EMDR trauma work
If you’ve ever wondered why you keep reacting the same way, why certain memories won’t leave you alone, or if you’ll ever feel at peace inside your own skin—EMDR might be the answer you’ve been looking for. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone.
When most people hear the word trauma, they think of something huge and life-shattering. And maybe you don’t see yourself that way. You might even push back against the idea that you’ve been through “trauma” at all. But trauma doesn’t have to mean a single, large event. It can also be the smaller—but deeply felt—moments that left you feeling unsafe, unseen, or like you had to carry more than you should. It’s the things maybe others make you feel as if you “should be over by now” but that still show up in your body, your relationships, or the way you talk to yourself.
That’s where EMDR comes in.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. In simple terms, it’s a therapy that helps your brain heal from difficult experiences—much like how your body knows how to heal a cut. Instead of staying stuck in painful loops, EMDR helps your mind reprocess memories so they lose their grip on you in the present.
What happens is powerful: memories that once felt sharp and overwhelming begin to soften. The emotions tied to them lose their intensity. You may notice your body relaxing in ways it hasn’t for a long time—your shoulders lowering, your breath coming easier, a sense of lightness you didn’t expect. Over time, the weight of the past no longer hijacks your present. The story doesn’t disappear, but it shifts into the background where it belongs—just another chapter, not the whole book.
One of the unique parts of EMDR is that it offers privacy—you don’t have to share every detail of your story out loud if you don’t want to. Together, we focus on the emotions and sensations that are still living inside you, and use a structured process to help your brain sort and settle them.