EMDR Therapy: Reprocessing Trauma to Reclaim a Calmer Mind
What Is EMDR Therapy and Why It Works EMDR therapy—Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing—is a structured, evidence-based approach designed to help the brain process disturbing memories so they no longer feel present, overwhelming, or defining. Originating in the late 1980s, it rests on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which proposes that the nervous system