What is EMDR Therapy

✨ EMDR Therapy: A Path to Healing What Still Hurts

If you’ve lived through something traumatic—whether it was a single event or something that happened over many years—you might feel like part of you is still stuck there.

Even now, long after the experience, you may find yourself:

  • Avoiding certain people, places, or memories

  • Waking in the night with racing thoughts or a pounding heart

  • Overreacting to things that shouldn’t feel so triggering

  • Feeling numb, detached, or “like a passenger in your own life”

  • Constantly anxious, overwhelmed, or on edge

You may have tried talking about it. You may have told yourself to “move on.”
But no matter what you’ve done, the past still lives in your body like it just happened.

This is not your fault.
Your brain is doing what it was wired to do: protect you from pain it couldn’t process at the time.

That’s where EMDR therapy comes in.

💛 What Is EMDR?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a gentle, evidence-based therapy that helps your brain finish processing experiences it couldn’t handle at the time they occurred.

EMDR doesn’t require you to retell your trauma in detail.
Instead, through guided bilateral stimulation—like gentle eye movements or tapping—we help your brain safely access and reprocess stored memories, sensations, and beliefs that are keeping you stuck.

It’s not about forgetting the past.
It’s about uncoupling the emotional charge that’s still tied to it—so you can move forward without being hijacked by old pain.

🧠 What Can EMDR Help With?

EMDR is highly effective for people living with:

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

  • Childhood emotional neglect or abuse

  • Traumatic grief

  • Anxiety and panic

  • Chronic shame and low self-worth

  • Distressing medical experiences or accidents

Many of my clients are surprised at how powerful EMDR can be—especially when they’ve tried other types of therapy and felt stuck.

🙌 A Safe, Trauma-Informed Process

As a trauma-informed therapist, I don’t rush EMDR.
We’ll take time to build safety and trust in the process before we ever touch a painful memory.
You are in charge at every step. And we’ll go at the pace your nervous system can handle.

📞 Ready to Talk?

If you’re tired of carrying the past and wondering why you still feel the way you do—EMDR may be a gentle and effective next step.

I offer a free 15-minute call so we can talk about what you’ve been experiencing and whether EMDR might be the right fit for you.

👉 Click here to book your free call
Let’s begin the process of healing—together.