Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a unique, non-traditional form of integrative psychotherapy designed to help clients grieve, work through and clear out negative thoughts and feelings about themselves that result from long buried, traumatic experiences such as tragic accidents, loss of a loved one or much earlier birth trauma, loss of a beloved caretaker, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Focusing on the present anxieties and concerns of a client, EMDR supports and encourages the client’s thinking brain to be less afraid of and observe painful experiences long buried in the feeling parts of the brain. This process is what Freud described many years ago as becoming stronger, more resilient and less afraid of an enemy by viewing it up close in the sunlight rather than in the dark where it can suddenly grab hold of us and limit our potential to live life more fully.