What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a structured therapy using bilateral stimulation, typically eye movements, to help the brain process memories that have become “stuck,” continuing to trigger distress long after the original event.
Big T and small t trauma
Big T trauma is a single, identifiable event: a car crash, an assault, a medical emergency.
Small t trauma is repeated experience over years: chronic criticism, emotional unavailability, repeated messages of inadequacy. No single moment to point to, but a nervous system shaped just as profoundly.
“Small t trauma is what I have used EMDR for especially, repeated messages, nonstop, during many years. Often the small t are more difficult to tackle.”
Philippe Jacquet
Two specialist protocols
Resource Installation Strengthens what is already within the person: their resilience, their inner resources.
Safe Space Protocol Helps the person feel connected with a safe place in their life or in their mind.
“I use it quite a few times with people who felt very anxious, to help them be connected with something inside of them that feels safe.”
Philippe Jacquet Philippe Jacquet has used EMDR for over twenty years, including extensive work in addiction treatment settings.
If you have read that EMDR can be harmful, it is worth understanding where the genuine risks actually lie: see the dangers of EMDR therapy and what the research shows.
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EMDR therapy with 20+ years of clinical experience. Dr Philippe Jacquet is an EMDR practitioner with over 20 years’ experience. See the full EMDR therapy London page.