Understand your treatment
What happens when a practitioner suggests EMDR, ACT or another treatment? Here you can read what the goal is, what sessions can look like and how strong the evidence is.
A treatment name does not yet say what you will experience
That is why the pages always answer the same practical questions. This way you can better understand treatment options without Zorgfuik choosing it for you.
What's happening?
The preparation, recognizable steps in a session, what you do yourself and how progress is monitored.
What is evidence for?
We separate well-substantiated applications from more limited research and applications for which no conclusion is possible.
What remains uncertain?
Treatment can help, although it is not yet known exactly which part causes the change.
Explore each treatment method
Choose a method and see in plain language what happens during treatment, what the evidence supports and what remains uncertain.
EMDR
A memory is deliberately recalled while you perform a task that occupies your attention. The aim is for the memory to become less distressing.
See how EMDR worksACT
You practise responding more flexibly to difficult experiences while taking steps towards what matters to you.
See how ACT works“It works” is too simplistic without context
Well substantiated
Guidelines recommend treatment for a clearly defined complaint or diagnosis.
More limited evidence
There are indications, but studies are smaller, divergent or have not yet been translated into a clear recommendation.
Not established
There is too little reliable research or the proposed mechanism of action remains a model.
Complaint, treatment and care process are three different questions
Do you want to know what might be going on? Start with your situation. Do you want to know what a method entails? Stay here. Are you stuck between referral, intake, evaluation or transfer? Then view the care process.
“One page, one main question. You can deepen your understanding through a clear next step.”