EMDR Treatment Centers in 55318
Hazelden Betty Ford in Chaska, MN
Treatment Center
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Chaska, MN 55318
Services include individual appointments, EMDR specialized treatment, couples and family counseling, Monday–Thursday by appointment.
Hazelden Betty Ford has been saving lives and restoring families from substance abuse for more than 60 years. We offer the best chance at lifelong recovery. Our outpatient programs offers a treatment model that allows for individuals to fully experience treatment and incorporate it with their lives, whether working, volunteering, caring for family, or going to school. Our treatment team of licensed addiction counselors also includes mental health professionals so that our clients with co-occurring mental health disorders can get an integrated treatment plan and services.
Services include individual appointments, EMDR specialized treatment, couples and family counseling, Monday–Thursday by appointment.
Hazelden Betty Ford has been saving lives and restoring families from substance abuse for more than 60 years. We offer the best chance at lifelong recovery. Our outpatient programs offers a treatment model that allows for individuals to fully experience treatment and incorporate it with their lives, whether working, volunteering, caring for family, or going to school. Our treatment team of licensed addiction counselors also includes mental health professionals so that our clients with co-occurring mental health disorders can get an integrated treatment plan and services.
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EMDR Treatment Centers
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, minimizing its ability to trigger anxiety.