Examples of use of EMDR
1. It was only two months later, after she underwent a controversial psychotherapy technique called Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), that she was able to remember details of the sexual assault.
2. Treatment could involve traditional counselling, and also a therapy called eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). The latter treatment involves a therapist directing a patient to concentrate on a traumatic experience while moving their eyes rapidly back and forth, which has the effect of helping them mentally process the ordeal more rapidly.
3. Dr McGowan told the hearing yesterday she was not treating the rating as a patient but giving her "support and an environment to help her recall memories". She said she used part of a technique used in an approach known as Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing – or EMDR – which involved tapping rhythmically on the rating‘s hands to help her relax and focus.
4. It takes time and you have to work hard at it." Both women say they have benefited from therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy and EMDR, but there may be other people with similar problems, or worse, who have gone without treatment.