ONLINE EMDR Trauma Therapy in California & NEW YORK

Culturally Sensitive Individual Counseling and EMDR Trauma Therapy

Are you experiencing persistent distress that impacts your ability to live the life you deserve?

Do you struggle to regulate your emotions due to overwhelming stress and anxiety? Are your relationships affected by traumatic experiences and intrusive thoughts?

People grappling with trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, and chronic stress often experience overwhelming emotions, intrusive memories, and persistent anxiety that disrupt their daily lives. These struggles can lead to difficulties with life transitions, strained relationships, and a pervasive sense of helplessness or hypervigilance.

Individual Counseling provides a safe environment to explore thoughts and emotions, understand challenges, and develop coping strategies using approaches like CBT and other modalities, with the ultimate goal of empowering clients to enhance their well-being.

EMDR Therapy offers a structured approach to reprocess traumatic memories, alleviating distress, and fostering healing.

By addressing the root causes of your pain, you can reclaim control over your life, develop healthier coping strategies, and find relief from the debilitating effects of past traumas.

We may be a good fit for you if you are looking to:

Feel a sense of relief and emotional liberation
Experience reduced anxiety, diminished intrusive thoughts, and an overall improvement in emotional regulation
Gain a clearer perspective on your past experiences
Increase your self-awareness
Maintain healthy relationships
Increase boundaries - guilt free
Enhance your coping strategies to effectively manage stress and trauma
Leave therapy feeling empowered, resilient, and equipped with the tools needed to navigate your daily life

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What is EMDR Therapy?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment approach that has been widely validated by research to treat post-traumatic stress, panic attacks, phobias, anxiety disorders, sexual and physical abuse, disturbing memories, additions, and complicated grief.

EMDR is a late‐stage trauma resolution modality that currently has more scientific research for treatment of trauma than any other non‐pharmaceutical intervention. EMDR has proven to be an efficacious and rapid method of reprocessing traumatic material. Research on other applications of EMDR is now in progress.

EMDR is a simple but efficient therapy using bilateral stimulation (BLS) tapping, auditory tones or eye movements to accelerate the brain’s capacity to process and heal a troubling memory. BLS, which occurs naturally during dream sleep, causes the two brain parts to work together to reintegrate the memory. Some clients experience relief or positive effects in just a few sessions. EMDR is effective in alleviating trauma-related symptoms, whether the traumatic event occurred many years ago or yesterday. It gives desired results –with little talking, without using drugs, and requires no “homework” between sessions.

EMDR Therapy can be safely done both in-person and online.

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How does the EMDR Therapy process work?

Get to know the 8 phases of EMDR Therapy:

Phase 1

HISTORY TAKING
First, you and your therapist will talk about your history and the challenges you’re facing. They will want to understand your experiences and what specific memories or issues you want to work on. Together, you'll create a plan to address these targets and set some goals.
Phase 2

PREPARATION
Next, your therapist will explain how EMDR works and make sure you’re comfortable with the process. We'll focus on building coping skills and creating a safe space for you so you feel supported and prepared for the work ahead.
Phase 3

ASSESSMENT
You and your therapist will identify the specific traumatic memories you'll target. You will discuss the negative beliefs you have about yourself related to these memories and work on figuring out positive beliefs you’d like to replace them with.
Phase 4

DESENSITIZATION
Next, you’ll focus on the traumatic memory while engaging in a form of bilateral stimulation, like following your therapist's hand with your eyes, tapping, or listening to sounds. This helps reduce the emotional charge of the memory and allows you to process it more effectively.
Phase 5

INSTALLATION
You and your therapist will work on strengthening and integrating the positive beliefs you want to adopt. This means reinforcing the positive changes you’re making and helping you feel more confident in your new, healthier beliefs.
Phase 6

BODY SCAN
Your therapist will guide you to notice any physical tension or discomfort related to the traumatic memory. You'll work through any remaining physical responses to ensure that you’re feeling more relaxed and at ease.
Phase 7

CLOSURE
At the end of each session, your therapist will help you return to a calm and stable state. We’ll make sure you’re feeling grounded and equipped with the coping skills we’ve developed so you can handle any residual distress.
Phase 8

REEVALUATION
In your follow-up sessions, you and your therapist will review the progress you’ve made and see how you’re feeling about the work you've done. You'll address any new issues that might have come up or any areas that still need attention.

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EMDR Intensives

We also offer EMDR intensives, which are extended and concentrated sessions of EMDR therapy that are conducted over a shorter period of time than traditional weekly sessions.

Instead of spreading therapy out over several weeks or months, intensives involve multiple sessions scheduled closely together, often over the course of several consecutive days or a weekend.

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