EMDR and Brainspotting
EMDR Therapy: Reprocessing Trauma, Rewiring Patterns
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, research-backed therapy designed to help the brain process and release unresolved trauma. Using bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, EMDR helps access stored memories and reprocess them in a way that reduces emotional charge and reshapes negative beliefs. But EMDR isn’t just for big-T trauma. It can also be profoundly effective for addressing everyday patterns that feel stuck: the looping thoughts, the emotional flashbacks, the unexplainable reactions that don’t quite match the moment.
When combined with Somatic Experiencing (SE), EMDR becomes more than cognitive reprocessing: it becomes a full-body transformation. SE supports the nervous system in slowing down, tracking sensation, and building capacity so that trauma and stress are released not only from the mind but from the body itself. This integrated approach allows healing to unfold in a way that is paced, embodied, and empowering.
Brainspotting Therapy: Deep Access to the Body’s Wisdom
Brainspotting is a gentle yet profound modality that uses eye position to locate, process, and release trauma stored in the subcortical brain. By holding visual focus on a “brainspot,” clients can access deep, often pre-verbal layers of experience. This allows unresolved trauma, chronic stress, and ingrained patterns to surface organically, without needing to overtalk or analyze. Brainspotting meets you where words often fall short.
In sessions, I weave Brainspotting with Somatic Experiencing (SE), which brings in a slow, body-led awareness of sensation, breath, and regulation. SE helps guide the process so that you stay grounded and supported, even as deep material emerges. Together, Brainspotting and SE offer a potent path for healing trauma, but also for working through everyday stressors, relationship dynamics, anxiety loops, and blocks to creativity or self-expression. You don’t need a “big trauma” to benefit. Feeling stuck is enough of a reason to begin.