Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT) in Chigwell, Essex.
What is IEMT?
At my hypnotherapy practice in Chigwell, East London, I see many clients with issues of anxiety, anger, stress PTSD, and trauma to name but a few.
One of the most effective therapies for these problems is IEMT.
IEMT is a way of dealing with troubling memories, intrusive thoughts, and unwanted emotions. It is particularly useful in cases of PTSD and can bring about amazing results in as few as two sessions.
How does IEMT work?
You’ve heard the saying “you’ll see things differently in the morning” or “Sleep on it before you make a decision”, and “you’ll feel better after a goodnight’s sleep”. It isn’t the time between going to sleep and waking that makes the difference to the issue in hand – it is what you do when you are asleep that makes the difference.
When you go to sleep your brain goes through several “cycles” and one of them is REM sleep. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. You can tell when someone is in the REM cycle of their sleep because their eyes move back and forth behind closed eyelids. No one quite understands – yet – exactly what is happening. But is seems that a sort of mental and emotional housekeeping is taking place. Things you have experienced through the day are processed, filed away and understood. Memories and things you have learned are consolidated and encoded. Things you did not understand obtain some perspective.
When using IEMT I direct your eyes in specific ways so as to allow that processing of thoughts, emotions, memories to take place. This often means that old problems are suddenly updated with greater understanding.
IEMT is Straightforward
IEMT is very straightforward in the hands of the skilled practitioner and it looks deceptively easy.
For you IEMT sessions could quite easily be the easiest therapy sessions you will experience. Be under no illusions a practitioner like me can be direct, provocative, even blunt at times. However – and this is the beauty of IEMT – we do not have to spend hours talking about stuff you’ve already talked about or gone over before. And let’s face it, if talking about – how many times is it now? – hasn’t helped it’s likely that something else will be needed.
What happens during and appointment?
Hopefully you will have fun. My clients usually smile and laugh a lot. Hopefully you will also leave feeling like a weight has been lifted, feel freer, more able to think clearly. You might also suddenly obtain some insights into the old problem.
As soon as you arrive for an IEMT session I will begin working. Once you have seen how I am going to work I’ll tell you a bit about myself, if I haven’t already given you that information. Then I will ask you to tell me what you want me to do for you, how you want to be helped and how you want to change. You might arrive with the idea that you need to sit and tell me every single thing about the problem as you see it. However, I will have already demonstrated how little information I need from you, and therefore, once I have had enough information to begin working I will begin. There is no point dragging out the process of you feeling better! Let’s get started!
Where does IEMT come from?
There is the short answer and there is the long answer. The short answer is that IEMT was developed by Andrew T. Austin out of the work done by Dr Connirae Andreas with EMI. EMI or Eye Movement Integration was her NLP version of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming). Steve and Connirae Andreas considered EMI to be gentler and more effective than EMDR. They now fully endorse the both the work of Andrew Austin and his method of IEMT.
What do I do now?
Now is when you pick up the phone and calll 020 8172 0060 and leave message with your name and number and I will call you back unless I can speak to you right now.
Or you can email me hello@essexmindcoach.co.uk for more information or to book your appointment. If emailing to book your appointment please let me know what medications you are taking, and what conditions your are currently diagnosed with.
IEMT is now available near Chigwell, Hainault, Grange Hill, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Epping, and other surrounding areas of Essex. Here in the comfort of my therapy room in Chigwell, East London you can take advantage of the tried and tested techniques including Hypnotherapy, NLP, BWRT®, EFT, OldPain2Go and WSN Counselling & Coaching. Gavin’s clients come from all over London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Cambridge, and even as far as Scotland, Bristol and Brazil
For cases studies clink the links below. These case studies are provided by the kind consent of previous clients.
IEMT in a Client with Bilateral Esotropia.
IEMT and Anosmia – loss of sense of smell.