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EMDR Therapy
Evidence-based Trauma-Informed and Attachment-Informed EMDR Therapy
What Is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy approach designed to help people heal from distressing experiences, traumatic memories, and the lingering effects of overwhelming events. Rather than requiring detailed retelling of the trauma, EMDR harnesses the brain’s natural capacity to process and integrate difficult experiences in a safe and structured way.
EMDR follows an eight-phase, highly attuned process that includes history-taking, preparation, identifying distressing memories, and working through them with bilateral stimulation—such as gentle eye movements, taps, or sounds. This bilateral stimulation supports the brain in reprocessing stuck or unprocessed memories, reducing their emotional intensity, and allowing more adaptive beliefs and sensations to emerge.
A core feature of EMDR is its three-pronged approach, addressing:
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Past memories that influence present-day reactions
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Present triggers that activate old patterns
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Future scenarios to help strengthen resilience
“Trauma is not what happens to you. It is what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.”
- Dr Gabor Mate
EMDR Therapy for Therapists
Alongside my longer-term work with complex and dissociative presentations, I offer a small number of short-term, EMDR-focused therapy places for therapists and allied health practitioners.
These sessions support you to work through what feels heavy or stuck, so you can feel more resourced, clearer, and more connected in both life and practice.
If you’re curious about working together, you’re welcome to reach out.
EMDR Therapy for Clients
Counselling and EMDR provide a supportive space to gently explore the impacts of trauma, grief, abuse, shame, or guilt—and how these experiences may still be shaping your life today. Together, we make sense of what you’ve been carrying with care and clarity.
Through counselling, you can gain insight, explore options, strengthen your values, and build practical strategies for daily life. It helps you understand patterns, challenge unhelpful beliefs, set healthier boundaries, and reconnect with a grounded, authentic sense of self.
EMDR complements this by helping the brain reprocess experiences that feel “stuck,” reducing their emotional intensity and allowing new perspectives to emerge. Using gentle bilateral stimulation, we work at a pace that feels safe and empowering.
Over time, this combined approach can shift old stories of self-doubt into narratives of strength, resilience, and self-worth—supporting you to feel more at ease, more connected, and more hopeful about the path ahead.