EMDR Therapy

How EMDR Therapy Helps You Heal

EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured, research-backed form of therapy that helps your brain process painful or challenging experiences that may still be affecting how you feel and respond today.

Instead of only talking about what happened, EMDR helps you work with the memories, emotions, beliefs, and triggers that may still feel “stuck” beneath the surface.

Using guided bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, EMDR helps your brain reprocess these experiences so they feel less emotionally charged. Over time, situations that once triggered anxiety, fear, self-doubt, or overwhelm can begin to feel much more manageable.

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Miley Cyrus and Prince Harry have both spoken publicly about their experiences with EMDR therapy. You can watch their stories below for a glimpse into what the process can be like:


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  • EMDR can be especially helpful if you feel stuck in patterns that insight alone hasn’t been able to shift.

    Many of my clients are deeply self-aware. They understand why they feel the way they do, what triggers them, and where certain patterns come from. But even with all of that insight, they still find themselves becoming anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally activated in ways they don’t know how to change.

    EMDR helps you work with those reactions on a deeper level by helping your brain and nervous system process experiences that may still be influencing how you feel in the present. Rather than only talking about or understanding what happened, we work toward helping your system respond differently—so you can feel less reactive, more grounded, and more at ease in yourself.

  • Traditional talk therapy often focuses on gaining insight around your patterns, your past, and why you react the way you do. Insight is important, but sometimes it isn’t enough to create real internal shifts.

    EMDR works differently. Instead of only analyzing your experiences, we help your brain and nervous system fully process them. When unresolved memories are integrated, the emotional intensity softens. You don’t just understand your triggers, you feel different in your body.

    Many of my clients come to EMDR after doing years of talk therapy. They’re self-aware. They just want their nervous system to finally catch up to what they already know.

  • Every individual’s experience with EMDR is different. The length of our work together depends on what you’re wanting to heal and what you want to shift.

    If you’re working through one specific past event or trigger—like a breakup, a relationship trigger, or wanting to stop spiraling every time you get feedback at work, meaningful relief can often happen in 6–12 sessions.

    If your patterns are more layered or longstanding, plan for at least 4–6 months of consistent work to create deeper, lasting change.

  • Most clients begin with weekly sessions. Consistency is important, especially when doing trauma-focused work like EMDR.

    As things stabilize and you begin feeling more regulated, we may move to bi-weekly sessions depending on your goals and needs.

    If you’re wanting to focus on one specific issue and move through it more quickly, I also offer EMDR intensives on a case-by-case basis.

    We’ll decide together what feels supportive and sustainable for you.

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