EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. EMDR is one of many therapeutic approaches. EMDR is a way of allowing us to move through and heal from a distressing past event. Essentially it allows our brain to move the information linked to the event from the "RED ALARM! filing cabinet" of memories into the "grey" one. It will always remain an unpleasant event but it will loose its 'fire'. It also allows us to update our script around it for example from: I am ou