Why Integral Eye Movement Therapy?
Starting my journey with this practice has shifted up my clients progress immensely. It was true for me too.
I spent a lot of my life in fight/flight and even when I used yoga and mediation, when a trigger hit I was back in the old loop of stress and anxiety.
My system had basically had enough, it was showing me what I needed to deal with and release. I had been under quite a lot of stress and this had brought up some particularly difficult memories and emotions that I was struggling to process without becoming overwhelmed with emotions. After two sessions I was able to sleep better and start to work with the emotions and bring more awareness to the patterns and cycles that were harming my life and my progress.
IEMT enabled me to access parts of me that had felt lost and work with the deep subconscious beliefs I held within me.
"I am unworthy, undeserving, unloveable" and so on. My personal growth has been amazing since I used the tools within this modality.
I sometimes check in with clients that have used the same two session approach to IEMT and they always say "I feel much more grounded and able to enjoy life" or "I am simply coping with life much better"
Let's face it, life can be shit and shit certainly happens, but how would it feel to be able to cope better when it does?
The other thing people say on contacting me is "Well it's EMDR isn't it?"
No it isn't. Let me expand....
Both the IEMT (Integral Eye Movement Therapy) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) models use eye movements but in practice that is where the similarity ends.
Where EMDR is primarily used to treat "trauma", something it is very effective at doing. IEMT is much more about the Patterns of Chronicity. These are 5 primary patterns that appear common to many chronic patients with, or without a history of trauma.
These five patterns are as follows:
Three Stage Abreaction Process
A pattern of escalating emotional behaviour in order to create change in the external environment.
The Great Big, "What if..." Question
The use of a single counter-example that sabotages and counteracts any therapeutic generalisation.
The Maybe Man Phenomena
The Maybe Man is uncertain of his own experience and this leaks out into his language. By remaining uncertain and without precision he does not commit to his genuine experience or to his identity and thus inadvertently sabotages effective therapy.
Testing for Existence of The Problem Rather Than Testing for Change
Even though 99% improvement might be made, if the person with chronicity is able to locate just 1% of the problem existing, this will generally be seen as representative of 100% of the problem existing.
Being "At Effect" rather than "Being At Cause"
By being "at effect" the person experiences emotional problems happening to them, rather than being something that happens by them. A person "at effect" will seek 'treatment' rather than seeking 'change'.
To summarise:
Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT)
Is a model built around addressing and resolving The 5 Patterns of Chronicity
Has applications in resolving PTSD
Traumatic imagery is largely irrelevant to the process
Addresses imprints of emotion for creating kinaesthetic change
Addresses imprints of identity for creating change in self-concept
Uses eye movement as the dominant mechanism for change
By design readily creates introspection and an alpha state with free-floating imagery
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Is a model built around resolving trauma
Is an application for resolving PTSD
Traumatic imagery is central to the work and the client is encouraged to "observe" trauma
Uses eye movement as well as tapping and alternating sounds
Utilises affirmations and positive belief statements
Integral Eye Movement Therapy is a developing area of rapid change work that explores the area of undesired emotions and our ways of being. The process explores the question, “How did we learn to feel the way that we do?” and opens up the possibility of creating the appropriate change in our emotional lives.
It is content free and can create rapid change that can reduce difficult emotions, painful memories, anxiety, post traumatic stress (PTSD) related issues and limited identity. IEMT can help those who suddenly become emotional for unknown reasons.
Eye movements and careful questioning are employed rapidly to process and discharge uncomfortable reactions to memories and change unhelpful beliefs and emotional imprints (how we have learned to feel or be a certain way).
Moving the eyes along different axes whilst focussing on the memory or emotion accesses the different parts of the brain where those memories and emotions are stored. This, when carried out in a calm, relaxed state in a safe space, prevents the previous overwhelm in the brain, freeing it to process the memories and change the emotional attachment to them. This allows you to step out of the loop and into a new way of being, free of the distress and unhelpful reactions.
How does IEMT work?
It works on memory imprints that are causing the negative emotion. It does not work on the emotion alone, but on the basis of removing negative emotions from memories by scrambling the feelings, pictures and sounds that are attached to the troubling emotions in memory or imagination, with the use of simple guided eye movements to create change. The memories remain of course, however after the eye movement the memory changes and therefore the emotions attached to that memory also changes.
What can IEMT help with?
It is an effective therapy for anxiety, depression, emotional blocks, limiting beliefs, unwanted habits, trauma and phobias. It can create rapid change, allowing you to feel free and to move forward from the past.
I have recently worked with some amazing and brave women who are currently embracing their own change and are doing incredibly well. Check out the reviews HERE and HERE
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