EMDR Therapy

EMDR therapy in Bermondsey

There are memories that do not behave like other memories. They do not soften with time. They arrive uninvited (in a moment of quiet, at a sound, in a physical sensation) and when they do, they carry the same emotional and bodily charge as the original event. The knowledge that the event is in the past offers little protection, because the nervous system is not responding to the past. It is responding to now.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is one of the most evidenced therapies available for this kind of experience. Dr Jacquet is an EMDR practitioner with over 20 years of experience, the highest European qualification in this approach, and offers EMDR therapy at the Bermondsey practice.

What EMDR does

EMDR works by engaging the brain’s own information-processing systems. Using bilateral stimulation (most commonly guided eye movements) it facilitates the reprocessing of traumatic memories, reducing their emotional charge and allowing them to be integrated rather than avoided. The person does not need to speak about their trauma in detail. For many people, this is a significant relief.

What EMDR at the Bermondsey practice can help with

EMDR is used here for post-traumatic stress disorder, single-incident trauma, complex and developmental trauma, childhood abuse, assault, accident and medical trauma, and the traumatic foundations that frequently underlie depression, anxiety, eating disorders and addiction. Many people arrive not knowing that what they carry qualifies as trauma, only that something has never properly resolved.

EMDR within a broader therapeutic approach

At this practice, EMDR is integrated within individual psychotherapy rather than delivered as a standalone protocol. The processing work is held within a therapeutic relationship. One that makes it both safer and more thorough. Sessions take place at the Bermondsey office and are available without a referral.

EMDR in South East London

Specialist EMDR is heavily concentrated in Central and West London. The Bermondsey practice brings more than 20 years of EMDR experience south of the river, within easy reach of London Bridge, Borough, Rotherhithe and the wider SE postcodes. For trauma work in particular, not having to add a long journey before and after each session matters: processing is demanding, and many clients value being close to home when a session ends.

EMDR therapy with 20+ years of clinical experience. Dr Philippe Jacquet is an EMDR practitioner with over 20 years’ experience. See the full EMDR therapy London page.

Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, a Jungian analyst and an HCPC registered art psychotherapist, with twenty-five years of clinical practice. His Doctorate of Professional Practice at the University of Essex examined male eating disorders from the perspective of analytical psychology. Registration can be checked on either public register.

How the work is delivered from here

All international sessions are by secure video, in English or French. Online therapy is not a reduced version of consulting room work: it is the format that lets weekly work survive living abroad, travelling, or relocating. Sessions run in United Kingdom hours, which suits most regions, and if your time zone makes none of it workable, say so when you enquire rather than assuming it rules you out.

For clinicians and treatment services

Dr Jacquet supervises clinical teams in private residential addiction treatment and in a private psychiatric hospital. For treatment centres, psychiatric units and group practices looking for external clinical supervision, including in places where no supervisor of this seniority is available locally, team supervision is also delivered by video. For individual practitioners, see clinical supervision.