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.

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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.

What EMDR Therapy Can Help With

✔ Anxiety

✔ Depression

✔ Grief

✔ Life Transitions

✔ Low Self-Esteem

✔ Relationship Management

What to Expect in 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.

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.

Reprocessing Trauma

Movement Forward

As healing progresses, many people experience fewer emotional triggers, greater resilience, and a renewed sense of confidence as they move forward

Mollie's Approach

Mollie combines evidence-based approaches with a warm, collaborative style. Sessions are structured yet flexible and tailored to your unique needs and goals.

Therapy is guided by your experiences, goals, and values, creating a safe and supportive space for healing.

Collaborative and client-centered

EMDR follows a structured process while allowing each session to move at a pace that feels comfortable and appropriate for you.

Structured, yet flexible

EMDR is integrated with other evidence-based approaches, including CBT and attachment-focused therapy, to support your unique needs and long-term healing.

Evidence-based care

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Frequently Asked Questions for EMDR Therapy

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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