EMDR
EMDR Therapy Online in Oregon
Sometimes, talking isn’t enough.
EMDR therapy can help when memories and feelings seem to come up – again and again – and they often trigger you.
You’ve tried to get past them, but it’s no good.
Because they’re beyond your control, they writhe, trapped in your body and mind, and they simply won’t go away.
Your reactions often surprise you.
Leaving you wondering, “Why do these things keep coming up?”
The reactions seem out of proportion to whatever’s bothering you – “Whoa! Why did I do that?”
You recognize it, but you don’t understand it.
And you don’t know why you do these things.
You’ve thought about it, and thought about it, or gone on and on and on about it –
But no matter how much you think or talk about it, nothing changes.
It’s weird, but you can feel it – you’re connected to something else, maybe something you can’t see.
Trauma.
“Trauma” isn’t always obvious, and it isn’t necessarily “big.”
It can be abuse, neglect, difficult relationships, and ongoing stress.
Witnessing death, life-threatening situations, or violence.
These are some of the big situations we think of as “trauma” – things that can call for more than mere talking in counseling.
Yet, all kinds of experiences can cause trauma, from not having enough to eat as a kid, to being rejected in an important relationship, to witnessing a hard event, to being involved in your parent’s divorce.
You long to break free.
The trauma that results from any of these experiences can create replaying patterns that get stuck in your brain and body and impede your everyday life.
When your brain can’t process the trauma, it becomes trapped.
In a sense, you’re trapped along with it, and you continue to experience difficulties related to these events, long after they’re over, often without even knowing it.
It’s time for a different approach – EMDR Therapy
It’s a bit of an intimidating acronym, EMDR: Eye Movement De-sensitization and Reprocessing.
But EMDR is a somatic, or body-related, approach that helps release “trapped” trauma through your brain and body and resolve it – so it settles peacefully in line with the rest of your life.
EMDR therapy can take the “charge” out of many difficult situations and help you have calmer, more reasonable reactions.
Trauma often happens in relationships.
My specialty is SAFE EMDR therapy, a special type of EMDR that focuses on early attachments (your relationships and emotional bonds with caregivers) and the trauma they can create.
Many difficulties you experience now could be connected to early attachments – even if you don’t see the link.
It’s a simple, but effective process.
With SAFE EMDR therapy, we start with what you’re struggling with now and make a connection to the past.
We’ll make sure you can stay present as you mentally recall your tough experiences – you don’t even have to talk about them!
Then, through repetitive eye movement or tapping, we’ll help your brain naturally reprocess and integrate troubling memories and experiences in a healthy way, so the traumatic response dissipates.
It no longer holds a charge and settles more calmly into your brain and body.
Experience the relief of EMDR therapy –
Of going through life without constantly being triggered.
Getting to experience satisfaction and peace in your relationships.
Feeling safe with yourself.
And resolving tough experiences that have held you back for a long time.
You can make these things happen.
SAFE EMDR therapy can lead to feelings of calm, clarity, peace. It can release and reduce everything from depression and anxiety to panic attacks to PTSD to relational difficulties.
If you feel trapped in counseling or have struggled with something for a long time – and nothing seems to help – or if you simply want to try something different – SAFE EMDR therapy may be the solution.
Tackle your trauma once and for all with EMDR therapy online in Oregon.
Take back your control and live your life the way YOU want to live it.
EMDR therapy works to treat all kinds of struggles – trauma, anxiety, self-criticism, and more.
Give me a call to connect for a free consultation.
Let’s talk today to see if SAFE EMDR therapy may be right for you. Call (541) 600-4458.