Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprogramming (EMDR)

Overland Health offers nationwide provision of the powerful and relatively new therapeutic technique of EMDR therapy which is proven to be effective in treating psychological trauma.

What is EMDR?

This form of psychotherapy was developed to resolve symptoms resulting from disturbing and unresolved life experiences and their psychological consequences. EMDR is thought to imitate the psychological state that we enter when in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Studies show that when in REM sleep we are able to make new associations between things very rapidly. EMDR is designed to tap into this high-speed processing mode that we all have, but usually do not have access to.

EMDR is an evidence-based therapeutic procedure that is effective in treating the effects of:

• Domestic violence and other forms of abuse
• Personal assaults
• Car, train and other accidents
• Death/suicide of work colleagues, family or close friends
• Obsessive compulsive disorder.
• Surgical trauma
• Other ’crimes against the person’

Delivering EMDR?

All our mental health therapists, including EMDR practitioners, belong to their respective professional bodies.

Our application and acceptance procedures ensure that all therapists are fully trained in the treatment they offer and carry professional indemnity insurance.

If a therapist practices EMDR, they will have completed the full EMDR Europe accredited training program in the UK and Ireland www.emdr-europe.org.

A Range of Mental Health Services

In addition to EMDR we offer a range of further mental health treatments including:

• CBT
• Psychological assessment
• UK wide Counselling Panel
• Telephone Counselling service
• Remote and computerised CBT
• Nationwide network of Psychologists
• Nationwide network of Psychotherapists
• Nationwide network of Occupational psychologists

Find Out More

To find out more about our EMDR services or any other areas of our rehabilitation provision, please contact our team on (020) 3355 4259, make an enquiry here or, to make a referral or request a quote, use our online referral form here.