Traditional talk therapy targets the frontal lobe, attempting to change how a person thinks about an event. This can be helpful, but it is also important to target the amygdala, to give the brain space to file away the traumatic event so it is no longer “free-floating.”
EMDR requires no written homework between sessions but is generally limited to the client practicing coping skills in their normal day - to - day lives.EMDR has higher recovery rates and significantly less treatment dropout.