EMDR for Adults in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Much more than a tool for trauma:

Working on dysfunctional behavioral patterns, wounded parts of the self. When we talk about EMDR therapy , we immediately think of trauma: accidents, assaults, losses, violence... And rightly so. EMDR is today one of the most effective tools for desensitizing and reprocessing traumatic experiences deeply rooted in emotional memory.

But what is less well known is that EMDR is just as powerful for working on other forms of psychological suffering . Those that do not always take the form of a single event, but rather an accumulation of feelings, repetitive functioning, relational patterns or even survival strategies that take hold over time.

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Understanding behavioral patterns

Throughout our development, and especially during childhood and adolescence, we integrate patterns of thought and behavior . These patterns are built from lived experiences, and are reinforced when our fundamental emotional needs are not sufficiently satisfied (love, security, value, autonomy, etc.).

These early maladaptive schemas , described in Jeffrey Young's schema therapy , strongly influence our adult lives:

Feelings of abandonment or rejection
Excessive guilt
Fear of conflict or judgment
Permanent over-adaptation
Seeking approval at all costs
Difficulty receiving love or trusting

These patterns can be the cause of anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders (particularly borderline), or simply a diffuse and persistent feeling of unease.

Working with EMDR allows us to target these patterns at the root , and not only to understand them, but above all to transform them in depth , by calling on emotional memory and internal adaptation systems.

EMDR and trauma: a continuum

Some of these patterns have their origins in what are called relational traumas , or complex traumas . There is no single shock, but repeated, silent, sometimes trivialized wounds : an unstable upbringing, absent or critical parental figures, an insecure emotional climate, ordinary psychological violence.

EMDR, in this context, allows for progressive, gentle, but powerful work to deactivate the emotional charge linked to these experiences, while strengthening internal resources and psychological security.

It is not about reliving the pain of the past, but about re-educating the emotional brain , by mobilizing the self-healing mechanisms.

Integrating shares: an IFS-inspired approach

Each of us is made up of different inner "parts." Some are protective, others vulnerable, some seek to control, to please, to escape... Still others try to be forgotten.

The EMDR approach I propose is inspired by the theory of internal family systems (IFS) to allow subtle and respectful work with these parts . In EMDR, we can invite a part to express itself, to be heard, to deposit its survival strategies. This allows us to integrate internal conflicts , often a source of self-sabotage, ambivalence or emotional fatigue.

Working on coping strategies

With brief strategic therapies and EMDR, many patients have developed—often from a very early age— coping strategies to cope with their environment:

Conflict avoidance
Excessive control
Hyper-independence
Derision, dissociation, withdrawal
Perfectionism, sacrifices…

These strategies are not "bad" in themselves: they have often saved the person in a given context. But in adulthood, they sometimes become maladaptive, emotionally costly , or even sources of suffering.

By combining EMDR with tools from brief systemic and strategic therapies , it is possible to work not only on the origins of these strategies, but also on their current functioning , in order to install more flexible, more effective, more aligned responses.

✨ For what types of difficulties?

This type of EMDR work is particularly aimed at adults faced with:

Repetitive patterns in their emotional or professional life

Disproportionate or misunderstood emotional reactions

Recurring blockages despite other therapies

Disorders of self-esteem, confidence, legitimacy

Inner conflicts that are difficult to soothe

A feeling of "functioning in survival mode," despite a stable life

Anxiety, depressive or personality disorders (particularly borderline)

Complex or relational traumas

Therapy available remotely

Consultations take place via teleconsultation , with a protocol adapted to this format. EMDR works perfectly remotely, in complete safety, provided that the therapeutic framework is well established. This allows for flexibility in regularity , while maintaining the power of the method .

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Do you feel that certain patterns are holding you back in your life? Do you sense blockages that you can't seem to overcome, despite your efforts? Have you identified certain parts of yourself that resist, protect, or hinder change?

It is possible to act. EMDR is not a magic wand, but an accelerator of clarity, coherence and transformation .

You can make an appointment via CrenoLibre , or simply send me a message to ask your questions.