EMDR Therapy

What is EMDR?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps the brain update experiences that are still shaping the present. When an experience is overwhelming, repeated, or never fully processed, it can become “stuck,” influencing emotions, beliefs, and reactions long after the original experience has passed.

EMDR works by helping the nervous system reprocess these experiences so they no longer feel current or charged, allowing new insight, flexibility, and relief to emerge.

I completed EMDR training through an EMDRIA-approved program and have extensive additional training in providing EMDR therapy with children and adolescents, using developmentally attuned and play-based methods.

Not Just for “Big T” Trauma

EMDR is often associated with single-event trauma, but it is equally effective for “little t” trauma, the repeated experiences and relational patterns that quietly shape how we see ourselves and the world.

These often show up as long-standing internal scripts like:

• I’m not enough

• I have to stay on guard

• I’m responsible for everything

• I don’t get to need things

EMDR helps update these scripts so they reflect who you are now, not what you had to adapt to then.

EMDR Can Help With

• Anxiety and chronic stress

• Trauma and attachment wounds

• Shame and negative self-beliefs

• Emotional reactivity or shutdown

• Burnout and nervous system overwhelm

Clients often report feeling more grounded, less triggered, and more able to respond rather than react.