08/12/2025
Did you know that at Lotus 9 of our 12 counselors utilize EMDR Therapy?
EMDR is one of the leading trauma therapies of our day that is also utilized for anxiety, depression, OCD, addiction, and chronic pain.
It is based off the theory of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) which believes our body and brain intuitively knows how to heal itself. However, when someone experiences a traumatic event, it is as if the trauma gets stuck in our brain and nervous system where it repeats itself in the present as if the trauma is still present. EMDR utilizes bilateral stimulation to help dislodge the trauma for it to flow through Adaptive Information Processing.
Within an EMDR session, a client will pick an area of focus/ target to process. The client will identify an image, a negative cognitive belief, sensation and emotion connected within this target and measure his/ her distress level. The EMDR trained clinician will then perform bilateral stimulation whether visually, auditorily or kinesthetically with tappers to activate the AIP processing. The client will then perform free association from the target such as watching the images pass by as you riding on a train. The brain will then instinctively work through the connected neural memories with that specific traumatic target.
Learn more about EMDR Therapy with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg842qP83yc
