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Overcome Trauma and Painful Emotions with EMDR Therapy

Experience a safe and supportive space to recover from trauma or emotional distress with in-person EMDR Therapy in Chicago, Illinois and online therapy in over 30 PSYPACT participating states.

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You can overcome traumatic or distressing life experiences, even if it’s hard to talk about.

Talking about painful or traumatic experiences or feelings can be difficult.

Even when you do share, sometimes you may not be able to fully discuss or put the memories, thoughts, or feelings into words.

Unfortunately, this can cause people to feel stuck or unsure how to move forward when using a talking-based only therapy approach.

But there are other therapeutic approaches that can help you tap into these unprocessed traumatic experiences and memories.
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EMDR therapy helps you heal from traumatic memories and emotions without a detailed discussion.

Sometimes stressful or traumatic events aren’t fully processed by the brain.

When stress from a traumatic or difficult event lingers, the thoughts, feelings, and images from the experience can remain—making it challenging to move through the experience.

You may feel stuck in that moment. As a result, you may experience emotional and physical distress that interferes with your everyday life and relationships related to those memories and feelings.

To help you heal, EMDR therapy taps into your brain’s natural healing process to help you process the experience without needing to focus on discussing your thoughts or behaviors.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based, safe therapeutic approach using bilateral stimulation to help your brain work through distressing emotions and memories so you can recover.

EMDR therapy helps with a range of emotional, traumatic, and life challenges.

While EMDR therapy is best known for helping with PTSD and trauma, this approach can also help with:
  • Anxiety and panic attacks
  • All types of trauma, including traumas due to a medical event, physical injury, physical or sexual abuse, or motor vehicle accidents
  • Childhood adversity, including poverty, immigration, or cultural struggles
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Anger
  • Emotional and relationship trauma
  • Attachment issues such as difficulty with boundaries or closeness

EMDR therapy helps with a range of emotional, traumatic, and life challenges.

While EMDR therapy is best known for helping with PTSD and trauma, this approach can also help with:
  • Anxiety and panic attacks
  • All types of trauma, including traumas due to a medical event, physical injury, physical or sexual abuse, or motor vehicle accidents
  • Childhood adversity, including poverty, immigration, or cultural struggles
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Anger
  • Emotional and relationship trauma
  • Attachment issues such as difficulty with boundaries or closeness

Move beyond your painful experiences and memories with my integrative EMDR therapy.

As a certified EMDR specialist, I provide you with a safe, supportive space so you can work through your difficult memories, experiences, and feelings.

My approach to EMDR incorporates a focus on attachment patterns and somatic symptoms. Additionally, I incorporate other trauma-informed therapies like Somatic Experiencing and mindfulness to help you fully recover and heal.

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You can overcome traumatic experiences and memories, so you feel fully present in your life.

As a certified EMDR specialist, I can help you safely process and heal from difficult emotions, experiences, and trauma, so you can get unstuck and move forward with your life.

Start your healing process. Contact me today.