Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy specifically helps victims of trauma. Codependent people most likely experienced at least one traumatic episode at some point in their life but is EMDR effective for helping those who struggle with codependency? Should they involve other forms of treatment as well?
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Clinicians use various types of therapy to help clients, depending on each person’s specific needs. Learn more about how to treat trauma with EMDR therapy.
Many people wonder, “What is EMDR?” This form of therapy helps people work through traumatic events in their past. Read to learn more about how it works.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder often affects a person’s ability to function in their everyday life. What are some PTSD causes and how can it be managed? PTSD is a devastating mental condition. Oftentimes people suffering from PTSD turn to substances to cope and end up also addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Alcohol, drugs, gambling—as many as one in eight Americans are addicted to a substance or activity to the point of self-destructive behaviour. Two former clients are talking about an exhilarating center for Treatment and Recovery.
Even that simple decision can be fraught with anxiety. You may wonder who will answer your call when calling to rehab center.
Alcoholics and drug addicts don’t just wake up one day and decide to abuse a dangerous substance. Each of these individuals has a life and a story of how they got to a place of drug or alcohol dependency. For many of them, that story begins with a traumatic event in their childhoods. EMDR therapy can help!
What is emotional trauma? How does this disruptive condition start? Why are some people affected by emotional trauma more than others?
It’s hard being a substance abuser. You have to score, you need a place to kick back, you need money for tomorrow’s bag, tab or rock, and nobody wants to be your friend except other drug abusers. Enablers often maintain the status quo, believing that confronting the problem will exacerbate the problem.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, results when individuals experience some type of physical or emotional trauma, and while we all experience traumatic events in our lives, people who suffer from PTSD revisit the cause of their trauma obsessively.