Unburdening from Disturbing Memories.
Trauma work using EMDR
Heal through EMDR
On-site in NY and MA | One-on-one meetings
EMDR is a powerful intervention for directly addressing wounds stored as traumatic memory. For many people, direct reprocessing of these memories results in immediate changes in their emotional experience, mental health symptoms and relationships. Clients often describe feeling unburdened from something they have been carrying a long time.
EMDR is about working directly with a client’s trauma history. For many people, thinking about working with this material can be intimidating if not downright scary. Even some talk therapists perpetuate the notion that trauma work is not for the faint of heart. In reality, trauma work is a lot like most work out there: challenging, yes, but not damaging. Working with an EMDR therapist has been likened to working with a physical trainer; they will help you apply full effort while guiding you away from injury.
“What matters in life is not what happens to you
but what you remember and how you remember it.”
-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The process
A retreat with you in mind, in three steps.
Schedule a call
The therapy process begins with a conversation between myself and the client, either over the phone or on a Zoom call; if the client expresses an interest, we will discuss preferences around scheduling: either conventional, hourly sessions or an intensive intervention which involves using blocks (3-6 hours) of time to concentrate the treatment effect. To schedule a call, send me a text to (917) 242-1744.
First call
In the first call I ask the client to tell me about the reason for their interest and how things have been going for them recently. I also ask a few informational questions about demographics and the client’s history. At the end of the call, if the client chooses to continue, we determine how they would prefer to meet—remotely or on-site—and (if on-site) which office location would work best.
Therapy begins
The on-site option for treatment happens at one of my offices, either in Beacon, Manhattan (57th Street) or in Northampton, Massachusetts. Therapy typically starts with an EMDR assessment. Next is the use of EMDR exercises to process disturbing memories. Therapy usually also involves the exploration of the client’s self experience through the use of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
About me
My name is Peter Bishop (not to be confused with the character on the sci-fi show “Fringe”) and I have been employed as a psychologist for over twenty five years. I specialize in clinical work with people who are affected by serious trauma. I did my undergraduate work at both NYU and the University of California at Santa Cruz (Go Fighting Banana Slugs!); I did my graduate work at DePaul University.
I believe that people often have surprising capacities to heal themselves, given the time and place to do so; nothing has demonstrated this more to me than my trauma work using EMDR and my involvement —both personal and professional—with Internal Family Systems (IFS).