PTSD Therapy - Hope Behavioral Health

PTSD THERAPY. EMDR THERAPY.

This program is perfect for you if you are reliving aspects of your life and are experiencing the following:

Nightmares, disturbed sleep or lack of sleep
Vivid and destructive flashbacks
Intense distress when triggered at reminders of the trauma
Feeling on the edge, panicking, or ‘hypervigilance’ when reminded of the trauma
Physical sensations such as pain, sweating, nausea, or trembling

When an individual feels stressed emotionally, their body releases hormones called cortisol and adrenaline. This is the body’s automatic way of preparing to respond to a threat, sometimes called the “fight, flight, or freeze response”. Individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder continue to produce these hormones when they’re no longer in danger, which is thought to explain physical symptoms similar to symptoms of anxiety such as headaches, dizziness, chest pains, and stomach aches.

How EMDR Therapy Can Help?

As EMDR specialists, we aim to reduce symptoms of trauma by changing how your memories are stored in your brain. This type of therapy utilizes bilateral movements (eye movements, tapping, and sounds) to stimulate the brain to reprocess unconscious memories that may be disturbing. When you experience a disturbing event, it can get locked in the brain with the original picture, sounds, thoughts, feelings, and body sensations. EMDR stimulates your brain to reprocess the experience and help heal from your disturbing event. Your own brain will be doing the healing and you are in control. While originally developed to treat trauma and PTSD, EMDR may also help relieve other mental health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis.

EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR has been proven effective to treat PTSD symptoms and ongoing research supports positive clinical outcomes showing EMDR therapy as a helpful treatment for disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic pain, addictions, and other distressing life experiences.

Although the most widespread use of EMDR is for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mental healthcare providers also use it in the treatment of the following conditions:

Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Dysphoria (feeling as though your gender is different from the one assigned at birth)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Personality Disorders
Trauma Disorders; Acute Stress

Is EMDR Therapy only effective for PTSD patients?

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Although the most widespread use of EMDR is for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mental healthcare providers also use it in the treatment of the following conditions:

Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Dysphoria (feeling as though your gender is different from the one assigned at birth)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Personality Disorders
Acute Stress

The following organizations recognize EMDR therapy as an effective treatment:

The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs/Dept. of Defense, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the World Health Organization among many other national and international organizations.

Call (407) 906 5214 and book an appointment now.