EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, This hugely effective and extensively researched therapy has become immensely popular in recent years and is recommended by the NHS.

EMDR is a form of psychotherapy which enables healing from traumatic memories or events, often in just a few sessions. If we experience physical hurt, our body works to heal the wound, if it continues to be hurt it will become infected and cause pain, this is a blockage to healing. A similar process happens following trauma, the memories of the event can be too intense to process therefore we become "stuck" with the effects of it, often for years. This is when re- triggering occurs, when every day events can reawaken the memory and trauma.