Anxiety, that is, the rise of anxiety and its transformation into a psychological disorder, negatively affects the lives of many people today. When many people apply for specialist support, they return home with a diagnosis of anxiety. Anxiety, which causes symptoms such as heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, tremors, sweating, nausea, weak knees, fear of going crazy, feeling of alienation, nausea, and movement in the intestines, can occur for different reasons. While these symptoms cause panic in the person, various avoidance and safety behaviors are sought to prevent it from happening again. This causes the person's life to become narrower, thus decreasing the quality of life. EMDR therapy is one of the most effective psychotherapy methods for anxiety problems.
How is anxiety treated?
For anxiety treatment, a detailed evaluation interview must first be held. If the anxiety level is very high, psychiatric support should also be received. Then, if EMDR treatment is deemed appropriate for the client, the dynamics behind the anxiety are revealed. As I just said, although the symptoms of anxiety may be the same, their starting points may be different. For example, let's take two people experiencing a panic attack. While one's anxiety may be about being humiliated or crushed in front of people, the other's anxiety may be 'there will be a disaster and I will not be able to bear it'. For this reason, first the negative belief behind the concerns is determined. With this negative belief, the emotions and body sensations that accompany anxiety are also clarified. The traumatic memory network associated with anxiety is then retrieved. For example, the first memory in which a similar anxiety was felt, the worst memory, the most recent event and other disturbing memories experienced since the first memory... One of the memories is selected and reprocessed. During the reprocessing process, a bilateral stimulus is given and the brain is enabled to process the memory and become desensitized to the negative emotions in that memory. At the end of EMDR treatment, clients state that they no longer have negative physical and emotional reactions to anxiety-provoking situations and that they feel more comfortable. They even realize that they no longer need to avoid places and situations that they used to worry about and avoid. They indicate. For example, one of my clients, who avoided going to hospitals because of the concern that he would receive a bad diagnosis, reported that he could go to the hospital very easily after EMDR treatment.
Why EMDR?
EMDR other It is shorter in duration than other therapy methods. It acts more quickly. It gives more obvious results. It is the most preferred method in symptom treatment.
Are there any situations in which EMDR should not be used?
For some problems, there may be alternative therapy methods that may be more effective than EMDR. For example, methods such as Schema Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Psychoanalysis and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy are thought to be more effective instead of EMDR in personality pathologies. Therefore, the specialist must evaluate the situations in which EMDR is not suitable and share alternative methods with the client.
Finally, regardless of the therapy method, it is important that it is applied by competent, experienced specialists who attach importance to ethical principles. For your questions about EMDR, you can get information from expert clinical psychologists or psychiatrists.
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