EMDR Therapy

Talk therapy and EMDR work on different things. Talk therapy helps you understand and manage your experience. EMDR works on how the memory of that experience is stored in your nervous system. For clients processing trauma, EMDR often reaches something that years of talk therapy have not. Erica Spartos, LMFT #81057, has used both approaches with clients in San Francisco for over 20 years. Most people who consider EMDR have already been in therapy. That shapes the question they

What to Expect in Your First EMDR Session An EMDR session is more structured than traditional talk therapy and works differently than most people expect. You stay in control throughout. You do not need to describe what happened in detail. A standard EMDR session runs 60 to 90 minutes and follows one of eight defined phases depending on where you are in treatment. Erica Spartos, LMFT #81057, has been EMDR-trained and practicing in San Francisco for over 20 years. If you are co

According to Erica Spartos, LMFT (CA #81057), EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - is an evidence-based therapy that helps people heal from trauma and distressing experiences without requiring them to retell everything that happened. Recognized by the American Psychological Association and the World Health Organization as an effective treatment for PTSD, it works by using bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess memories that are stored in a fragmen