EMDR + CBT Therapy in London | Common & Advanced Applications
The Most Common Applications of EMDR + CBT therapies
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Complex Trauma / C-PTSD
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Childhood or Developmental Trauma
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Panic attacks and generalised anxiety
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Phobias and specific fears (e.g. flying, driving)
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Social anxiety and fear of judgment
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Depression linked to negative core beliefs
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OCD (when trauma is an underlying factor)
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Grief and loss
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Abuse recovery (emotional, physical, sexual)
The Full Trauma Spectrum
Trauma exists on a spectrum — from everyday stress to complex, developmental trauma. It includes:
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Mild or chronic stress that overwhelms the body over time
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Small-t trauma like bullying, rejection, or emotional neglect
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Relational and developmental trauma from early or repeated misattunement
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Big-T trauma such as assault, accidents, or life-threatening events
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Complex trauma / C-PTSD, involving multiple or prolonged traumatic experiences
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Even if your experiences don’t seem “severe,” their impact on your nervous system and wellbeing is valid — and treatable.
Less Obvious Use Cases — Often Overlooked but Highly Impactful
Even in the absence of “big T” trauma, EMDR and CBT are powerful tools for resolving internal conflicts, self-sabotage, or persistent emotional blocks. Here are use cases where clients often don’t realise trauma or core beliefs are playing a role:
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Fear of failure or fear of success
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Burnout recovery and prevention
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Public speaking anxiety or visibility fears
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Emotional blocks around money, leadership, or responsibility
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Procrastination linked to self-worth or perfectionism
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Imposter syndrome
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Chronic self-doubt or harsh inner critic
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Difficulty relaxing, resting, or feeling “safe to succeed”
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Overworking as a trauma response
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Emotional detachment in high-pressure environments
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Fear of intimacy or vulnerability
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Repeating relationship patterns despite awareness
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Emotional dependency or avoidance
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Inability to trust, even in safe relationships
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Shame-based responses in conflict or rejection
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Identity confusion or professional identity crisis
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Recovering from emotionally invalidating environments
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Breaking free from internalised “rules” (e.g. “I must be perfect”)
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Processing non-event traumas (e.g. neglect, chronic invalidation)
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Addressing unconscious blocks to joy, rest, or creativity
Why EMDR + CBT Is One of the Most Powerful Therapy Combinations
Many people seek therapy because they feel stuck — stuck in anxiety, overthinking, emotional patterns they can’t seem to shift, or behaviours they understand but still can’t change. That’s where integrating EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) becomes especially powerful.
Two Approaches — One Holistic Healing Process
CBT focuses on how our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are interconnected. It gives you the skills to identify unhelpful patterns, challenge distorted thinking, and take practical steps forward. It’s structured, goal-oriented, and highly effective for managing anxiety, depression, and stress.
EMDR, on the other hand, works more deeply — helping you access and reprocess unresolved experiences stored in the body and nervous system.
These may include traumatic events, emotional wounds, or even subtle moments of shame or fear that left a lasting impact. EMDR allows your brain to “unstick” what it couldn’t process at the time — so the emotional intensity softens, and the experience loses its grip.
When used together, CBT and EMDR complement each other beautifully. EMDR processes the root cause. CBT reshapes the pattern.
Imagine this:
– EMDR helps you heal the original emotional wound — a moment of rejection, failure, fear, or loss that shaped your nervous system’s response to the world.
– CBT helps you change the story you tell yourself — so you're not just calmer, but also more confident, clear-minded, and resilient.
One gets to the core, the other builds the skills to move forward.
This combination works especially well when:
– You understand your patterns intellectually but still feel overwhelmed by emotion
– You’ve done CBT before but keep cycling through the same issues
– You’re highly functional on the outside, but inside feel anxious, numb, or disconnected
– Past experiences — even subtle ones — seem to sabotage your progress or confidence
– You’re navigating burnout, career stress, or self-worth issues that won’t shift with logic alone
Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down: Whole-System Change
EMDR works bottom-up — calming the body, releasing emotional memory, restoring safety.
CBT works top-down — helping you name what’s happening, and choose new responses.
Together, they create lasting change that feels integrated — not just symptom relief, but real transformation.
Fees & Booking Info
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