Therapy centered on eye movement provides options for patients coping with trauma

That’s Sarah Blanning, a behavioral health provider at Sunshine. She’s talking about a therapy method called eye movement desensitization and reprogramming, or EMDR. Blanning says the method was mostly used in its early days for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The behavioral health staff at the Sunshine clinics believes that EMDR can provide a valuable option for people trying to cope with memories of trauma. Cici Schoenberger, behavioral health lead at Sunshine, says the method provides another option beyond more traditional therapy methods. (Excerpt)

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Manning, P. (2017, April 17). Therapy centered on eye movement provides options for patients coping with trauma. KTNA Talkeetna Community Radio. Retrieved from http://ktna.org/2017/04/11/emdr/ on 4/21/2017