As humans, we tend to put labels on people. In this article, I call that “being put in a box.” Why is it we do this? Consider how we put musicians in boxes and what that does for both the artist and listener. Imagine how freeing it would be to allow all those who are creative individuals to truly create what’s coming from within them…
EMDR music is meant to assist clients in working through particularly difficult traumas. In this testimony, a certified counselor used my EMDR music along with EMDR therapy on herself while she was struggling with some physical issues.
EMDR is the acronym for “Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing” and is a method of psychotherapy used only by trained professionals.
Music outside of a therapy session is considered to be “EMDR-inspired” so the individual can experience “processing” or “reprocessing.” There are many therapies that focus on connecting the left and right brain hemispheres so that the two can work together. In a sense, this is what EMDR therapy accomplishes. EMDR sessions often include “bilateral” or “panned” music.