Looking to find an EMDR Therapist?

Karen Weiman provides EMDR therapy and EMDR intensives in Ohio and Michigan, including Columbus, OH

What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a highly researched, evidence-based psychotherapy that is used throughout the world. 

EMDR is a form of psychotherapy that compliments traditional talk-therapy.  Traditional talk-therapy is usually based on some form of helping you understand what you feel, why you feel it, and how to cope with those feelings as they come up in your life. 

EMDR provides an additional step. EMDR “rewires” your brain – through using bilateral stimulation - such as a self-tapping butterfly hug or electronic eye movements– you no longer feel the negative charge of what has happened to you. 

EMDR will not erase your memories, instead, it integrates them within your history, while getting rid of the negative beliefs you have about yourself because of what has happened.   EMDR transfers your memories from a “stuck” place to where it becomes a simple memory that does not control you in any way. 

How EMDR Reprocessing works…

You’ll be asked to focus on an upsetting memory, image, thought and feeling, which will shift in intensity through the therapy process. The negative feelings and thoughts about yourself will shift to a more neutral or positive place, bringing a sensation that the issue has been healed. 

As your therapist, I will guide you to use sets of self-tapping or side-to-side electronic eye movements to help you navigate the memories and feelings.

You will be asked to tell me what comes to mind during each “set” in order to see the shift that begins to take shape.  You don’t even have to provide much detail to me about the incident or what comes up, just enough so I can get an understanding of how you are doing.  As your brain processes the information, you begin to naturally integrate your history into your present and develop a healthier response to what has happened.