Monique ThompsonLicensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor & Infidelity Recovery Specialist

EMDR for infidelity vs Talk Therapy

21 May 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Monique Thompson. This content was uploaded by Monique Thompson. This is a YouTube video titled "EMDR for infidelity vs Talk Therapy" (posted 2025-05-21) featuring Monique Thompson speaking directly about treatment for trauma following infidelity. In a short spoken segment she explains how rumination and sleep disruption after betrayal can produce brain-based trauma and describes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a method she uses to calm the brain so couples can do the harder work of rebuilding—arguing that talk therapy alone may not be enough.

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You cannot sleep. You can't stop thinking about it. You find yourself wondering whether you should stay, whether you should go. These are all normal responses, but they can lead themselves to trauma. You don't want trauma when you're trying to already deal with the betrayal of someone cheating on you. What I mean by trauma is the effect on your actual brain, not just the emotional pain that you're experiencing. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method that I use to help couples Settle and calm the brain so that we can do the hard work of rebuilding after infidelity. It's not enough just to talk. I'll see you soon.