From vibrant music venues on Chalk Farm Road to the corridors of University College Hospital, Camden life can be exhilarating yet overwhelming, and somehow, there’s always room for trauma. When that trauma, panic, or intrusive memories start to disrupt your daily routines, EMDR can be a direct route to relief and long-term resilience. You can find a leading EMDR therapist in Camden, with sessions provided at Harley Street, just two stops from Euston Square, putting structured, evidence-based care within your reach.
EMDR is a popular and powerful, evidence-based treatment that helps clients work through trauma in a safe environment, while developing healthier reactions to traumatic stimuli, reducing the trauma’s impact even further over time. Here’s what a typical session will look like, at a high level:
Assessment and Goal Setting: First, we’ll map your triggers and identify your strengths as clearly as possible, as well as decide what memories to process first.
Bilateral Stimulation Sessions: Using a range of stimuli, including light bats, headphones and tactile feedback devices, we slowly reduce the intensity of the targeted memories in manageable sets.
Consolidation & Skill Practice: Between treatment sessions, clients implement and practice grounding drills like five-breath resets, sensory anchoring, or mindful walking along Regent’s Canal to help reinforce changes to the neural structure and processes.
While we could never disclose specific details of trauma, our team has experience with a wide range of root causes, including but not limited to:
Accident & Emergency Staff Burnout: Front-line clinicians processing critical incidents and loss.
Assault or Mugging Survivors: Navigating heightened vigilance after night-time. encounters around Camden Lock
Creative-Industry Stress: Artists and performers grappling with stage fright, rooted in earlier rejection or criticism.
Harley Street is only 15 minutes from the Camden Town Underground, and remote sessions can have you talking to someone even quicker. If you or someone you care about is struggling under the weight of trauma, take the first step toward getting control of that trauma by reaching out online or calling on 020 3633 2116.