EMDR

Healing Where Talk Therapy Can’t Reach


Some wounds don’t live in words. They live in the body. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic approach that helps individuals process and heal from past traumatic experiences. You may know you’re safe now, but your nervous system keeps reacting like you’re not. EMDR therapy helps the brain process stuck trauma and shift patterns that talk therapy alone can’t always reach. At The Rooted Brain, EMDR is adapted for neurodivergent brains and sensitive nervous systems. This isn’t about pushing through—it’s about moving at a pace that honors your story and how your brain holds it.

I take my time with using EMDR and anytime when I’m working with trauma. You will never be rushed, and you’ll always have a say in the pace, focus, and tools we use.

What to Expect

Trauma Processing with Structure and Safety.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based modality that helps your brain reprocess distressing memories so they no longer hijack your present. It uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or sound) to support nervous system integration. We will spend a significant amount of time developing safety, emotional regulation techniques for when things get overwhelming in and out of session, and installing resources to promote autonomy and safety; all before starting trauma processing. EMDR does not have to be a standalone treatment either - it can be integrated into other sessions or broken up by talk therapy to verbally process things that come up.

This Approach Is Especially Helpful For

  • ADHDers, autistic adults, and other neurodivergents who often get overwhelmed by social situations, routine tasks, or negative self-talk

  • Highly sensitive or dissociative folks needing slower, titrated processing

  • Queer, trans, and ENM individuals healing from trauma in non-affirming systems

  • Adults with complex trauma (C-PTSD) from childhood, emotional neglect, or chronic self-doubt

  • People with medical trauma, religious trauma, sensory overwhelm, or shutdown responses

The EMDR Process Includes

  • Building safety and regulation tools before any trauma work begins

  • Identifying root memories, triggers, or body responses

  • Processing past, present, and future distress with guided bilateral stimulation

  • Integrating new insights, beliefs, and body-based shifts

  • Reclaiming your nervous system’s capacity for peace, connection, and aliveness

You’ll Leave EMDR Therapy With

  • Less reactivity around old pain and triggers

  • More access to calm, connection, and present-moment safety

  • A felt sense that the past is truly in the past

  • Increased self-trust and nervous system resilience

  • Resources to regulate through typically overwhelming experiences

Move Past The Past Today