For all of us, unprocessed memories are generally the basis of negative responses, attitudes and behaviors. Processed memories, on the other hand, are the basis of adaptive positive responses, attitudes and behaviors.

EMDR stands for Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a therapy that is highly effective in reprocessing traumatic memories and treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.  Research has shown that about five hours of EMDR treatment eliminates  PTSD in 84 to 100 percent of civilians with a single trauma experience,  including rape, accident, or disaster.

While EMDR was developed for single-incident trauma, research over the past 20-years has developed protocols for attachment-related trauma, addiction, anxiety, performance enhancement, and complex trauma to name a few. Dr. Claypool is trained for use of EMDR in trauma, complex trauma, addiction, and attachment-based trauma, and has been practicing with this modality since 2015.

EMDR works through helping your brain reprocess traumatic memories through a process called bilateral stimulation. It is a form of trauma exposure, but is intermittent - meaning, you go in and and of the memory.  EMDR therapy targets the unprocessed memories that contain the negative  emotions, sensations and beliefs. By activating the brain’s information processing system (traumatic memories are assumed to be unprocessed or processed maladaptive ways), the old  memories can then be “digested.” Meaning what is useful is learned,  what’s useless is discarded, and the memory is now stored in a way that  is no longer damaging.”