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Life changing treatment, backed by science
EMDR is an innovative treatment that has been designed to help individuals who are having to deal with traumatic stress disorder, which can help process adverse emotions and memories that may have been suppressed.
Studies have shown 84-90% of single event trauma victims no longer had PTSD symptoms after three ninety-minute EMDR sessions
tudies have shown 77% of people impacted by multiple trauma show no diagnosable PTSD following six EMDR sessions
70% of EMDR participants achieved a good outcome in three active treatment sessions
Understanding EMDR
EDMR, Eye Movement Desensitisation, and Re-processing is a psychotherapy method developed to treat individuals who are suffering from:
- PTSD
- Trauma
- Severe anxiety
- Addiction
- Additional emotional conditions
- Variety of mental health conditions
Psychotherapies emphasize specific skill sets and techniques from counseling that will explore mental health issues through personal interaction. EMDR is the perfect psychotherapy that allows patients to access past, hidden memories of traumatic situations or events. It processes them safely and positively safely and positively will resolve mental distresses.
Benefits of EMDR
The benefits of EMDR extend beyond PTSD and trauma resolution. Some potential benefits of this therapeutic approach include:
1. Changes negative thinking:
EMDR can help you identify, challenge, and even change the negative thoughts cluttering your mind
2. Decreases chronic pain:
Research shows that bilateral stimulation activates the region of the brain associated with relaxation & comfortable feelings
3. Improves self-esteem:
EMDR works by targeting distressing memories and negative thoughts associated with yourself. By identifying them, you learn how to process and heal from them
4. Requires minimal talking:
You don’t have to express every detail of your painful experience. This makes EMDR particularly useful for people who have difficulty talking about their trauma.
5. Fast results:
EMDR is classified as a brief-psychotherapy. While everyone’s journey is different, 80% to 90% of people report positive results within their first three sessions.
Techniques of EMDR
Eye movement desensitization and Reprocessing will generally take place one to two times a week for six to twelve sessions which will take place by a trained professional who will have extensive knowledge and experience in EMDR.
Phase 1: History taking
The therapist uses this phase to understand your entire background history. Unfortunately, this could include traumatic or painful events, memories, and experiences while possibly including your current stressors.
Phase 2: Preparation
Your therapist will begin helping you learn the skills set to deal with your stressful situation and mental health illnesses. This can include learning specific techniques such as mental exercises.
Phase 3: Assessment
Your therapist will encourage you to select a specific traumatic memory to begin working on. You will work to identify several components of the particular memory. Additionally, you may be asked to identify positive beliefs.
Phase 4: Desensitization
While focusing on your specific memory, the therapist will lead you through stimulation sets. This can include tactile taps, eye movement, or auditory tones.
Phase 5: Installation
This phase is all about strengthening the positive belief you initially identified during phase three with your therapist.
Phase 6: Body Scan
Once you have strengthened your positive beliefs, your therapist will ask you to jot down if you have any physical response while thinking about the specific memory and the positive belief.
Phase 7: Closure
The closure is very much as it sounds; it is the opportunity for you and your therapist to discuss the positive steps you have made and how to continue outside of your sessions—learning to integrate them into your daily life.
Phase 8 Re-evaluation
Each session begins with a reevaluation, an opportunity to discuss your current psychological state and whether the current treatment techniques are effective for you.
Tips for Successful EMDR Therapy
Many individuals have expressed that they are very curious about EMDR and fear the treatment. EMDR is a focused, goal-orientated effective therapy treatment with the utmost potential to change individuals’ lives for the best. It has been recognized as highly beneficial by the American Psychiatric Association, the Department of Defense, the World Health Organization, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs, among other national and international organizations.
Below we have listed some of the best ways to get the most out of your EMDR Therapy:
- Know and understand your support system. When you are beginning to feel stressed or sad, keep in mind who you can completely trust to call and express yourself.
- Practice the skill sets you have learned in therapy outside of your daily life. Try taking just 10 minutes out of your day to practice meditation or breathing exercises.
