A gentle, interactive, evidence-based therapy designed to help you process trauma, lower emotional distress, and move forward with greater confidence through guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation.
EMDR Online & In-Person Therapy
EMDR Online & In-Person Therapy
A gentle, interactive, evidence-based therapy designed to help you process trauma, lower emotional distress, and move forward with greater confidence through guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation.
Healing from Trauma is Possible with EMDR Therapy
Experiencing trauma and coping with the anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and difficult memories that can follow may feel overwhelming. When trauma isn't fully processed, it can affect the way your brain and body respond to stress, keeping you in a heightened state of alertness, making it more difficult to regulate emotions, and impacting your day-to-day life.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-researched, evidence-based therapy that helps people process and recover from upsetting or stressful life experiences. While we can't erase the past, EMDR uses gentle bilateral stimulation to support your brain's natural ability to reprocess traumatic memories, helping you find relief, build resilience, and move forward with greater clarity and peace.
EMDR can involve deep emotional processing, and it's common to feel mentally or physically tired after a session. However, many people find that, over time, they are able to view past experiences as something that happened rather than something they continue to relive. As traumatic memories become more fully processed, emotional triggers often feel less intense, healthy boundaries become easier to maintain, and the nervous system can begin to feel calmer and more regulated.
While occasional conflict is a normal part of any relationship, ongoing difficulties can create resentment, frustration, and emotional distance. Whatever challenges you're facing, therapy provides a supportive space to better understand one another and move forward with greater connection and understanding.
Building healthier patterns together can provide the awareness and tools needed to navigate challenges as a team. Using the Gottman Method, a research-based approach to relationship therapy, we work at a pace that feels comfortable for both partners to strengthen communication, build empathy, and foster healthier relationship dynamics.
What to Expect in
EMDR Therapy
While the process is structured, each session is tailored to your individual needs and moves at a pace that feels comfortable for you. Throughout the eight EMDR stages, your therapist will guide you in safely reprocessing painful experiences so they gradually lose their emotional intensity over time.
Building Trust
Every EMDR journey begins by creating a supportive environment where you can build trust, discuss your goals, and prepare for the therapy process.
Identifying Target Memories
Using evidence-based methods like the Gottman Theory, we learn healthier ways to communicate, work through conflict, and strengthen connections within the relationship.
Reprocessing Trauma
Using guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps your brain safely process traumatic memories so they become less emotionally distressing over time.
Movement Forward
As healing progresses, many people experience fewer emotional triggers, greater resilience, and a renewed sense of confidence as they move forward
Address past experiences and emotional triggers that may be affecting connection, trust, or communication in your relationships.
EMDR can help you work through experiences that continue to affect how you feel, think, and respond in everyday life.
What EMDR Therapy
Can Help With
Anxiety
Reduce distress connected to fears, triggers, or experiences that continue to leave you feeling on edge.
Life Transitions
Process difficult changes and experiences so you can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Depression
Work through painful experiences and emotional patterns that may contribute to feelings of sadness or disconnection.
Low Self-Esteem
Explore experiences behind negative beliefs about yourself and develop a more compassionate sense of self.
Grief
Process painful memories surrounding loss while making space for healing and adjustment.
Relationship Management
How does EMDR work?
The core tool used in EMDR is bilateral stimulation. EMDR therapy uses side-to-side eye movements or other forms of back-and-forth stimulation to help the brain safely reprocess painful memories.
How does EMDR work?
Do you talk during EMDR therapy?
Yes, but differently than in traditional, individual therapy. You will talk during the initial information-gathering phase of EMDR. During the active processing phases, you will share brief updates and check in with your therapist throughout the session
Do you talk during EMDR therapy?
What exactly happens during an EMDR session?
During EMDR, your therapist will guide you through the eight phases of EMDR at a pace that feels comfortable for you. As you focus on a distressing memory, you will use bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements, tones, or taps, to help your brain reframe the experience.
What exactly happens during an EMDR session?
What are the 8 phases of EMDR?
Phase 1: Review your history and identify specific memories to process.
Phase 2: Learn calming techniques and grounding tools to help you feel safe and prepared.
Phase 3: Select a specific target memory and identify the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with it.
Phase 4: Follow your therapist's fingers, a light, or taps while focusing on the memory to help reduce its emotional intensity.
Phase 5: Replace the old negative belief with a healthier, more self-compassionate belief.
Phase 6: Check your body for any remaining physical tension or discomfort related to the memory.
Phase 7: Return to a state of calm and stability before ending the session.
Phase 8: Review your progress in future sessions to determine whether the memory continues to cause distress in your daily life.
What are the 8 phases of EMDR?
How to tell if EMDR is working?
You may notice EMDR is working when you begin to feel calmer in your body and are able to view a past memory as something that happened rather than something that still feels dangerous. Many people also experience fewer emotional triggers and greater confidence in their day-to-day lives.
How to tell if EMDR is working?
Still have questions?
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If past experiences, anxiety, or difficult emotions are affecting your life today, EMDR therapy can help you process what you've been through and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and ease.
You don’t have to stay stuck in the past.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're considering therapy or simply have questions, you're welcome to reach out to learn more and book a consultation below.