Beyond trauma resolution, there are some very creative ways to use EMDR to improve your life. While manifestation is often linked to the Law of Attraction, which emphasizes the power of positive thinking and the alignment of thoughts with desires, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can serve as a powerful tool to enhance this process by addressing the emotional and subconscious blocks that may hinder manifestation. EMDR and virtual EMDR therapy can be used in a way that supports manifestation—though not in the typical, traditional sense. Manifesting is often associated with the idea of attracting positive outcomes or creating a desired future through intention, visualization, and positive thinking. EMDR can play a unique role in this process by helping clear the internal blocks, limiting beliefs, and negative emotions that might prevent a person from fully aligning with their goals.

Here’s How EMDR Could Be Creatively Applied To The Manifestation Process:

As a psychotherapist and coach in Manhattan, I treat clients struggling with a range of concerns, from stress and life challenges to recovery from addictions and trauma. Many have suffered developmental trauma(s) or single incident trauma and now have symptoms of PTSD negatively impacting many aspects of their lives, including personal relationships and work.

In order to understand EMDR, one needs to be clear about how trauma can affect the brain. When an individual experiences a traumatic event or multiple traumas they may develop what is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD as a response to the overwhelming event(s). When this occurs, the brain fails to successfully process the trauma leaving it "stuck" or "frozen" in the central nervous system. This often leads to numbness, dissociation, severe anxiety, depression, insomnia, addictions, physical complaints and an inability to experience "safety." In everyday life, in the here and now, the body fails to recognize that the person is now safe and it reacts as though the danger is current and in present time, leaving the individual in a state of emotional and physical arousal.

EMDR therapy as a treatment, is unique because it facilitates the processing of trauma information that has become "stuck" in the nervous system. The various elements of EMDR therapy serves to rewire the brain, calm the nervous system and lessen anxiety and symptoms. It "uploads" a more corrective experience, moving the client from pain and danger to "I survived," "It wasn't my fault" or "I did all that I could" as examples.