EMDR is different from talk therapy. EMDR therapy is a structured type of therapy that uses bilateral eye movements, body tapping or other rhythmic movements to desensitive and reprocess emotions, resulting in replacing negative associations with positive ones. The client works with the therapist to target specific memories and think of different aspects of the memory while following bilateral movements. As internal associations arise, the client begins to process the memory. EMDR therapy results in changing the meaning of a painful event.