Integral Eye Movement Therapy
Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT) is a fast and effective therapy that utilises simple eye movements to reduce intense negative emotions associated with specific traumatic memories and negative past experiences. This results in the memory losing its emotional impact by changing its emotional coding.
IEMT works on the memory imprints that are causing the negative emotions.
EMT can be described as ‘content free’ as you don’t need to talk about the details of painful past experiences or traumatic events.
IEMT helps you to process and rapidly release negative emotional triggers linked to anxiety, stress , depression or past trauma which results in a significant improvement in mental and emotional clarity.
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IEMT is fast and effective and can help with a range of emotional and psychological issues including Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Stress, Depression , Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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IEMT is also successful in eliminating negative identity imprints such as , ‘I am worthless’, ‘I am a failure’ or ‘I am stupid’. This results in an significantly improved self-concept as we connect to our powerful core identity. It also works on the identities we have about other people.
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IEMT often works on issues that people have had for years and where other therapies and treatments have failed. It can offer lasting change and give people back control of their emotional responses very rapidly.
IEMT Research
Before IEMT Session
After IEMT Session
20 Minutes after session
Anne ten Brinke and Vera van der Laan gave several IEMT sessions at the Brain Clinic in Wamel, Netherlands in July 2023 during which the brain was measured before and after using a QEEG scanner. Luuk van Leur, director of the Brain Clinic (Centre for Neurofeedback), mentioned that he had never seen such a remarkable change in just one session before.
Above you can see anonymized images of the QEEG brain scans before and after an IEMT session.
What do you see in these images?
The top two rows provide a general impression of the brain's health in different areas.
For the first two rows: The whiter, the healthier. In the first row of the very first image, you can see hotspots near the ears before the session starts.
These spots correspond to the activity of the amygdala. The first image shows significant emotional unrest. In the post-session image, you can see much less activity in the same area. In the first row, in the high beta frequency, there is a circle in the middle that corresponds to the brain's control center. A lot of energy is directed there.
In the post-session image, you can see that this area has almost disappeared. In both the first and second rows, after the session, you can observe a much calmer and healthier brain pattern overall.
In the bottom three rows, pink indicates the standard healthy colour. The lines in these images represent the connections between brain regions where there is either too much or too little energy. Where the balance and connections in the brain are good, you won't see any lines. The lines are blue when there is insufficient connection between brain areas and red when there is excessive activity in the connection.
According to the director of the Brain Clinic, the post-session image with many lines in high beta frequency shows that the brain is still very active in processing.
This is a result of immediate measurement after the session. Based on this data, neurofeedback is used to adjust which connections should be trained and which connections should be unlearned.
You can get a good understanding from these images that IEMT not only reduces emotional unrest but also promotes restoration of connections and balance in the brain.