I'm Stuck
I often hear people say, "I just feel stuck." I am trained in using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and often times this can be the tool to help an individual work though that feeling of being stuck! Stuck is a difficult place to be. EMDR may be what helps you to move beyond stuck. Though we are not doing traditional therapy, I am a licensed therapist, and sometimes therapeutic tools can help unlock that potential inside!
Have you ever struggled with a nagging insecurity that you couldn't shake? Sometimes no matter how many times you try to talk yourself out of it, the truth just doesn't feel true. "I'm not good enough, " or "I'm not safe", "I'm worthless", "I'm helpless," and "It's my fault," are just a few of the common insecurities that many of us struggle with day in and day out, like heavy packs strapped to our back. Often times, these insecurities develop when we're young, and continue to grow into adulthood as our deepest fears are reinforced over time. The lies feel true because when we experience trauma, memories are literally stored in our brains in a way that is cut off from our more mature, adult perspective. Thankfully, there is a therapy called EMDR that can provide healing from our emotional wounds and free us to live the lives we intend to live.
The negative emotions connected to our past tend to be so uncomfortable that many of us compartmentalize the memories so we don't have to deal with them. Avoidance works, for a while. Addiction can be a very quick relief, for a while. Eventually the old hurts catch up with us and when this happens it's common to self-medicate them through addictive substances, compulsive behaviors, or emotional numbness. Thankfully, with EMDR we don't just stir up painful memories and then send you home. In a EMDR therapy session, painful memories and the emotions that are attached to them finally come out so that they can be desensitized and calmed down permanently. As the body begins to relax, a more truthful, adult perspective is able to link in to the memory and reshape it. With EMDR, and new healthy tools to positive living, the natural healthy capacity of our brains is unlocked to create new neural networks, new insights, and lasting change.
After EMDR, someone who was abused or neglected as a child can think about the worst of it and feel a sense of calm inside. They can finally say, "I was just a kid, and it's just not my fault." After EMDR, the military veteran, assault victim, or accident survivor can feel the same sense of peace and perspective. They can finally say and believe, "I'm safe now," "It's over, " or "I did the best that I could." If you have suffered physical, sexual, spiritual, or emotional abuse, grew up in a family system of shame of neglect, have not been able to fully grieve the loss of a loved one, or have survived an event you experienced to be traumatic, EMDR therapy may be helpful in your process of healing.
Mistaken beliefs in our core values can be held at a subconscious level in our brain and EMDR can open up and let go of these when talk therapy has struggled to release limiting beliefs.
Incorporating healthy living skills will be a huge part of the recovery process. If you have done the therapy but not set those daily healthy living strategies in place, let me have the honor to guide you in your next step.
If this all scares the hell out of you and sounds like way too much, I will take baby steps with you. I will meet you where you are at. The process cannot start however, if you don't take that step to reach out to me. I will be here for you when you are ready.
Let the journey begin one day at a time!
For more information about EMDR: https://www.emdr.com/
Have you ever struggled with a nagging insecurity that you couldn't shake? Sometimes no matter how many times you try to talk yourself out of it, the truth just doesn't feel true. "I'm not good enough, " or "I'm not safe", "I'm worthless", "I'm helpless," and "It's my fault," are just a few of the common insecurities that many of us struggle with day in and day out, like heavy packs strapped to our back. Often times, these insecurities develop when we're young, and continue to grow into adulthood as our deepest fears are reinforced over time. The lies feel true because when we experience trauma, memories are literally stored in our brains in a way that is cut off from our more mature, adult perspective. Thankfully, there is a therapy called EMDR that can provide healing from our emotional wounds and free us to live the lives we intend to live.
The negative emotions connected to our past tend to be so uncomfortable that many of us compartmentalize the memories so we don't have to deal with them. Avoidance works, for a while. Addiction can be a very quick relief, for a while. Eventually the old hurts catch up with us and when this happens it's common to self-medicate them through addictive substances, compulsive behaviors, or emotional numbness. Thankfully, with EMDR we don't just stir up painful memories and then send you home. In a EMDR therapy session, painful memories and the emotions that are attached to them finally come out so that they can be desensitized and calmed down permanently. As the body begins to relax, a more truthful, adult perspective is able to link in to the memory and reshape it. With EMDR, and new healthy tools to positive living, the natural healthy capacity of our brains is unlocked to create new neural networks, new insights, and lasting change.
After EMDR, someone who was abused or neglected as a child can think about the worst of it and feel a sense of calm inside. They can finally say, "I was just a kid, and it's just not my fault." After EMDR, the military veteran, assault victim, or accident survivor can feel the same sense of peace and perspective. They can finally say and believe, "I'm safe now," "It's over, " or "I did the best that I could." If you have suffered physical, sexual, spiritual, or emotional abuse, grew up in a family system of shame of neglect, have not been able to fully grieve the loss of a loved one, or have survived an event you experienced to be traumatic, EMDR therapy may be helpful in your process of healing.
Mistaken beliefs in our core values can be held at a subconscious level in our brain and EMDR can open up and let go of these when talk therapy has struggled to release limiting beliefs.
Incorporating healthy living skills will be a huge part of the recovery process. If you have done the therapy but not set those daily healthy living strategies in place, let me have the honor to guide you in your next step.
If this all scares the hell out of you and sounds like way too much, I will take baby steps with you. I will meet you where you are at. The process cannot start however, if you don't take that step to reach out to me. I will be here for you when you are ready.
Let the journey begin one day at a time!
For more information about EMDR: https://www.emdr.com/