{"id":2799,"date":"2023-08-08T09:30:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/?page_id=2799"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:19:50","slug":"what-is-emdr-wellbeing-interventions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/what-is-emdr-wellbeing-interventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Information about one approach: EMDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Here is some information about one approach to addressing distress and promoting wellbeing. It is recommended that this intervention is supported by an Educational Psychologist. The information about this approach, set out below, is however useful in further developing an understanding of how distressful events affect all of us.<\/h3>\n<h3>It may also help you see that &#8216;You can \/ I can&#8217;t do something about addressing distress myself. Scroll down if interested&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h3>Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful scientifically proven psychotherapy to help people recover from traumatic events in their lives which have led to poor mental health.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animation to explain EMDR Therapy and Trauma to Adults. https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bIJZQAr9nQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How does EMDR work with children and adolescents?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Here are two animations to explain EMDR to Children and young people<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animation to explain EMDR therapy to Children\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D7yKY8Hm12Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trauma and EMDR\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PrH6xy3snTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>For further information on understanding trauma please see the following links :<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EMDR-Understanding-Child-Trauma-Brochure-Landscape.pdf\">Understanding Trauma: A guide for parents or carers of young children.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EMDR-Understanding-Adolescent-Trauma-Brochure-Landscape.pdf\">Understanding Trauma: A guide for parents and adolescents.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/gepswi\/uploads\/sites\/10427\/2023\/08\/09145322\/EMDR-guidance-for-working-with-CHILDREN.docx\">Guidance for good practice in EMDR for working with Children and Adolescents &#8211; this will download as a Word Doc<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>For information in other languages\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emdrkindenjeugd.nl\/om-te-lezen\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3>EMDR can be adapted depending upon the specific needs and developmental stage of your child or adolescent. For example, pictures may be used instead of words or the therapist may write a story or narrative about the traumatic events to make the therapy more accessible to children who are struggling to talk about the trauma.<\/h3>\n<h3>Read these Leaflets to find out about how to explain EMDR to nursery-age children.<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Explaining-EMDR-to-young-childrenMale-therapist.pdf\">Male Therapist\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Explaining-EMDR-to-young-children-Female-Therapist.pdf\">Female Therapist<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/emdrassociation.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CA-Leaflet-for-parents.pdf\">Read this leaflet<\/a>\u00a0for general information explaining how EMDR works with children and adolescents.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>If a trained EMDR Practitioner or Consultant are not directly accessible, then the following EMDR based intervention may be supportive &#8211; See next page<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LumdF3AlBk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/strategy-to-help-process-emotional-distress\/\">Strategy to help process emotional distress<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Strategy to help process emotional distress&#8221; &#8212; Glasgow Educational Psychology Service Wellbeing Interventions\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/strategy-to-help-process-emotional-distress\/embed\/#?secret=9L6K8UUhZS#?secret=LumdF3AlBk\" data-secret=\"LumdF3AlBk\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>or use this link below to go back to the Main page<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0CDPTcW3mH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/\">Why use &#8216;Wellbeing Interventions&#8217;?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Why use &#8216;Wellbeing Interventions&#8217;?&#8221; &#8212; Glasgow Educational Psychology Service Wellbeing Interventions\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/embed\/#?secret=wtAaCQYtso#?secret=0CDPTcW3mH\" data-secret=\"0CDPTcW3mH\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some information about one approach to addressing distress and promoting wellbeing. It is recommended that this intervention is supported by an Educational Psychologist. The information about this approach, set out below, is however useful in further developing an understanding of how distressful events affect all of us. It may also help you see &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/what-is-emdr-wellbeing-interventions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Information about one approach: EMDR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51909,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2799\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/gepswi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}