EMDR Therapy For Anxiety
Numerous therapies can support the reduction of anxiety; Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Brainwave Entrainment and EMDR, to name a few. In this article we will look more closely at anxiety and EMDR therapy for anxiety.
You don’t have to look too far on social media, news channels, or just chatting in our social circles before the word anxiety is mentioned.
Globally it’s estimated that 275 million people suffer from anxiety disorders. That’s around 4% of the global population. Unfortunately, in New Zealand, these numbers are higher, with an estimated 1 in 4 New Zealanders being affected by an anxiety disorder at some stage in their lives. This equates to 15% of the NZ population dealing with anxiety at any one time.
Most people experience some anxiety when facing a new or unknown situation, a stressful event or if something goes wrong in their life. This anxiety is a normal human emotion. However, when this becomes all-consuming and starts to interfere with your day-to-day life, this is a clear sign that you have an anxiety disorder or a level of anxiety that may require therapeutic help for you to overcome.
How Does EMDR Help ?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma or other distressing life experiences. EMDR approaches psychological issues not via ‘talk therapy’ or medications. Instead, EMDR uses a patient’s own rapid, rhythmic eye movements to lessen the power of emotional memories from past traumatic events.
EMDR uses an eight-phase treatment approach, where therapy involves attention to three time periods: the past, present, and future. Focus is given to past disturbing memories, related events, and current situations that cause distress.
- Phase 1: History-taking
- Phase 2: Preparing the client
- Phase 3: Assessing the target memory
- Phases 4-7: Processing the memory to adaptive resolution
- Phase 8: Evaluating treatment results
EMDR tackles the root of your most stressful situations or negative beliefs, helping you process through the intensity of your emotions. This process enables you to shift your attention to more positive, adaptive beliefs, which will naturally reduce your anxiety levels.
EMDR Therapy for Anxiety has a proven track record for supporting anxiety reduction, with numerous high quality studies completed on understanding the benefits compared to other therapies.
How Does EMDR Help?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma or other distressing life experiences. EMDR approaches psychological issues not via ‘talk therapy’ or medications. Instead, EMDR uses a patient’s own rapid, rhythmic eye movements to lessen the power of emotional memories from past traumatic events.
EMDR uses an eight-phase treatment approach, where therapy involves attention to three time periods: the past, present, and future. Focus is given to past disturbing memories, related events, and current situations that cause distress.
- Phase 1: History-taking
- Phase 2: Preparing the client
- Phase 3: Assessing the target memory
- Phases 4-7: Processing the memory to adaptive resolution
- Phase 8: Evaluating treatment results
EMDR tackles the root of your most stressful situations or negative beliefs, helping you process through the intensity of your emotions. This process enables you to shift your attention to more positive, adaptive beliefs, which will naturally reduce your anxiety levels.
EMDR Therapy for Anxiety has a proven track record for supporting anxiety reduction, with numerous high quality studies completed on understanding the benefits compared to other therapies.
Alternative Therapy For Anxiety
Modern life is intensely overstimulating for the human brain. We’re exposed to an endless and rapid stream of information and tasks from the moment we wake, often until the moment our head hits the pillow. When was the last time you sat quietly and watched a sunset for example? That’s what your ancestors did probably every day, meanwhile we run around like headless chickens.
Certain types of stimulation impact our brain function more than others. Mainly the difficult, challenging or traumatic tasks, roles and experiences that life throws at us. These can ‘buildup’, causing our brain function to change over time. Science still doesn’t really know how this build up occurs but we all know from experience that it is a very real part of life.
Brainwave Entrainment stimulates the brain into entering a specific state by using high-frequency light. This light recalibrates stress brain activity, evoking the brain’s frequency following response. Entrained states can include enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation, or sleep induction. Simply put, brainwave entrainment pushes the entire brain into a particular state, adjusting or interrupting the brain’s response to certain situations. Essentially reprogramming how your brain processes and responds.
Brainwave Entrainment can help with anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, pain relief, mediation and creative expression, performance, emotional healing and trauma. It is a simple yet effective way to lead your mind into states that you might usually find difficult to reach, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.
Brainwave Entrainment works for a wide range of people facing a wide range of mental health and happiness related challenges. Including stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, chronic fatigue and PTSD. It does not require face to face interaction as seen in all talk therapies, making it feel more accessible and less intrusive as a therapeutic treatment.
Alternative Therapy For Anxiety
Modern life is intensely overstimulating for the human brain. We’re exposed to an endless and rapid stream of information and tasks from the moment we wake, often until the moment our head hits the pillow. When was the last time you sat quietly and watched a sunset for example? That’s what your ancestors did probably every day, meanwhile we run around like headless chickens.
Certain types of stimulation impact our brain function more than others. Mainly the difficult, challenging or traumatic tasks, roles and experiences that life throws at us. These can ‘buildup’, causing our brain function to change over time. Science still doesn’t really know how this build up occurs but we all know from experience that it is a very real part of life.
Brainwave Entrainment stimulates the brain into entering a specific state by using high-frequency light. This light recalibrates stress brain activity, evoking the brain’s frequency following response. Entrained states can include enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation, or sleep induction. Simply put, brainwave entrainment pushes the entire brain into a particular state, adjusting or interrupting the brain’s response to certain situations. Essentially reprogramming how your brain processes and responds.
Brainwave Entrainment can help with anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, pain relief, mediation and creative expression, performance, emotional healing and trauma. It is a simple yet effective way to lead your mind into states that you might usually find difficult to reach, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.
Brainwave Entrainment works for a wide range of people facing a wide range of mental health and happiness related challenges. Including stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, chronic fatigue and PTSD. It does not require face to face interaction as seen in all talk therapies, making it feel more accessible and less intrusive as a therapeutic treatment.