Dr Caroline is a Mental Health GP who is passionate about helping her clients resolve their difficult memories using EMDR. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is an amazingly effective therapy for trauma and difficult memories. This podcast demystifies EMDR. Dr Caroline shares all her knowledge and experience to help you decide if EMDR is for you, and how best to get the most from your EMDR journey.
The EMDR Doctor Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Dr Caroline Lloyd
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Dr Caroline is a Mental Health GP who is passionate about helping her clients resolve their difficult memories using EMDR. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is an amazingly effective therapy for trauma and difficult memories. This podcast demystifies EMDR. Dr Caroline shares all her knowledge and experience to help you decide if EMDR is for you, and how best to get the most from your EMDR journey.
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July 12, 2026
72. EMDR for perfectionism
<p>In this episode, Dr. Caroline Lloyd explores perfectionism not as a simple drive for high standards, but as a fear-based defense. Perfectionism often functions as protection against shame— “if I’m perfect, I won’t be criticized, rejected, or deemed not good enough”. Perfectionism often develops in childhood, and can become an exhausting adaptation that evolves into a vicious cycle: high standards yield occasional rewards and social admiration, which reinforce the behaviour even as it drains energy, and impedes relaxation and authentic performance. EMDR therapy can address the underlying shame, fear, and trauma that fuel perfectionism, and resolving these memories can reduce the compulsive drive for flawlessness. memories can reduce the compulsive drive for flawlessness.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Key Points:</strong></p> <p>1. Perfectionism is often a safety strategy, a fear and shame-driven defense—aiming for flawlessness to protect against criticism, rejection, and feeling not good enough, rather than a pure pursuit of excellence.</p> <p>2. Perfectionism often has its roots in childhood, and stems from conditional love, parental criticism or absence, and experiences where mistakes were punished or love withheld, sometimes leading to parentification and internalized beliefs like “I’m not good enough.”</p> <p>3. In adulthood, social rewards and online image pressures reinforce perfectionism, fuelling anxiety, procrastination, burnout, and chronic self-criticism.</p> <p>4. EMDR can address underlying shame, fear, and trauma that sustain perfectionist patterns, by resolving painful memories and safety needs.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Resources Mentioned:</strong></p> <p>• EMDR Therapy for Trauma: If you're in Australia and want personalized support, Dr. Lloyd’s individual or group therapy sessions may be right for you.</p> <p>• EMDR Doctor Membership: If you’ve worked with Dr. Lloyd before and need ongoing support, check out the EMDR Doctor Membership page for monthly opportunities to continue EMDR therapy. • Consultation & Supervision: <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/consultation">Book a supervision session</a> with Dr. Lloyd.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Contact and Feedback:</strong></p> <p>• If you’ve been affected by trauma, or if you want to discuss how EMDR can help you heal from past wounds, get in touch with Dr. Lloyd at <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/">emdrdoctor.com.au</a> </p> <p>• Appointments for consultation or supervision, with Dr. Lloyd, can be made via <a href="https://www.halaxy.com/book/appointment/caroline-lloyd/location/799391">Halaxy</a>. Remember, healing from trauma is a journey — you don’t have to do it alone.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Subscribe & Stay Connected:</strong></p> <p>• Be sure to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode. Each week, we dive into the powerful ways EMDR therapy can help you heal, grow, and reclaim your life. If you’ve found today’s episode helpful, share it with someone who could benefit from this information.</p> <p>• See me in person over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarolineLloyd-n8y">my YouTube channel</a> — it’s a great way to connect face-to-face, learn more about EMDR, and get a sense of how we might work together in therapy.</p> <p>Join me, Dr. Caroline Lloyd, as we unpack trauma, explore the science of EMDR, and share real stories of recovery and resilience.</p>
June 27, 2026
71. EMDR FAQs
<p>In this episode, Dr. Caroline Lloyd answers eight common questions about EMDR therapy, including how it differs from hypnosis, the importance of eye movements, how quickly it works, and its ability to treat a wide range of conditions beyond PTSD. She also addresses whether it can surface forgotten memories, whether belief in the therapy is necessary, the possibility of feeling worse before better, and whether it can be conducted online.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Points:</strong></p> <p>1. EMDR is not hypnosis — the client stays fully awake and in control, driving the process themselves, unlike hypnosis where the therapist directs an altered state of consciousness.</p> <p>2. Eye movements are important — bilateral stimulation is a key part of EMDR, with eye movements being the most effective form, though alternatives like tapping or sound can be used when necessary.</p> <p>3. EMDR works from the first session — changes to the target memory begin immediately, though broader behavioural changes may take more time depending on the complexity of the trauma.