Online EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Certified

Maybe you're a complex trauma survivor who feels stuck, even after years of therapy. Maybe it's religious trauma that has damaged how you understand yourself, or you're a therapist who's ready to do more of your own work. If you're an adult in Georgia, Pennsylvania or Florida and you're curious about EMDR, I'd love to talk with you.

I'm an EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist and Consultant-in-Training. If you want the official word on what EMDR is, the EMDR International Association explains it here.

Lots of folks get referred for EMDR without really knowing what the process looks like, so here's the short version:

1. I take an overview of your history and what you want to have change. You don't have to get into all your trauma; a "flyover" of your struggles is plenty.
2. We see how much resourcing you have, meaning whether you can come back to calm after dysregulation, and I'll teach you ways to do that if you don't have them yet.
3. We make a treatment plan, starting with the issue you'd like to see a difference in first.
4. We pick a specific memory and find the image of the worst part of it. (Note: If you have aphantasia, we'll notice another sensory element that represents the worst part!)
5. We use bilateral stimulation of some kind or multiple kinds (tapping, eye movements, marching steps, bilateral sounds) while you notice the belief and your body.
6. We keep tracking the image and how distressing it is until the number decreases to zero or a manageable level. Sometimes this takes a single session, sometimes multiple sessions.

I walk through every step in more detail in Starting EMDR Therapy.

Sometimes, we'll incorporate other means of taxing your working memory, like talking about a favorite memory or telling me your favorite way to make sweet potato pie. Others, I'll have you do simple math problems or clap your hands to a different beat than the dots on the screen. There are lots of creative ways to engage with EMDR, and I have many tools to help you do so.

I'm IFS trained and Brainspotting trained, too, so if parts of you have big feelings about this work, we can make room for them. And if a longer stretch of time would help, we can talk about an EMDR intensive.

If any of this resonates with you, I'd love to connect! Get in touch and we'll figure out together whether EMDR is a good fit. Fees, superbills and the rest of the logistics are on Services and Fees.