When the past won’t stay in the past

The event ended long ago, and yet it is still there. Images that come back without warning, nightmares, jumping at the slightest noise, an overwhelming emotion triggered by a smell, a place, a gesture. You avoid certain situations, you are constantly on alert, and you may be telling yourself that you “should have moved on by now”.

This is not a weakness. When an event is too intense, the brain cannot always process it like an ordinary memory: it stays “active”, with its emotional charge intact, as if it had just happened.

EMDR and hypnosis, two complementary approaches

EMDR, recognised by the WHO and the French National Authority for Health (HAS), allows the brain to reprocess a poorly integrated memory through guided eye movements. The memory remains, but it loses its emotional charge: it becomes an event of the past. A trauma can often be addressed in a single session (very rarely two). More about EMDR.

Hypnosis provides support: to build a sense of safety before the work, to deeply calm the nervous system afterwards, and to strengthen your resources. I often finish an EMDR session with hypnosis.

How the support works

• A safe setting: the 3-hour first session leaves time to get to know each other, understand your story and move forward at your own pace, without rushing.
• You stay in control: I explain everything before we start, nothing happens without your agreement, and we can pause at any time.
• Time to integrate: after a week to 10 days, we review things together and decide whether it would be useful to meet again.

3-hour first session: €200 · Follow-up session: €80 · Fees and terms