EMDR Therapy

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About this app

This application uses many advanced digital techniques and simulates EMDR therapy. EMDR is a technique recommended by psychotherapists and Psychologists.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched psychotherapy method proven to be effective and help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences which are including depression, PTSD, panic disorders, anxiety.

The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs/Dept. of Defense, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the World Health Organization among many other national and international organizations recognize and recommend EMDR therapy as an effective treatment.

First, put on your headphones, think of a traumatic and disturbing event. Follow the ball in the EMDR tool, focus on the transition of sounds in your left and right ears, and feel the vibrations. Thus, the effect of traumatic disturbing events that will provide the data flow between the right and left brain as in REM sleep will decrease.
Focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.
While you bring the details of that memory to mind, This tool will guide you through a series of side-to-side eye movements, auditory (with direction), and vibrations. As you learn to process the memory and related feelings it brings up, you’ll gradually be able to reframe that memory in a more positive light.

Use three types of BLS: visual, auditory (with direction), and vibrations and modify your settings to suit your preferences.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In EMDR, the person being treated recalls distressing experiences whilst doing bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movement or physical stimulation, such as tapping either side of the body.

According to the theory behind the approach, traumatic and painful memories can cause post-traumatic stress when you don’t process them completely. Then, when sights, sounds, words, or smells trigger those unprocessed memories, you re-experience them.

The 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) practice guideline states that EMDR "is based on the idea that negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are the result of unprocessed memories. The treatment involves standardized procedures that include focusing simultaneously on spontaneous associations of traumatic images, thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations and bilateral stimulation that is most commonly in the form of repeated eye movements.

This re-experiencing leads to the emotional distress and other symptoms recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
EMDR aims to reduce symptoms of trauma by changing how your memories are stored in your brain. In a nutshell, an EMDR therapist does this by leading you through a series of bilateral (side-to-side) eye movements as you recall traumatic or triggering experiences in small segments, until those memories no longer cause distress.

Ratings and reviews

Thank you for this app. what can I write? yes the voice is a bit clunky, the strings are synthesized, there aren't really any instructions, the timer stops advancing after 35 mins, and there's no real wrap-up at the end... and still... it just works. it helps. the snowy scene is particularly wonderful, even in it's blocky half rendered way... and it just helps. it works. it brings some peace from the heartache and thought loops. Thank you for implementing this basic idea and making it free.

Emdr is an effective & efficient technique to overcome travmatic situations and events. I discovered EMDR when I was trying to quit smoking. I had attempted to quit several times but always went back after just a few weeks. After just one session, the immediate cravings had greatly reduced and through the sessions, I gained some clarity on the reasons why I started smoking in the first place, which made it much easier to stay away from it. I highly recommend EMDR!”

Pleasantly surprised. All the extra features, the different scenery, the vibration, colour settings, it's so well thought out, and it really does help to distract. I have to remind myself to breathe, and there could be more vibrational settings, but other than that the app is perfect!

What’s new

The default speed of the self-EMDR was adjusted