If you have ever felt like your emotions overwhelm you or that you always act impulsively when a stressful situation arises, you do not have to feel alarmed. The feeling of emotional dysregulation might feel like an unending cycle of powerful feelings and regretful actions. Emotional dysregulation can feel like an endless cycle of intense feelings and regretful actions. Rippling Waters Men’s Retreat & Recovery does understand the difficulties of managing these challenges. That is why we offer Dialectical Behavior Therapy DBT, which helps one regain control and build a balanced, meaningful life.
EMDR also stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, which helps clients process traumatic memories. “Rather than simply talking through what happened, EMDR therapy involves using specific techniques, including guided eye movements, that mimic the way the brain processes information during REM sleep to help it arrive at a new way of processing these memories.” This technique helps you to actually dampen those emotional intensities that occur with traumatic events in the past so that you may respond adequately to the challenges coming today without any hauntings from your past.
By now, you may be wondering how EMDR therapy works. The procedure has eight phases that will guide you in reprocessing traumatic experiences in a non-threatening and controlled manner. Here’s a simplified breakdown of the phases:
Curious about the benefits of EMDR therapy? It comes with a number of advantages that have made this approach successful in trauma recovery:
Perhaps you’re wondering why EMDR therapy in New York would even be of interest to you, let alone at Rippling Waters Men’s Retreat & Recovery. It’s because of our holistic and client-centered approach. We realize that no two people go through a traumatic experience in the same manner, so each treatment plan is tailored to your needs. This nature retreat with expert therapists is the perfect combination.
At Rippling Waters Men’s Retreat & Recovery, an array of complementary therapies can be added to complement your EMDR-treated program, which may include the following:
If you are trying to figure out whether EMDR is for you, it may be easier than you think. EMDR therapy is particularly effective for:
Rippling Waters is a private-pay residential program serving men primarily from the Northeast, with national admissions available. Our admissions process is confidential, structured, and direct.
