EMDR Therapy In-person and Online throughout California

EMDR can help you heal so you can move forward with your life.


Have you tried regular talk therapy and felt like you needed something more?

EMDR therapy can help you reprocess unresolved trauma and change negative thought patterns so you can move forward with your life and begin experiencing the happiness you deserve!

EMDR is worth the Investment because your happiness doesn’t have a price!

What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) helps people heal from symptoms of unresolved trauma that got stuck in the body causing physical and emotional pain and struggle. Memories that are stuck in our short term memory can cause flashbacks, and very uncomfortable thoughts and sensations in the body. EMDR targets both the body and mind to heal the whole person.

    EMDR uses both sides of the brain and body to heal and create understanding so you don’t have such a negative response to your trauma and negative beliefs . It uses bilateral stimulation through eye movements or tapping to reprocess these negative events and beliefs that have been stuck in your nervous system. Finally, you can feel some relief!

  • During your first 2 sessions, we will go over issues that you are struggling with and your goals for therapy. Together, we will make a target sequence plan that identifies events in your life that have caused struggles. We will start from the present day and work backwards to your childhood. Once we have a solid plan we will begin reprocessing and RELIEF COMES NEXT!

  • EMDR will help you have less of an emotional response to traumatic events that have happened to you. It can help change negative beliefs into positive and will teach you how to listen to your body and what it’s telling you.

My Specialties for EMDR:

  • Trauma (sexual, physical, emotional abuse)

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Domestic Violence Survivors

  • Anxiety

  • Chronic Illness and Medical Trauma

  • Increase Performance for Athletes, Students, and High Achievers

  • Relationships

  • Self-Esteem and Identity Support

  • Driving

  • Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

EMDR is for you if:

  • You’ve tried regular therapy and you didn’t get enough out of it

  • You’re still feeling stuck

  • Those negative thoughts are flooding your mind

  • You have trauma that needs more than just talking through

  • You have anxiety that is taking over your world.

  • You’re struggling with your relationships

  • You’re overly worried about performance whether it’s sports, school, or job performance

   EMDR  will help you:

  • Improve your emotional well-being 

  • Reconnect with who you were before you had these negative emotions that took over

  • Identify the negative beliefs that are causing anxiety and other negative emotions

  • Dive deep into how your negative beliefs were formed and create an understanding

  • Gain skills you can use for the rest of your life 

  • Regain trust with people 

  • Decrease PTSD symptoms 

  • Decrease anxiety and depression

  • Gain confidence again


EMDR will empower you so you feel comfortable taking your power back!!!

What to Expect

EMDR is an 8 phase treatment method.

1st phase - History Taking

  • (Gathering detailed history, identifying clients readiness and determining if EMDR is appropriate)

2nd phase - Client preparation

  • (Client/therapist forms therapeutic relationship, skills will be taught to help you feel prepared)

3rd phase - Assessment

  • (together, we will make a treatment plan that identifies your goals and we build a target sequence plan that identifies traumatic events ) 

4th phase - Desensitization

  • ( Start reprocessing discussed targets)

5th phases - Installation

  • (Installing positive beliefs to help make positive changes) 

6th phase  - Body scan

  • (Scanning the body to identify any bad feelings in the body)

7th phase - Closure

  • (Identifying if the target event is fully reprocessed and if not then you will utilize the installed belief to make sure you’re able to manage any symptoms that may pop up in between session)

8th phase - Reevaluation

  • (We will review progress and identify if there may be new targets or end treatment)



Questions?

FAQs

  • Yes! EMDR can help heal trauma, negative beliefs about themself, anxiety, and performance (grades, sports, friendships).

  • With EMDR, we will focus on the event and the feelings connected to it. You will have skills that I teach before we do that so you feel more prepared and more in control. I will keep the reprocessing at your pace so if you say stop that’s what we do. You will be in control.

  • Yes! EMDR can help with various issues such as depression, phobias, anxiety, burnout, addictive and compulsive behaviors and more. EMDR can help athletes, high achieving individuals, and students reach a new level of performance.

  • Everyone is different. If it is a single event it can be reprocessed faster and might only need 8-10 sessions. A lot of us have more than just one traumatic event which can make the reprocessing longer.