Traumatic memories may include:

• Sexual assault/abuse
• Childhood neglect/abuse
• Health related and medical trauma
• Accidents and violent encounters
• Shame-inducing experiences
• Witnessing traumatic events, such as injuries, accidents, deaths, fights, etc.
• Repeated experiences of neglect, rejection, abandonment.

As a result, you might experience:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Depressed mood
• Flashbacks and intrusive memories
• Doubt about safety and inability to trust
• Unhealthy coping strategies

As a Certified EMDR therapist, I offer this powerful intervention to help you reprocess traumatic memories that still disturb you so that you can live free from their impact.

EMDR for building strengths

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful therapeutic approach originally developed to treat trauma, but over time, it has also been adapted to foster resource building and personal growth. In the context of resource building, EMDR can be used proactively to help anyone develop and strengthen positive internal resources—qualities like resilience, self-compassion, self-worth, emotional regulation, and confidence.

While traditional EMDR focuses on processing distressing experiences, it can also target moments when a person felt strong, capable, or connected to positive feelings. These “resource moments” can be past experiences of success, strength, safety, or love—experiences that are linked to a sense of personal power or resilience. By focusing on these positive memories with EMDR, we can reinforce these resources in the present-day experience. As a result, individuals can develop a stronger sense of self-worth, greater emotional regulation, and an increased capacity to handle life’s difficulties.