EMDR Therapy in Los Angeles, CA

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - but you won't have to remember that!

EMDR is a powerful trauma-informed mind-body approach that helps you work through past painful experiences. It's different from regular talk therapy and does not require recounting all the details of your past.  EMDR therapy is based on the idea that the body/mind has a natural healing capacity. Emotionally charged memories become less charged and less painful after reprocessing through EMDR. Most clients opt for weekly sessions to work on specific themes or memories.  Longer sessions (EMDR Intensives) can be scheduled at our Atwater office on Fridays.

• Anxiety and Stress
• Complex Trauma
• Patterns of Perfectionism
• Worry and Procrastination
• Thoughts of I'm not Good Enough, I'm not Lovable, or I'm bad
• Attachment issues in adulthood
• Difficult pasts/Difficult childhoods
• Sexual abuse or molestation
• Single traumatic incidents
• Grief related to death of loved ones
• Grief related to breakups
• PTSD

We begin with your story, identifying your strengths, recognizing your triggers, and selecting specific memories or beliefs to work on. Although EMDR can work very fast, and can go very deep, we can slow things down to ensure you feel comfortable and safe with the process. 

EMDR Intensives provide several hours of EMDR therapy back to back. We offer EMDR Intensives that are 2 to 3 hours long in-office on Fridays in Atwater Village in Los Angeles. 

EMDR Intensives can be a good option for clients with general time constraints or for clients who already have a talk therapist and want to focus on specific memories or specific issues using EMDR.

Feel free to view this virtual EMDR therapy session demonstrated by two therapists, Jamie Marich and Mark Brayne:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh37KvS9Pf8

This is a 5 minute video explaining EMDR in simple terms.

https://youtu.be/rg842qP83yc?si=TjqxVHPvi0bA_du8