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EMDR seems to cut through the layers of defenses

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that people put in place around their traumas.

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So it kind of cuts right through to the heart of the issue.

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It gets right to the beliefs that have become distorted

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as people have made sense out of their traumas.

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It gets down to all of the really painful emotions

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that are weighing people down.

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And it also targets the experience in their body,

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the way that they hold the trauma in their body,

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and helps people to experience all of that to work through it

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in a way that hits every aspect of their lives.

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I see people's relationships change as they let go

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of some of the responsibility they've carried from their trauma.

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As they let go of some of the weight of it,

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they're able to really engage with people

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in a way that they haven't been able to do before.

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They're able to trust again.

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They're able to show up in their relationships

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when they've been really disconnected and out of touch

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with the people in their lives.

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That's an amazing thing

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when you see people who have been just drowning in shame

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come out of that and realize they did nothing wrong.

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When you see people living this terrified life

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when they're really safe now, and all of a sudden

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they realize it's over.

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I got out of that room. I got out of that country.

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I got out of whatever place I was trapped in before,

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and I'm not there anymore, and I can live.

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That's change.