Rivers are meant to flow unabated. This flow creates energy and momentum, nourishing everything in its path. But sometimes, without warning something large can fall across its path causing the water to back up and pressure to build. When a river is obstructed and the water becomes stagnant, everything downstream is affected. Things begin to suffer.

Trauma works in a similar way. It creates a blockage; one that can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed and cut off from the ease we once felt moving through life.

Do you feel there’s a blockage in your life? As an EMDR therapist in North Berwick and online, I can help you work through that blockage piece by piece, so the natural current of your life can flow again. 

How Trauma Causes The Dam

When we experience a traumatic and distressing event our brain’s processing system becomes overwhelmed/overloaded and our nervous systems become stuck.  

The memory of the event, raw and unprocessed, becomes locked in the part of the brain responsible for our emotional responses, rather than being filed away as something belonging safely to the past. We may replay the memory over and over again to try and make sense of what happened and this can leave us feeling frozen. It may feel as if part of us is standing at the moment it happened, unable to move on. 

How EMDR Works With Your Brain's Innate Capacity to Heal

EMDR doesn’t dynamite the dam. It isn’t explosive or forceful. Rather, EMDR is the process of gently and thoughtfully changing how a painful memory is stored in the brain, so it no longer carries the same emotional charge. 

Working with the mind and the body, EMDR follows an eight-step programme that supports the brain’s natural ability to reprocess memories. 

Most clients experience a gradual but noticeable shift. The memory becomes less overwhelming and life begins to flow once more. 

If you recognise that feeling of being blocked, stuck, or overwhelmed by something from your past, you don’t have to carry it alone. Get in touch today to book a free initial consultation, and let’s start clearing the way for your life to flow freely again.