Healing Trauma through EMDR

VTDigger is excited to work with Vermont Care Partners to promote the much-needed services of its sixteen respective member agencies which, includes NCSS. They also understand how important it is for our elected officials to know how to support the needs of Vermonters.

This thirteen-week series is a collaboration produced by members of the Vermont Care Partners statewide network of sixteen non-profit, community-based agencies providing mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disability support.

Below is the third installment of the series from United Counseling Service (UCS) and their use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment to help their clients achieve peace of mind and retrain their stress responses.

Healing Trauma through EMDR

A traumatic experience or prolonged exposure to trauma can have a profoundly damaging influence on the human mind, with devastating long-term consequences, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Since the 1980s, many therapists treating PTSD have used a method known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help their clients achieve peace of mind and retrain their stress responses. EMDR is a client-centered clinical approach that focuses on processing distressing memories, incidents, or emotions using carefully directed stimuli. 

Marisa Turner, an EMDR Certified Clinician at United Counseling Service (UCS), observes, “Anyone can benefit from this therapy. EMDR is comprised of a very distinct set of procedures and protocols and can be used alongside other modalities of therapy.”  Read more…

Link to article:

https://vtdigger.org/sponsored_content/healing-trauma-through-emdr/