{"id":4510,"date":"2025-06-09T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elinewessels.nl\/?page_id=4510"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:47:17","slug":"about-iemt-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elinewessels.nl\/en\/about-iemt\/about-iemt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference IEMT & EMDR"},"content":{"rendered":"

IEMT, the new sister of EMDR<\/h4><\/div>

Difference IEMT & EMDR<\/h1><\/div>
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One similarity, many differences<\/h3><\/div>

Many people know EMDR as an effective treatment for trauma. IEMT, its innovative sister, goes several steps further. IEMT consists of 8 change modalities. EMDR is only 1 of them. Both methods use eye movements to process emotions, but the approach and focus differ significantly. <\/p>\n<\/div>

Cognition vs feeling<\/h3><\/div>

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): focuses primarily on processing a specific, fixed traumatic situation. The image of the event is central and is recalled during the session to neutralize. <\/p>\n

IEMT (Integral Eye Movement Therapy): focuses on the feeling you are experiencing in the present and looks back at all the emotions, persons, patterns, thoughts, coping boundaries, self-image issues what is tied to this. We explore the question, “How did you learn to have this feeling?” and do so without the story. <\/p>\n<\/div>

The benefits of the IEMT approach<\/h3><\/div>
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    No reliving required: if talking about the event is too painful, IEMT makes a less stressful method for many and therefore feels safer and more accessible to them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Also works on identity, thoughts and relationships: in addition to neutralizing emotions, IEMT works powerfully on changing deep-seated elements related to the trauma that may have predated a particular traumatic event. For example, think about how you learned to deal with boundaries from your parents. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Wider application: IEMT is used not only for trauma and PTSD, but also highly effective for personality development and everything in between: anxiety, depression, identity, unconscious behavioral patterns, etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Whereas EMDR clears a specific event and its emotion, IEMT can also change the underlying structure and related issues of your emotional issues. You can read more about how a session is structured on the Session & Methods page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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