ONLINE AND IN-PERSON THERAPY IN PITTSBURGH, PA
🌟 Transform Your Life with
EMDR & EMDR Intensive Therapy 🌟
Are you ready for accelerated healing of past trauma so you can start living your best life? Look no further than Pittsburgh Therapy Group for EMDR & EMDR Intensive Therapy sessions!
🔹 What is EMDR? 🔹
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a highly effective psychotherapy that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic events. During an EMDR session, you are asked to briefly focus on experiences from the past while engaging in bilateral eye movements. In doing so, you reprocess the event, desensitize your reaction to the memory, change the way you view yourself as a result of the event, and clear the trauma from the body. EMDR empowers you to overcome emotional barriers and provides lasting relief.
Traditional EMDR Therapy
What to expect:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy involves eight phases:
1. History Taking and Treatment Planning: The therapist gathers information about the client's history, current issues, and goals for therapy. A treatment plan is developed based on this information.
2. Preparation: The therapist prepares the client for EMDR by explaining the process, teaching relaxation techniques, and equipping the client with tools to self soothe and remain emotionally regulated.
3. Assessment: The therapist helps the client identify specific memories or experiences to target during EMDR therapy. These memories are usually related to past traumatic events or distressing experiences.
4. Desensitization: This phase involves using bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements, taps, or tones) to help the client process the targeted memories or experiences. The client focuses on the memory while simultaneously experiencing the bilateral stimulation.
5. Installation: Positive beliefs and emotions are reinforced during this phase. The client is guided to replace negative beliefs or emotions associated with the targeted memories with more positive and adaptive ones.
6. Body Scan: The therapist helps the client notice any physical tension or discomfort related to the targeted memories and uses bilateral stimulation to eliminate negative bodily sensations.
7. Closure: The therapist ensures that the session ends in a stable and calm state. The client is taught self-soothing techniques to use between sessions if needed. Techniques such as guided imagery or relaxation exercises may be used to promote physical relaxation.
8. Reevaluation: In subsequent sessions, the therapist and client review progress and identify any remaining areas of distress that may need further processing with EMDR.
These phases are designed to help clients process traumatic memories and experiences, reduce distressing symptoms, and promote healing and resilience.
Format of sessions
Sessions occur in person or through telehealth using Simple Practice. Simple Practice is a fully HIPPA compliant electronic health records (EHR) system that provides a synchronous 2 way telehealth video platform.
Clients will receive a link to sign on for their appointment 24 hours and 15 minutes prior to their appointment.
Access Client portal here: https://jaymee-krauter.clientsecure.me/
Mobile phone users should download Simple Practice Client Portal App
Length of sessions
60 & 90 minutes
EMDR Intensives
What’s the difference between traditional EMDR and an EMDR Intensive?
The difference is the length of the sessions. An EMDR intensive can vary in duration from 2-6 hours and is usually and can occur over multiple days, but it is generally short term in length, while traditional EMDR occurs weekly or biweekly and is ongoing.
EMDR Intensives are good for anyone who wants to accelerate healing, or for someone who cannot or doesn’t want to commit to weekly sessions. An EMDR intensive session can be the equivalent of weeks or months of therapy. This is because the process is uninterrupted, allowing more opportunity to accelerate reprocessing of the target.
Example of an Intensive schedule:
For new clients:
90 minute history taking and treatment planning session
90 minute preparation session
2-6 hour desensitization and reprocessing sessions
60 minute follow-up session
Existing clients:
2-6 hour desensitization and reprocessing sessions
60 minute follow-up session
Pricing
Intensives are billed at $150/hr for weekday appointments and $200/hr for weekend appointments.
Contact me for pricing packages.
🔹 Why Choose EMDR Intensive Therapy? 🔹
Intensive sessions offer a unique opportunity to dive deep into your healing journey in a concentrated timeframe. With multiple sessions scheduled over a condensed period, you'll experience accelerated progress and profound transformation.
✨ Benefits of EMDR Intensive Therapy:
➡️ Rapid relief from trauma symptoms
➡️ Breakthroughs in self-awareness and insight
➡️ Enhanced emotional resilience and coping skills
➡️ Greater empowerment and self-confidence
➡️ Lasting results in a shorter time frame
🔹 What to Expect? 🔹
During EMDR Intensive Therapy, we would develop self soothing techniques that work for you and develop a treatment plan to target the things that are causing you the most disturbance now. Next, you are asked to focus on experiences from the past, while engaging in bilateral eye movements. In doing so, you reprocess the event, desensitize your reaction to the memory, change the way you view yourself as a result of the event, and clear the trauma from the body. EMDR empowers you to overcome emotional barriers and provides lasting relief.
🔹 Take the First Step Towards Healing Today! 🔹
Don't let past trauma hold you back any longer. Embrace the transformative power of EMDR Intensive Therapy and reclaim your life. Contact us now to schedule your initial consultation and take the first step towards healing and freedom.
Your journey to healing begins now.