- Begin a gratitude journal. Life can be highly stressful, and on awful days you may believe that you have no positive but try and find something that you may be thankful for. I can be as little as you were about to eat a nutritious meal, or you were able to get out in the sun and take a walk around the park.
- Take the treatment and your life at your pace. Never feel pressured to speak about specific situations or emotions if you are not mentally ready. There is absolutely no rush.
Selfcare Tips for Bipolar Disorder
Practicing daily healthy habits that eventually become part of a typical pattern will lead to more effective outcomes regarding your mental health disorder. Creating a healthy routine that you know eases your symptoms when they get bad will help avoid any severe consequences. Below, we have recommended a few activities that immensely helped our past clients recover from bipolar. It is essential to understand that while you may always have to live with your mental illness, you do not have to let it control your life.
- Join a local support group; therefore you can identify with individuals who are going through the same struggles and understand how they tackle them
- Exercise, pick up a new sport, join the gym, or go running in the park
- Take your time making decisions don’t let anyone pressure you into making a decision you don’t wholeheartedly stand by
- Monitor and keep track of your daily moods. Note down factors such as the amount of sleep you got that night, any events that may have been a reason to trigger certain emotions, any medication you are taking
- Develop a schedule that fits you, try your hardest to stick to it even on tough days
Therapy Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
We are proud to have some of San Diego’s most experienced consultants and therapists providing our bipolar disorder treatment. Our teams will effectively work with you to help you manage your bipolar symptoms while reducing the intensity of any future episodes.
Therapy treatment for bipolar disorder aims to significantly reduce the amount and the severity of the individual mania and depression episodes to allow them to live as much everyday life as possible. Attending therapy sessions for bipolar can help give your life structure and support through stressful and challenging situations.
Park Mental Health San Diego has a variety of treatment options regarding Bipolar; however, standard therapies can include, Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Family Therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT). These evidence-based therapies can help you develop vital skills sets such as:
- Improving your ability to interact with people
- Recognize thought and symptoms patterns that cause depression
- Learn how past or even current situation may have been starting point that led to the development of unhealthy thought patterns and behaviors, all of which could be maintaining your distress
- Build or re-build healthy relationships with loved ones
- Develop new skill sets to handle intense emotions that may be disrupting your living life the way you chose
- Build your confidence to handle any challenging situations that may come your way
Bipolar is a complex disorder that affects each one of us differently, which is why we offer bespoke evidence-based approaches to help you develop skills effectively to aid you in breaking the negative cycles.
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- 92% of clients feel better with 12 weeks of treatment
- Seen by an experienced psychiatric provider
- Interactive, skill building therapy sessions
- Decades of research and tests
- Bespoke treatment designed for you
- Consistently use evidence-based approach
Take the first step to feel like you again
Mental health disorders and addiction can take their toll on your mental, physical and emotional health. If left untreated, it can leave you feeling helpless, as if you have fallen into a black hole in which there is no return. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The medical professionals here at Park San Diego have decades of research and evidenced-based treatments to specifically create each and every one person a treatment plan to fit your needs.
Admitting to yourself that you need help and actively going out of your way to get yourself help is the hardest part of your journey. Once you have contacted a member of our team, you will never again be alone in your journey to recovery. Alongside your loved ones, you will have either a therapist or a psychiatrist by your side every step of the way. Besides emotionally supporting you when you find the treatment challenging, they will continually assess your progress to ensure that your treatment does not need altering to ensure that you receive the most effective treatment.
Let’s break the cycle and get you back to thriving in life once again.
Your most frequently asked questions, answered.
What areas do you cover?
Park Mental Health Treatment covers the San Diego, California area. If you are unsure of whether you are near our facility, please either submit an online form or alternatively contact a member of our team today on 866-420-2524.
Do you provide outpatient care?
Yes, Park Mental Health Treatment has the facilities to cater for outpatient care. Alternatively, if you require inpatient care, we also have partnerships with facilities around the San Diego, CA area that can cater for inpatient therapies.
How do I get in contact?
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