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EMDR THERAPY
A trauma-focused approach that reduces distress, restores regulation, and supports deeper healing.
Healing that works with your nervous system
Many people come to therapy with insight, awareness, and a strong desire to change, yet still feel stuck. That’s often because the nervous system hasn’t caught up to what the mind understands. EMDR works with your nervous system, rather than asking you to push through distress or talk your way past it. By supporting your body’s natural ability to process and integrate difficult experiences, this approach helps reduce reactivity, soften emotional intensity, and create steadier ground for healing to take hold.
EMDR is a well-researched, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain process experiences that haven’t been fully integrated. During EMDR, specific forms of bilateral stimulation (such as walking, eye movements, or tools called ‘tappers’) activate the brain’s natural processing systems, allowing stuck material to resolve rather than remain emotionally charged. This isn’t about visualization, suggestion, or reliving the past in detail - it’s a structured, physiological process grounded in how memory and the nervous system function. My clients appreciate that EMDR is practical, focused, and action-oriented, often leading to measurable relief without requiring endless talking or emotional analysis.
We use EMDR to help you when you feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, shame, hypervigilance, or emotional reactivity that don’t shift with insight alone.
This may include:
Trauma related to sexual betrayal or discovery
Shame-based memories tied to compulsive sexual behavior
Persistent anxiety or emotional flooding
Intrusive thoughts or body-based responses that feel out of proportion
Painful childhood experiences
Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse
By reducing the stored physical sensations and emotional charge of these experiences, EMDR can help you feel steadier and more present - often creating relief much earlier in the process. We don’t use EMDR aggressively or automatically here. It’s introduced intentionally, with attention to readiness, safety, and pacing.
How EMDR can help
Works with the nervous system
EMDR helps your brain process experiences that are keeping your nervous system stuck in high alert or shutdown. By working with the nervous system rather than trying to outsmart it, EMDR can reduce emotional intensity, reactivity, and the sense of being pulled back into the past. This creates steadier ground for healing and change.
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Reduces what keeps you stuck
In our work, EMDR is used to address trauma, shame, and patterns that don’t shift with insight alone. This may include the shock of betrayal, persistent anxiety, or the internal states that drive compulsive behavior. As the emotional charge around your experiences softens, you’ll find it easier to make different choices and stay engaged in recovery.
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Supports deeper, lasting change
EMDR is not a standalone solution - it’s a tool we use alongside accountability, relational work, and skill-building. By reducing the nervous system’s pull toward old patterns, EMDR helps make other aspects of your therapy process more effective. The result is not just symptom relief, but greater capacity for connection, clarity, and long-term healing.
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Schedule a consult to learn more
emdr therapy
IF YOUR BODY IS REACTING,
THERE’S A reason.
Is EMDR right for you?
EMDR may be a good fit when distress feels persistent or you feel “stuck,” even when you’re motivated, self-aware, and actively trying to change.
It’s often helpful when your body stays on high alert - this feels like anxiety, agitation, or shutdown - even when you know logically that you’re safe.
EMDR works best when there’s enough stability in place to stay focused, engaged, and grounded while working with difficult material.
It may not be the right tool if someone is in acute crisis or needs to build more foundational regulation before trauma processing begins.
If you’re feeling stuck despite insight and effort, EMDR may help create steadier ground for healing
YOU DON’T HAVE TO push THROUGH THIS.
schedule a consult to see if EMDR is right for you