EMDR

EMDR is one of the most effective and well-researched therapies for healing trauma, helping the brain reprocess painful memories so they no longer feel overwhelming, frightening, or stuck. People often seek EMDR for childhood trauma, emotional neglect, PTSD, anxiety, panic, shame, guilt, relationship wounds, betrayal, medical or birth trauma, narcissistic abuse, or feeling frozen and unable to move forward.

Trauma gets “stuck” in the nervous system, and EMDR uses bilateral stimulation — eye movements, tapping, or sound — to help the brain release stored emotional pain, reduce reactivity, and form new, healthier beliefs. It’s not about reliving the trauma; it’s about letting your brain complete what it never had the chance to finish, so the past no longer hijacks your present.

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How We Uniquely Integrate EMDR + IFS

We begin with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to prepare your system

Before EMDR, we gently identify the “parts” of you involved in the trauma — the afraid part, the angry part, the frozen part, the protector, the inner child.
IFS ensures:

No part of you feels overwhelmed or pushed
You stay grounded and present
Your system feels safe before processing anything

This prevents retraumatization and creates strong internal safety.

EMDR becomes more targeted and safer

Once your parts trust the process, EMDR helps reprocess the specific memories they carry.
IFS gives each part a voice during EMDR, which:

Deepens the healing
Allows stuck emotions to release
Integrates the memory more fully
Reduces internal conflict

After EMDR, IFS helps integrate the new healing

We revisit the parts to:

Reinforce their sense of safety
Update their beliefs
Release old roles
Strengthen your connection to Self

This combination is powerful, gentle, and ideal for deep trauma work.

What You’ll Gain Through EMDR + IFS

✓ Reduced emotional reactivity
✓ Fewer triggers and intrusive memories
✓ A calmer, more regulated nervous system
✓ Relief from shame, guilt, and self-blame
✓ Greater emotional clarity and confidence
✓ Healing of younger parts who were overwhelmed
✓ Stronger boundaries and self-trust
✓ Freedom from old patterns that felt impossible to change
✓ Feeling more grounded, empowered, and “yourself” again

This approach heals both the memory and the parts of you affected by it.

Who This Approach Is Especially Good For

This EMDR + IFS model is ideal if you:

Are highly sensitive or easily overwhelmed
Have complex trauma or C-PTSD
Have younger parts who feel scared or avoidant
Have people-pleasing or fawning patterns
Have a protective part that shuts down during stress
Want deep inner healing — not surface-level coping
Need a slower, safer, more attuned approach

Many clients say this is the first time trauma work has felt safe.

What a Session Looks Like

1. Grounding & IFS check-in
We make sure all protective parts feel safe and ready.

2. Identify the memory or emotional theme
You choose what feels right — nothing is forced.

3. EMDR bilateral stimulation
We guide your brain to reprocess the memory with steady, attuned support.

4. IFS processing during EMDR
We check in with parts throughout to ensure safety and deepen healing.

5. Integration & emotional settling
You leave grounded, clear, and supported.

The process is gentle, paced, and always guided by your nervous system.