One-on-One Therapy Services

EMDR Therapy

In addition to my signature relational trauma recovery therapy work, I offer attachment-focused EMDR therapy either as an adjunctive treatment to that work, or as a stand-alone modality for folks specifically seeking only EMDR therapy.

What is EMDR Therapy?

EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

EMDR therapy is a widely researched, evidence-based, and neuroscience-informed integrative therapy that was discovered and further refined to reduce distressing emotional symptoms from a multitude of challenging life experiences including isolated and protracted traumatic experiences, addictions, phobias, and more.

Using bilateral stimulation (be it eye movements, alternating auditory sounds, or bilateral physical sensations – hand buzzers), EMDR works with and aids your brain’s natural impulse to synthesize and metabolize maladaptive memories, behavior patterns, and beliefs that are getting in your way.

EMDR, simply put, helps your brain and body do what it naturally wants to do: move towards healing.

What issues can EMDR therapy treat?

Whether it’s a single incident event like a car crash, sexual assault, or terrifying plane flight, or if it’s a complex and enduring series of events like ongoing, repeated neglect or disdain from an early caregiver, EMDR can work well in treating a wide variety of disturbing experiences and adverse life events.

Here is a partial list of issues EMDR can be effective in treating.

Post-traumatic stress

Depression/Anxiety

Pre-natal, post-partum and birth traumas

Phobias (such as flying, heights, public speaking)

Performance anxieties (test taking, public performances)

Medical traumas

And more

Can I do regular therapy with you or just EMDR therapy?

We can do both. I integrate EMDR into my relational trauma recovery therapy work when and if it’s appropriate and certainly for those who come to see me for EMDR therapy, we can weave advanced psychotherapeutic protocols beyond EMDR into our work, too.

I’m happy to work with you to design a style of therapy that best suits you and your clinical goals.

Do I have to work with you in person? Can we do EMDR online?

At this time, because of COVID-19, I am only offering EMDR therapy (as well as all therapy services) online.

Growing bodies of research suggests that EMDR therapy is still very effective when provided online.

PLEASE NOTE

If you are interested in EMDR therapy, please get in touch with my offices and a member of my team will get back to you right away. I look forward to being of support to you.