EMDR Therapists in Upper Austria
Dr. Angela Kundegraber-Leherb
Psychotherapist, Mag.dr., BMASGK - Psychotherapist
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I graduated from the University of Vienna with a PhD and have an additional training in couples counseling, trauma therapy ( EMDR), child and adolescents therapy.
• Anxiety issues •Depression • International teachers/ academic researchers • Digital nomads • Expats/ third culture kids (TCK), Relationship issues(multicultural/open relationship) •motherhood • Cultural adjustement difficulties (home sickness adults/children) • Understand difficult /painful feelings •self- awareness •self-esteem issues • EMDR •Kink Aware
I graduated from the University of Vienna with a PhD and have an additional training in couples counseling, trauma therapy ( EMDR), child and adolescents therapy.
• Anxiety issues •Depression • International teachers/ academic researchers • Digital nomads • Expats/ third culture kids (TCK), Relationship issues(multicultural/open relationship) •motherhood • Cultural adjustement difficulties (home sickness adults/children) • Understand difficult /painful feelings •self- awareness •self-esteem issues • EMDR •Kink Aware
Psychotherapy offers a confidential, protected framework to work through stressful life events and gain insight into your own personality. The aim of the treatment is to break down impairing thinking, feeling and behavior patterns and to expand existing resources.
Psychotherapy offers a confidential, protected framework to work through stressful life events and gain insight into your own personality. The aim of the treatment is to break down impairing thinking, feeling and behavior patterns and to expand existing resources.
Online Therapists
EMDR is a clinically proven, effective (trauma-) therapy method that works for a high percentage of people.
You might notice your emotions, behavior, thoughts, or bodily sensations feel disproportionate to the current situation. You might experience anxiety, depression, freezing, panic, impulsivity, anger, shame, dissociation, flaschbacks, hyperarrousal or avoidance.
You may hold negative perceptions of yourself and others, with beliefs like: I am not lovable, I am not good enough, I am in danger, I am powerless, or I am not important.
You might repeatedly be drawn to partners with challenging characteristics.
The reason for all of this can in many cases be found in the past.
EMDR is a clinically proven, effective (trauma-) therapy method that works for a high percentage of people.
You might notice your emotions, behavior, thoughts, or bodily sensations feel disproportionate to the current situation. You might experience anxiety, depression, freezing, panic, impulsivity, anger, shame, dissociation, flaschbacks, hyperarrousal or avoidance.
You may hold negative perceptions of yourself and others, with beliefs like: I am not lovable, I am not good enough, I am in danger, I am powerless, or I am not important.
You might repeatedly be drawn to partners with challenging characteristics.
The reason for all of this can in many cases be found in the past.
My approach is based on CBT for depression, anxiety, self-esteem and relationship problems; EMDR for psychological trauma; family therapy; stress management; performance coaching; neuroscience.
Psychological counselling to manage stress, anxiety, fears, grief, trauma, mental health concerns, self-esteem issues, marriage problems, relationship difficulties or other issues you wish to address. Accompanying counselling for depression, anxiety, addiction or other treatment. Cognitive-behavioural performance coaching.
My approach is based on CBT for depression, anxiety, self-esteem and relationship problems; EMDR for psychological trauma; family therapy; stress management; performance coaching; neuroscience.
Psychological counselling to manage stress, anxiety, fears, grief, trauma, mental health concerns, self-esteem issues, marriage problems, relationship difficulties or other issues you wish to address. Accompanying counselling for depression, anxiety, addiction or other treatment. Cognitive-behavioural performance coaching.
I take a holistic approach with a range of methods varying from psychodynamics to embodiment work, EMDR and neurofeedback.
I offer a compassionate, personalized approach to navigate life’s challenges. Specializing in humanistic and psychodynamic therapy, I provide a safe space for exploring emotions, reducing anxiety, and improving relationships. I offer psychotherapy in person in Vienna or online.
I take a holistic approach with a range of methods varying from psychodynamics to embodiment work, EMDR and neurofeedback.
I offer a compassionate, personalized approach to navigate life’s challenges. Specializing in humanistic and psychodynamic therapy, I provide a safe space for exploring emotions, reducing anxiety, and improving relationships. I offer psychotherapy in person in Vienna or online.
EMDR Counsellors
Who is EMDR for?
EMDR was initially developed as a treatment for individuals with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for whom memories of a deeply distressing experience can be inadvertently triggered by random everyday events. The procedure has since been applied in the treatment of many other conditions. For example, it is used by some therapists to treat anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, depression, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some personality disorders. It is suitable for adolescents and adults.
Why do people need EMDR?
People need EMDR as a way to manage distressing memories that in some way hamper the ability to function in the present. The procedure is believed to target the way memories are stored in the brain. Evidence indicates that past disturbing experiences cause ongoing distress because they were not adequately processed, and when such memories are triggered in the present, they are accompanied by all the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations as the initial experience.
What problems does EMDR treat?
First and foremost, EMDR is intended as a treatment for PTSD, to defuse distressing memories that intrude on and impair everyday functioning. It is also often used to help those who are subject to panic attacks, phobias, and other forms of anxiety. In addition, EMDR has been used to treat individuals with depression, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
What happens in EMDR therapy?
First the therapist takes an individual’s history, and then the therapist and client decide which distressing experience(s) will be the target(s) of the exercise, delivered via a side-to-side visual stimulus requiring lateral eye movements. The client will be asked to activate thoughts, feelings, and any body sensations related to the troubling experience. The eye movements are said to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, so that the experience can then be safely discussed with the therapist and digested, minimising its ability to trigger anxiety.