What Does EMDR Actually Feel Like? A Calgary Therapist Explains

Most people arrive at EMDR having read something vague about eye movements and wondering if it's real therapy. It is, and it's more structured than it sounds.

The work starts with stabilization, not the memory. Only once you have ways to settle your body do you begin processing what's still active.

The goal isn't forgetting. It's that the memory stops behaving like it's happening now.