You are not what happened to you.
EMDR and Trauma Therapy in Colorado and Oregon
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
People pleasing and perfectionism are like full-time jobs for you. And you are nailing them. Like a boss.
Seriously, you’re the best at knowing exactly how to show up for your family, your friends, your partner, your dog…all of them.
You make sure everyone else is taken care of and you give it an A+. And anything less just doesn’t feel acceptable. You make sure even your boss knows that you will do anything and everything with no less than 200% effort, and can top it off with an iced mocha at every chance you get.
Which has basically made you a superhero. AND even though you look like you have your sh*t together on the outside, and all your people think you are amazing, wonderful, and successful…
…on the inside you are consumed with negative thoughts, self doubt, not feeling “good enough”, exhausted because nothing you do ever seems like it’s good enough, and like little mistakes or anything less than an A+ just makes it all 10x worse.
And you are so sick of it. SO sick of it. You’re exhausted, not happy, and you just want to rest.
But you have no clue how to get there and it feels impossible. It feels like you will always be like this, no matter what app you download on your phone or what self-help book you read.
And maybe you’ve already even tried therapy and feel like that got you nowhere.
But guess what?! No really. Guess.
You can get there.
You can get “there!” You can find rest. You can start to believe that you are enough. That you always have been enough. Even if you give a C+ to things, even if you make mistakes, even if you let go of perfectionism…
…and just be YOU. Without trying so damn hard.
You get to actually start to love who you are without the over performance. You get to actually enjoy being in your own mind, body, and spirit as you still kill it at work, health, life, and your relationships.
And yes, you can do this without people pleasing and perfectionism being your full-time jobs.
Because really, how does a person have time and energy?! We just don’t.
Hence why you’re here, and craving relief.
Just imagine finally showing up and doing your thing in all these areas of life, without feeling the need to answer a text right away, or say “yes” to anything anybody wants or needs from you, and to not feel so terrified to disappoint others.
Imagine feeling completely confident that you’re enough, that people will stay in your life, you will keep your badass job, you will feel happier and more rested, and you will have time to do all those other things and reach all those other goals on your list. Yessss! I’m already excited for you.
So how is EMDR going to help?
When we do EMDR therapy together, it’s going to be very different from talk therapy. The whole idea of EMDR is that you do some powerful and deep healing using a gentle and proven method…
…that makes the healing last. All those coping skills you’ve heard of and learned? It makes it so all of those are way easier to put into action.
All those negative thoughts you have about yourself? EMDR will melt those and flip those into positive ones.
The childhood trauma of where you got these tendencies in the first place? EMDR can soften and heal those wounds.
The feelings of being stuck in anxiety, turmoil, depression, negative beliefs? EMDR is going to help free you.
EMDR can help you finally settle into your own body, mind, and spirit in a way where you actually start to understand the meaning of loving yourself, accepting yourself, and also accepting and finding peace for the things you have gone through and are going through in the now.
I want you to finally have this peace, and EMDR can help you find it.
1st session
Our initial session is all about discovery and chatting about what you have been through, and where you want relief. We figure out the root of what’s going on and a path forward for healing.
How EMDR works
2nd Session
We build and strengthen calming skills that will help you feel strong, calm, and supported throughout your healing and outside of sessions.
3rd session
We keep building on grounding skills if we need to, and if not, we start EMDR on an area, memory, or event that you’re bothered by. We will use tapping on your arms or legs, eye movement, or sound.
4th Session
We continue working on that specific area, memory, or event until you are at a very low level of distress and feel more at peace. Oftentimes this is where negative beliefs about you have flipped! Yess!
More about Our Sessions:
All sessions are the traditional 50 minute sessions.
There is no fee increase for EMDR sessions.
I will be right there with you checking in, asking questions, and guiding, when needed, along the way.
We will go with the flow and you do not need to know the root of where these struggles came from. It’s not about having huge traumas, lots of traumas, or just one trauma.
I will help you figure out where to start. Any healing is possible with EMDR.
EMDR therapy can help with…
Complex PTSD and PTSD
Anxiety
Relationship trauma
Assault and abuse
Sexual abuse, rape, and harassment
Phobias
Self Esteem
Performance
Boundary Setting