TRAUMA RECOVERY

Introduction to Trauma Recovery

Healing from trauma requires a holistic approach that integrates both mind and body. Using trauma-focused therapies like EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with mindfulness and somatic practices can help you navigate a path toward healing at your own pace. This approach fosters resilience, transformation, and hope, addressing deeper wounds and facilitating long-term recovery.

Trauma Therapy for Lasting Freedom

Intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, avoidance, and negative mood changes can significantly hinder your ability to navigate relationships and live fully. EMDR therapy can help you process traumatic memories, reducing their impact and providing a sense of freedom in your daily life. By doing this work in a safe and compassionate environment, you can break free from the grip of trauma and embrace a life of resilience and transformation.

EMDR and Holistic Techniques

  • EMDR: An evidence-based therapy that helps reprocess traumatic memories while offering resourcing skills to help regulate your nervous system.

  • Bilateral Stimulation: Using new online tools for telehealth sessions to conduct EMDR effectively.

  • Mind-Body Integration: Using mindfulness and somatic practices to heal both mind and body, promoting overall well-being.

Why Choose EMDR Over Other Trauma-Focused Therapies

EMDR stands out compared to certain other trauma therapies because it doesn't require repeated retelling of the traumatic event. This can make the process less distressing, allowing you to process and heal from trauma more comfortably. By focusing on reprocessing memories and reducing their emotional impact through bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps you achieve a sense of freedom and resilience without the need for extensive verbal recounting of the trauma.

What to Expect: EMDR Stages

  • History Taking: Understanding your background and identifying difficult experiences.

  • Preparation: Explaining the EMDR process

  • Practice: Exploring coping/resourcing skills most supportive to your nervous system.

  • Assessment: Measuring the impact of traumatic memories.

  • Desensitization: Reprocessing memories with dual-attention stimulation.

  • Installation: Reinforcing positive beliefs.

  • Body Scan: Identifying and addressing residual physical tension.

  • Closure: Ensuring stability at the end of each session.

  • Reevaluation: Reviewing progress and planning future sessions.

Support and Connection

Support in trauma recovery can come from various sources, including nature, pets, meaningful objects, spiritual guides, community, loved ones, or any elements that provide strength, encouragement, and comfort. I am dedicated to guiding and supporting you as you identify and build these connections, helping you overcome trauma and reclaim your life.