Why does a memory feel like it is still happening? And how can a therapy built around memories help if you cannot remember your cardiac arrest at all?
In this episode, I talk to Dr Russell Hurn, chartered counselling psychologist and President of EMDR UK, about trauma and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). Russell has worked with trauma for over twenty years, after a first career in BBC radio and a life-changing holiday on a South African mountain.
We talk about what trauma actually is, what really happens in an EMDR session, why co-survivors may need support as much as survivors, children who witness a cardiac arrest, and when it is time to seek help.
Find out more about EMDR after cardiac arrest: https://suddencardiacarrestuk.org/information/treatment/counselling/eye-movement-desensitisation-and-reprocessing/
Find an accredited EMDR therapist: https://map.emdrassociation.org.uk/
Join the Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK peer support community: https://suddencardiacarrestuk.org/get-involved/join-us/
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