</p> <p>4. EMDR treats more than PTSD — it has strong academic support for treating a wide range of conditions including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, panic attacks, and low self-esteem.</p> <p>5. Forgotten memories may surface — processing difficult memories can remove emotional "blockages," allowing previously hidden memories to emerge, though large gaps in memory are less likely to be fully recovered.</p> <p>6. Belief in EMDR is not required — it is not a placebo effect, and sceptical clients regularly experience significant results.</p> <p>7. It can feel harder before it feels better — facing traumatic memories takes courage, and some clients, particularly those with severe or prolonged trauma, may go through a difficult period before experiencing relief.</p> <p>8. EMDR can be done online — it is effectively delivered remotely, making it accessible to those who cannot attend in person, though some therapists prefer the connection of face-to-face sessions.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Resources Mentioned:</strong></p> <p>• Consultation & Supervision: Need help implementing the Blind to Therapist protocol? <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/consultation">Book a supervision session</a> with Dr. Lloyd. Contact and Feedback:</p> <p>• If you’ve been affected by trauma, or if you want to discuss how EMDR can help you heal from past wounds, get in touch with Dr. Lloyd at <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/">emdrdoctor.com.au</a> </p> <p>• Appointments for consultation or supervision, with Dr. Lloyd, can be made via <a href="https://www.halaxy.com/book/appointment/caroline-lloyd/location/799391">Halaxy</a>. </p> <p>Remember, healing from trauma is a journey — you don’t have to do it alone.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Subscribe & Stay Connected:</strong></p> <p>• Be sure to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode. Each week, we dive into the powerful ways EMDR therapy can help you heal, grow, and reclaim your life. If you’ve found today’s episode helpful, share it with someone who could benefit from this information.</p> <p>• See me in person over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarolineLloyd-n8y">my YouTube channel</a> — it’s a great way to connect face-to-face, learn more about EMDR, and get a sense of how we might work together in therapy.</p> <p>Join me, Dr. Caroline Lloyd, as we unpack trauma, explore the science of EMDR, and share real stories of recovery and resilience.</p>
June 19, 2026
70. How can EMDR help sleep?
<p>In this episode, we explore EMDR and sleep. Host, Dr. Caroline Lloyd explains how EMDR can be used in reducing the anxiety and catastrophic thinking behind insomnia, and also as a simple but effective self-soothing technique. Dr. Lloyd discusses nightmares, sleep talking, and sleep paralysis - emphasizing psychoeducation and fear reduction through EMDR. The episode also covers practical sleep hygiene tips, and available professional resources.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Points:</strong></p> <p>• EMDR can address psychological causes of sleep problems (e.g., anxiety, catastrophizing or trauma-related distress).</p> <p>• EMDR can help with sleep-related anxiety using techniques like the Flash Forward for future worries, or a three-pronged past/present/future approach.</p> <p>• Self-administered EMDR at bedtime can serve as a practical, immediate tool to promote sleep by reducing distress and facilitating sleep onset.</p> <p>• Nightmares and other parasomnias (sleep paralysis, sleep talking, acting out) can improve with EMDR through targeting nightmare imagery, processing related trauma, and psychoeducation to reduce fear around sleep.</p> <p>• Core sleep hygiene remains essential (regular bedtimes, daytime exercise, relaxation before bed, limiting alcohol and screens, and a conducive sleep environment).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources Mentioned:</strong></p> <p>• Dr. Lloyd’s recent webinar ‘<a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/training">Shame in Clinical Practice</a>’ is now available as an on-demand webinar on the EMDRDoctor website.</p> <p>• Consultation & Supervision: <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/consultation">Book a supervision session </a>with Dr. Lloyd.</p> <p>• <a href="https://www.nothingmuchhappens.com/stories/">‘Nothing Much Happens’</a>: a podcast to help you get to sleep</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Contact and Feedback:</strong></p> <p>• If you’ve been affected by trauma, or if you want to discuss how EMDR can help you heal from past wounds, get in touch with Dr. Lloyd at <a href="https://www.emdrdoctor.com.au/">emdrdoctor.com.au </a>.</p> <p>• Appointments for consultation or supervision, with Dr. Lloyd, can be made via <a href="https://www.halaxy.com/book/appointment/caroline-lloyd/location/799391">Halaxy</a>.</p> <p>Remember, healing from trauma is a journey — you don’t have to do it alone.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Subscribe & Stay Connected:</strong></p> <p>• Be sure to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode. Each week, we dive into the powerful ways EMDR therapy can help you heal, grow, and reclaim your life. If you’ve found today’s episode helpful, share it with someone who could benefit from this information.</p> <p>• See me in person over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarolineLloyd-n8y">my YouTube channel</a> — it’s a great way to connect face-to-face, learn more about EMDR, and get a sense of how we might work together in therapy.</p> <p>Join me, Dr. Caroline Lloyd, as we unpack trauma, explore the science of EMDR, and share real stories of recovery and resilience.</p>
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