Therapeutic Services

An Effective Alternative to Traditional Talk Therapy

There are many different types of Psychotherapy. Some of them try to help a person change by focusing on their conscious thinking, feelings, and behaviors. While this can be helpful, there is another approach that works on your unconscious beliefs. Richard L Duvall, Ph.D, LLC in Glastonbury, CT, specializes in this other type of therapy, known as EMDR. 
In this approach, Dr. Duvall helps to target the unconscious belief system, where your thoughts and emotions often arise without you even realizing why you feel bad or having disturbing thoughts after something has occurred. This is also what can make a significant change so challenging for most people, because we typically do not have control or direct access to our unconscious belief system.

Therapeutic Services

An Effective Alternative to Traditional Talk Therapy

There are many different types of Psychotherapy. Some of them try to help a person change by focusing on their conscious thinking, feelings, and behaviors. While this can be helpful, there is another approach that works on your unconscious beliefs. Richard L Duvall, Ph.D, LLC in Glastonbury, CT, specializes in this other type of therapy, known as EMDR. 
In this approach, Dr. Duvall helps to target the unconscious belief system, where your thoughts and emotions often arise without you even realizing why you feel bad or having disturbing thoughts after something has occurred. This is also what can make a significant change so challenging for most people, because we typically do not have control or direct access to our unconscious belief system.

What is EMDR Therapy?

EMDR, also referred to as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a cutting-edge form of psychotherapy that can help bring about significant changes by accessing your unconscious belief system. EMDR utilizes bi-lateral stimulation of the two hemispheres of your brain while you are focusing on a particular memory or trigger. During this time, everything that was stored in your brain at the time of that memory or trigger will be reprocessed. This can include images, emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations that your body felt or experienced. Once this has been reprocessed, most people experience a desensitization of the negative feelings brought about by the thought of the memory or trigger and can replace any dysfunctional beliefs with a positive self-belief. By replacing the negative thoughts with positive ones, your unconscious mind will then associate the positive beliefs when thinking about similar situations they find themselves in in the present.  This often creates a ripple effect within the unconscious mind to other negative self-beliefs and experiences and thereby creating an even more profound effect. 
Dr. Duvall’s end goal is to provide the approach and guidance that will allow you to automatically shift your outlook to that of a more positive one, allowing you to be the best version of yourself and enact positive change throughout your life. Schedule your appointment with Dr. Duvall today at 860-633-9491.