Trauma Therapy with EMDR
What is Trauma?
Trauma isn’t just what happened—it’s what your body couldn’t process at the time. When an experience is too much, too soon, or too fast, the nervous system can become overwhelmed and stuck in protective responses like freeze, shutdown, fawn, or collapse.
Even long after the event, your body may continue to respond as if the danger is still happening.
Common Sources of Trauma:
Childhood abuse or neglect
Car accidents or sudden injuries
Medical procedures or birth trauma
Natural disasters
Systemic oppression or racial trauma
Signs of Unresolved Trauma:
Chronic tension, pain, or bracing
Emotional outbursts or numbness
Flashbacks, dissociation, or shutdown
Overthinking, rumination, or self-blame
Feeling disconnected, helpless, or unworthy
Procrastination, low motivation, or relational conflict
The Impact of Trauma
Research demonstrates that trauma affects your overall health, and can increase your chances of chronic diseases and terminal illness, if left untreated. Additionally, trauma affect your work life, get in the way of your creative expression, and can contribute to communication issues or conflict in relationships. Even though you experienced a painful past, you can heal and have a transformative relationship with yourself and others, building more capacity to be with life’s inevitable challenges.
$220/ 50 minute session. Charged before session. All sales are final once services have been provided. No refunds. Rescheduling is possible, depending on availability, but no refunds.
I am not taking insurance clients. Superbills are offered so you get reimbursed. Check with your insurance first.
First through the third session, are focused on assessment and resourcing (preparing for trauma reprocessing). On going assessment is conducted to see if EMDR is appropriate for the individual. If treatment or therapeutic relationship is not a good fit, I will provide resources for you to meet your current needs.
Session are provided weekly, only focusing on EMDR modality.
Via Google Video.
Only California residents.
Adults and individual sessions only.
Specialty: Anxiety (e.g. performance base, fear), stress, trauma, loss/grief.
Population: People of Color, women, parenthood, those supporting aging parents, the bereaved, and working professionals.
Investment & Info
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a therapy modality that uses specific standard protocols to help the individual process anxieties, traumas, and grief. It invites the client to briefly focus on the trauma memory, while simultaneously engaging in bilateral stimulation (tapping left right or typically eye movements), which is associated with reduction of the triggering emotion and trauma memories.
As an integrative approach, it involves minimal talk therapy (than traditional psychotherapy modalities), and the use of bi-lateral stimulation helps to reprogram the activating event. Length of treatment will vary by individual and the impact of the trauma memory in the mind or body. Learn more at emdria.org.
Benefits of EMDR:
Reduction of anxiety, panic disorders, sadness, overwhelm of grief
More emotional regulation
Increase in positive sense of self and beliefs
Reduction and relief of fears or phobias
EMDR Sessions
How It Works: The Journey
Sign Up: Book a free consultation and fill out the evaluation form.
Initial Consultation: We’ll discuss your goals, challenges, and customize a plan just for you, and see if we are a good fit for each other.
Sign Documents: Before beginning, you’ll read and sign consent forms through a secure platform for all documentation.
Intake: You’ll receive a thorough assessment, and begin formulating goals.
Moving Forward: You’ll receive ongoing support and accountability through regular weekly or bi-weekly virtual sessions.
Ready to take the next step?
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