At difficult times, your anxiety and fear, are made worse by traumatic experiences you had in the past. If you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, anger, fear or guilt, then it might be helpful to speak to an experienced trauma-informed psychotherapist.

Maybe you are having recurring nightmares, flashbacks or intrusive thoughts with vivid images and sensations. Or perhaps the opposite is happening and you are feeling numb, switched off or not really connected to people around you.

Repeatedly feeling like this takes its toll on your capacity to cope on your own or within your regular support network. It may be that working with a professional trauma therapy specialist will help you get to the roots of the problem and resolve them.

I offer EMDR therapy as it targets specific traumatic experiences and the symptoms of PTSD. A large body of neuroscience research has found that working at a subcortical level using EMDR is particularly effective for reprocessing traumatic memories. It can be helpful in moving you from a dysregulated state to a regulated state of mind and body.

EMDR is recognised by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), along with trauma-focused CBT, as an empirically supported treatment for PTSD.  It is a complex treatment that should only be practiced by qualified and experienced therapists.