How does EMDR help?
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EMDR helps reduce heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure reactivity to trauma triggers. Clients learn how to track body-based responses, promoting improved timeliness in taking care of herself/themself/himself during distressing moments.
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Specialized techniques increase relaxation, helping client’s move from emotionally activated to emotionally calm. Promotes clarity of mind and improved decision-making over time.
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Specialized techniques increase relational attunement to the self. Through attunement practice in therapy, the client becomes more skillful and sensitive to their own emotional needs promoting more opportunities to establish healthy boundaries.
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Specialized techniques help create new neural pathways and encourage increased communication between the memory networks on the left and right sides of the brain. Promotes healthier self-concepts through skillful exploration of client’s distant and recent pasts, presence and present, and desire for a healthier, more accurate self-image.
EMDR Therapy is NOT for everyone . . . and here’s why:
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EMDR is a weekly therapy commitment. I recommend clients comment for one year, which is common for a personalized therapy plan. Client are known to experience results much sooner.
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Some people come to EMDR out of curiosity. The clients who get the most out of it are the ones who are able to transform curiosity into working “the work.” They’re self-reflective and observant between sessions. They use voice memo or a journal to record their thoughts, and then bring those reflections to the subsequent EMDR session.
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The research shows that EMDR can be incredibly transformative, but it’s not a magic pill. It’s an eight phase process that supports clients in skills-building, metacognition, behavioral change, physiological tracking, somatic awareness, and more. This work can be deeply transformative, which takes consistency, practice, time - and most importantly, built trust between therapist and client.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What if I don’t have trauma, can I still work with you?
Yes. Absolutely. This likely means that treatment will be shorter which is okay. Please note - I work with clients on mental health symptoms that emerge due to particular patterns of beliefs, behaviors, and/ or routine negative self talk. At times, when these symptoms become resolved or manageable due to therapy, some clients move on to work with coaches on non-mental health related goals.
Do you prescribe medication?
No. Clinical Social Workers do not prescribe medication. However, if you are already working with a medication provider, I am able to coordinate care with a completed 'Release of Information’ form if needed.
What insurance do you accept?
BlueCross BlueShield;
BlueCross Network;
Medicaid
Aetna
TriCare
