Our Approaches
The approaches we use facilitate healing through an understanding of the impact of trauma on the body as well the mind. Our outcomes data shows that both are equally effective.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is recommended by NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) for the treatment of trauma and PTSD. It involves alternating left-right stimulation of the brain using eye movements, sounds or tapping. This bilateral stimulation helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories in a way that causes them to lose their intensity, so they become less disturbing and more like 'ordinary' memories – part of your story but not the story that defines you.
You can find more information about EMDR on the EMDR Association UK website, including this 10 minute video from the EMDR International Association.
Energy Psychotherapy (EP) brings together Western psychotherapy with Eastern knowledge of the body's bio-energy system. EP recognises that trauma is stored in our bodies and can be released by gently stimulating our energy system while focusing on the issue that is troubling us, without having to relive traumatic memories.
One example of an EP method is Emotional Freedom Technique, which uses tapping on meridian points to calm the body, re-regulate the nervous system and process traumatic events. EFT is ranked by NICE as among the top four most effective and cost-efficient interventions for PTSD and complex trauma.
One of our therapists, Dr Coral Westaway, demonstrates EFT tapping in this short video. You can find more information and some free resources on the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology website and also on the UK's Energy Psychotherapy Network website.
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