When your logic runs out, your body steps in.
EMDR & Brainspotting therapy in North Carolina.
Talk therapy isn’t always the best option for trauma.
Have you ever worked on something in therapy for years, only for it to still bother you? Or maybe, your therapy has been incredibly helpful and you have made great progress. And yet, there are some issues that you can tell yourself the right answer, but it doesn’t feel any different, yet.
You’re probably needing EMDR or Brainspotting.
EMDR and Brainspotting are two forms of therapy that incorporate your body and it’s natural healing abilities for treating your trauma. It is a way of accessing and utilizing something your body already knows how to do, in order for you to finally put the pain of these memories behind you. If you are a a point where logically you know what’s true, but you can’t seem to get your body or emotions to agree with the truth, then it might be time to process these painful experiences in a different way, and EMDR and brain spotting can help you bring your feelings into alignment with your logic, so that you will not only know you are safe, but you can finally feel safe.
In our sessions together, we will…
Create a plan of what is most important to you to work on.
We will do specific exercises to determine what is important to you. We can do EMDR or Brainspotting for so many different issues, but mainly you set the tone of what is worth focusing on, and what isn’t. If you have a specific goal, we will work together to map out how to get you to your end result.
Teach you how to soothe yourself, first.
Let’s be real. Life in this world can be not only hard, but scary af. There are so many overstimulating pieces of modern day living, and when we are working with trauma the overstimulation can feel deafening or paralyzing. So we will set you up for success, first. We are going to spend time teaching you coping skills and ways to feel safe in your body, so that when we start to reprocess your trauma, you will walk out of sessions and be able to function and live your daily life in between sessions.
Use body techniques to heal the feelings of trauma.
When I use EMDR, we will do body movements or eye movements to help you process the trauma, but not get stuck in it again. Healing trauma doesn’t require graphically recalling every single detail, and so we won’t do that. You’ll go through a series of body movements and you may remember some aspects of the trauma, but you won’t be caught in it like the first time you lived through it. It is a different sensation, and the body movements (think drumming your hands on your lap or crossing your arms and tapping your shoulders) will let your body feel the feelings and then let them go. With brain spotting, we will use your eyes to do the same thing, feel the feelings and then let them go.
The hardest part of experiencing trauma is surviving it.
Now it’s time to enjoy the life you survived for.
I’m here to help with…
Anxiety
Depression
Relationship difficulties
Big life changes
Healing from childhood abuse
Identity development
Self-esteem
Relationship Trauma
EMDR & Brainspotting could be for you if…
You seem to be stuck on the same thought loops
You’ve tried to make progress, but it doesn’t stick
You’re believe it in your head, but not in your heart
You’re focused on developing your own identity and building self trust.
EMDR and Brainspotting are not a good fit for…
You’re still struggling to stay sober
You are in a relationship with domestic violence or are unsafe at home
You’re struggling with wanting to stay alive or are suicidal
You have any kind of difficulty with being in danger on a regular basis
Let’s get started.