The article, titled “Does EMDR Really Work? How Trauma Gets Stuck in the Brain — and How Healing Begins,” explores how unresolved trauma affects the nervous system, why traditional talk therapy may fall short for some individuals, and how EMDR works at a neurological level to help reprocess traumatic memories.
Drawing on current neuroscience and clinical research, the piece explains how trauma activates the amygdala — the brain’s threat-detection center — keeping individuals locked in fight-or-flight responses long after danger has passed. The article also addresses why substance use often becomes a coping mechanism for unprocessed trauma and how EMDR can help reduce emotional reactivity by integrating traumatic memories into adaptive memory networks.
EMDR is recognized as an evidence-based trauma therapy by the American Psychological Association, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Research cited in the article shows that a majority of individuals undergoing EMDR for PTSD no longer meet diagnostic criteria following treatment.
Rather than promoting a single solution, the article emphasizes emotional readiness, nervous-system regulation, and whole-person healing — highlighting why trauma recovery requires more than insight alone.
The full article is available on Medium and is intended for clinicians, individuals in recovery, and readers interested in evidence-based mental health approaches.
Read the full article here:
https://medium.com/illumination/does-emdr-really-work-0855218059f6
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