Area of practice
Trauma & EMDR
Accidents, assaults, medical procedures, flight or bereavement. EMDR and trauma-focused CBT help to integrate what happened — without having to live through it again.
Trauma is not a weakness — it is an appropriate response to something that was more than the nervous system could process. Distressing experience can echo for years. We work so that what happened finds a place in your story, without continuing to flood you.
What we look at
- Recurring images, sounds, smells or bodily sensations
- Nightmares, disturbed sleep, sudden waking
- Hyperarousal — startle responses, constant vigilance, broken concentration
- Emotional freezing, feeling beside yourself (dissociation)
- Avoidance of places, people, topics that recall the experience
- Guilt, shame, or worthlessness tied to the event
How we work
- 1 Stabilisation first — we build self-regulation tools before touching distressing material.
- 2 Diagnosis and clarification — what triggered the symptoms, what keeps them active.
- 3 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) — an evidence-based method that re-wires the memory network. You do not need to retell every detail.
- 4 Trauma-focused CBT complements EMDR when the picture is complex.
- 5 Integration — together we build a narrative in which the event is past, not perpetual present.
Frequent questions
Do I have to recount everything in detail?
No. EMDR works without an exhaustive retelling — we work with the inner image and bodily sensations. You decide how much you share.
How many sessions for a trauma?
For a single, clearly delineated event, 8–12 EMDR sessions often suffice. For complex trauma (multiple, prolonged distress), therapy lasts longer and begins with an extended stabilisation phase.