What is EMDR Trauma-Resolution Therapy?
What is trauma? We’ve all heard about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD following war, terrorism attacks and similar events. Rape, assault and other more personal experiences can also lead to PTSD. But there’s another type of trauma that is rooted in the kind of horrific experiences that children who have grown up in a dysfunctional family know all about. Theirs is a childhood filled with emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Abandonment, neglect and domestic violence can also be a part of their youth. What happened in those early years, is not forgotten with time. It chips away at any chance of happiness and leaves the adult to deal with the scars of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Those who endure chronic abuse and neglect stretched out over years at the hands of a caregiver grow up to become adults who ache from a pain-filled past. Symptoms Symptoms of PTSD include: • Exposure to a traumatic event • Anxiety • Hyper-vigilance • Impaired social and occupational functioning
