EMDR Therapy

Clear anxiety at the root

When anxiety does not match what you know to be true

You may find yourself thinking:

“I know I’m not in danger, but I still feel anxious.”
“I know it wasn’t my fault, but I still feel guilty.”
“I know I should feel confident, but I don’t.”

This is a common experience. Part of you understands something logically. But emotionally, your system has not caught up. That gap is where anxiety, fear, and self-doubt tend to live.

What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an approach that helps your brain process and resolve the experiences that continue to trigger anxiety in the present. Instead of focusing only on managing symptoms, EMDR works on the underlying memories and patterns that keep those reactions in place. As those experiences are processed, your response to them begins to change.

You do not have to keep reacting in the same way.

How EMDR creates change

In EMDR, we identify past or current experiences that are connected to what you are struggling with now. During sessions, your brain is guided through a process that allows it to form new connections. You are not forced to relive anything in an overwhelming way. The process is structured and paced so that you can stay grounded while your brain does the work of updating how those experiences are stored.

The neural process that allows existing networks to be updated is called Memory Reconsolidation. In EMDR, our goal is to update old neural patterns that drive how you automatically think, feel, and respond. Many of these patterns were formed earlier in life or during stressful or overwhelming experiences. Even if your life has changed, those older patterns can still get triggered in the present. Through EMDR, those patterns can be updated so your responses become more aligned with your current reality, not the past. Over time, what once felt triggering can begin to feel neutral, or far less intense.

This is how change happens at the root.

What this can help with

EMDR is especially effective for experiences that feel stuck or hard to shift, including:

Persistent anxiety linked to past experiences
Feelings of guilt, shame, or not being good enough
Grief and loss
Difficult life transitions
Trauma or PTSD
Panic attacks
OCD - Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors
Phobias such as flying, driving, or medical or dental anxiety

How this fits into our work

EMDR is offered by Kathryn as part of therapy.

She integrates EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to work at a deeper level, especially when anxiety, trauma, or long-standing patterns are involved.

This allows for both understanding what is happening internally and helping those patterns actually shift at the root.

Training and background

Kathryn has completed advanced training in EMDR through EMDRIA-approved programs, along with additional specialty training in anxiety including trauma, OCD, panic, and phobias.

She has also conducted original research on EMDR, focusing on how it works in sessions, particularly in the context of grief.

In addition to professional training, she has experienced EMDR herself as a client, which informs how she approaches this work with care and precision.

EMDR can be done online

EMDR can be done effectively through telehealth. Instead of eye-movements, we use modified forms of dual-attention stimulation, such as tapping so you can engage in the process from your own space while staying grounded and present.