We all have a story. Sometimes that story includes moments and experiences of great pain that continues to invade our lives in the present. I offer EMDR as a form of trauma therapy to help release clients from their past and walk in freedom towards their future.

“Big T” Trauma is the stereotypical traumatic events you are likely familiar with (e.g. major accidents, illnesses, losses, abuse, neglect) but “little t” trauma makes just as powerful an impact on our lives and tends to form how we view the world and what we think of ourselves. Little t trauma can include experiences like bullying, words spoken over you, broken relationships, unmet expectations, transitions or not meeting your own performance standards.

I’ve worked with people in all walks of life with complex trauma backgrounds. I believe we can rewrite the story of our past and EMDR helps with that process.

EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a form of trauma therapy that uses the brain’s natural problem-solving function to actively reprocess trauma in sessions.  When we experience traumatic events (big T and little t), sometimes our brain becomes overwhelmed and is unable to appropriately process the experience. Sometimes this can lead to our brain getting stuck in unhealthy associations of emotions and events which can cause us to get triggered and move into fight or flight. In these moments, our brain is thinking there is a threat when in reality there isn’t. What EMDR helps us do is reprocess the memories and associations so we can function without being triggered.