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EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing

Our thoughts, behaviors, choices, and perspectives originate from neural pathways in our brains that connect deeply to our bodies. These pathways form from infancy, shaping how we perceive and interact with our world. Depending on their purpose—whether for survival, fulfillment, or rest—these pathways can lead us toward either joy or pain. The incredible phenomenon of neuroplasticity reveals the brain’s ability to adapt and change. Through EMDR Therapy, we access these natural, embedded resources, allowing individuals to process and manage distressing emotions and trauma’s impact effectively.

In EMDR Sessions, we work with the brain’s intrinsic capacity for change, empowering each person to take meaningful steps toward recovery. With the guidance of an EMDR Trained Therapist or EMDR Trauma Therapist, individuals can transform from a place of feeling threatened to a place of thriving. If our brains can change, so can our lives. As an EMDR Therapist, I am here to support your journey from pain to healing, enabling lasting growth and recovery.
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What is EMDR?

EMDR therapy is a treatment designed to help people heal from extremely stressful or traumatic experiences. These experiences exist along spectrums of intensity, frequency, and longevity. Our brains are remarkably resilient and adaptive; however, when experiences push the brain beyond its natural resiliency, it adapts by moving us into “survival mode” to get us through. Amazingly, we survive our experiences, but we often develop problematic, psychological symptoms or harmful coping strategies as a result. EMDR therapy focuses on these “unprocessed” parts of the traumatic memory and reprocesses them until the triggers no longer exist and no longer cause significant distress.

"Trauma is anything the brain  perceives as a threat in any moment." -Ali

What Does EMDR Treat?

  • Panic attack

  • Dissociative disorders

  • Disturbing memories

  • Phobias

  • Depression

  • Pain disorders

  • Performance anxiety

  • Stress reduction

  • Addictions

  • Sexual, Physical, and/or Psychological abuse

  • Body dysmorphic disorders

  • Personality Disorders

  • Recent or Past Trauma

  • Need for Control

  • Low Self-esteem

  • Work/Life Balance Stress

  • Life Changes

  • Grief/Loss

AND MORE...

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How Does EMDR
Reprocessing
Work?

Research shows that EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) directly influences how the brain processes information, which can be highly effective in reducing the impact of traumatic memories. During EMDR sessions, a person is guided by an EMDR-trained therapist to reprocess distressing memories, enabling the brain to resume normal information processing. After a successful session, individuals typically find that, while they still remember the traumatic event, it no longer brings the same level of upset or distress.

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The effects of EMDR Therapy are comparable to what happens naturally during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, where memories are integrated and emotions are regulated. This connection supports the view of EMDR as a physiologically-based therapy, allowing clients to revisit disturbing material in a way that feels safer and less overwhelming. Working with an EMDR Trauma Therapist helps clients gain a fresh perspective on past events, and over time, these memories lose their intense emotional charge, contributing to overall healing.

 

This unique approach, led by a skilled EMDR Therapist, offers a transformative path to recovery from trauma and related challenges.

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