POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 

When a traumatic or very unusual negative event occurs, it can get locked in the nervous system. Since the experience is locked there, it continues to be triggered whenever a reminder comes up.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic process in which the person in therapy focuses on a moving light while recalling a distressing memory, including the physical sensations, emotions and thoughts associated with the event. These eye movements seem to unlock the nervous system, allowing us to jointly explore the trauma.

In some cases, the light bar and the EMDR technique can be used to resolve a relatively minor event from childhood, such as being teased by one's peers or disparaged by one's parents.

Thousands of practicing therapists throughout the world today employ the process. I am a certified EMDR therapist.