Traumatic events are often emotionally charged in a way that prevents adaptive learning. For example, someone in a serious car accident that is unable to drive again due to the traumatic experience. These past emotionally charged events become isolated from more positive, adaptive experiences. These negative feelings distort our current perceptions and can trigger panic and/or PTSD like attacks. EMDR treatment identifies these negative and positive networks and then uses bilateral brain stimulation, e.g., eye movements, alternative tapping, etc. to activate our adaptive learning system. The result is a consolidated memory network that keeps what is healthy, and lets go of past negative emotions, sensations, and beliefs so that the patient can overcome emotionally debilitating situations.