the brain's natural healing process, which may temporarily increase emotional distress between sessions. Learn why this happens and discover 5 practical tips from an EMDR therapist in Westchester, NY to help regulate your nervous system and support healing between EMDR reprocessing sessions.

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Phases 7 & 8: Answering the "what", "why" and "how" of each phase of EMDR. Phase 7 of EMDR Therapy: Closure What is the purpose of this phase? : During reprocessing, it is expected to experience some levels of dysregulation. The purpose of Phase 7 is to ensure that you have returned to a more manageable and calmer state after reprocessing. Why is it important to go through this phase? : Most targets being reprocessed tend to take more than one session. Phase 7 is used even wh

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Phases 5 & 6 Answering the “what”, “why” and “how” of each phase of EMDR. Phase 5 of EMDR Therapy: Installation What is the purpose of this phase? When a traumatic event happens we often ‘file-it’ or assign a belief about ourselves to the event that may be negatively impacting our present day functioning. During Phase 3, you had identified with your therapist the positive cognition (or PC) that you would like to believe when recalling that traumatic memory. The goal of Phase

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What are Phases 3 & 4 of EMDR Therapy? Phase 3 of EMDR Therapy is known as the assessment phase. This phase is intended to be rather quick in nature, as its purpose is to activate the memory that you and your therapist have chosen to work on. Phase 4 of EMDR Therapy is known as the desensitization phase. This is the phase that most people think of when they think of EMDR Therapy - this is the part where you focus on the memory, move your eyes, and begin to reprocess stressf

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A four part series written by an EMDR Therapist in Westchester, NY that answers the "What", "Why", and "How" each phase of EMDR Therapy works. Part One: Phases 1 & 2 of EMDR Therapy First of all... What is EMDR Therapy? EMDR Therapy is an evidenced based form of psychotherapy that is based on the trauma-informed approach. This means that EMDR Therapy looks at life experiences from the past as the source of present day symptoms of stress, such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, et

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