ATTACHMENT THERAPY
Childhood Trauma
What is EMDR Therapy for Trauma and Attachment
During reprocessing, clients are asked to revisit troubling memories and focus on the emotions they experience. Therapists provide cues as needed, but clients are encouraged to process the memories themselves.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a highly effective therapeutic approach for trauma and attachment issues.
By processing past traumatic experiences, EMDR therapy for trauma and attachment helps to:- Rewire how the brain stores memories
- Allow you to process distressing emotions
- Shift negative patterns of thinking
For many, EMDR therapy for trauma has been life-changing, offering relief from symptoms like anxiety, emotional numbness, or difficulty forming healthy relationships.
Overcoming Trauma and Attachment Issues
Online EMDR therapy can be an effective tool to help you heal from trauma and attachment difficulties in a way that fits with your busy schedule.
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Difficulties with forming secure attachments
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Unresolved emotional wounds
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Emotional numbness
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Difficulty forming healthy relationships
EMDR for Attachment
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) can be adapted for attachment-focused therapy, such as the Parnell Attachment-Focused EMDR protocol. Integrating attachment theory principles, this approach targets relational trauma to help develop greater attachment security.
Therapy works with early attachment experiences, identifying disruptions that may be impacting present relationships. Through bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, clients process attachment-related memories, emotions, and beliefs.
The goal is to heal attachment wounds, restructure maladaptive relational patterns, and cultivate greater trust and security in relationships. By addressing attachment trauma, clients can gain greater self-awareness, improve interpersonal functioning, and reclaim areas of their lives.
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Clinical Expertise & Care Standards
Explore our frequently asked questions to understand our trauma-informed methodologies, professional clinical standards, and specialised workplace support programmes.
How do I know if I can benefit from EMDR?
EMDR is a well-researched therapy initially designed for trauma. It differs from other therapies because it can be delivered using very little language. It is effective even when not disclosing your trauma to your therapist, this is called the “Silence Protocol”. This is ideal for high levels of shame.
It also can be used with other difficulties such as anxiety and peak performance.
EMDR can use imagery and be integrated with other approaches easily.
How do I know if I can benefit from CBT?
CBT is a well know therapy that is effective sleep, anxiety, trauma and performance.
It is an active therapy and it focusses in the maintaining factors of the difficulties.
CBT involves ERP, which is the gold standard therapy for OCD.
It also can be used with other difficulties such as anxiety and peak performance.
EMDR can use imagery and be integrated with other approaches easily.
Do I need to prepare before therapy?
No, you don’t. However, we always recommend for people to reflect on what they want to take from sessions and/or what they would like to work on.
How much will therapy cost?
Therapy can last from 4 to 6 sessions for some people, and usually can take 8 to 14 sessions to work on specific areas. Sometimes, in complex cases session may be 20 to 30.
We are all individuals so best option would be to speak to one of our Mental Health Specialists.
