EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful, research-backed therapy that helps people heal from trauma and other overwhelming life experiences. Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR helps your brain reprocess difficult memories so they no longer feel as distressing, intrusive, or “stuck".

EMDR is for anyone who feels burdened by past experiences or has strong emotional reactions that seem hard to control. It is especially supportive if you:

• Have experienced trauma, loss, or abuse

• Struggle with anxiety, panic, or intrusive thoughts

• Feel stuck in old patterns or negative self-beliefs (“I’m not safe,” “I’m not good enough”)

• React strongly to situations that remind you of the past, even if you you don’t fully understand why

How EMDR Works:

In EMDR, we identify a memory, emotion, belief, or body sensation that feels difficult. While you hold this experience in mind, I will guide you through bilateral stimulation, which are gentle left-right movements such as eye movements, tapping, or alternating tones.

These rhythmic patterns help your brain process the memory more effectively, similar to what naturally happens during REM sleep. As this processing unfolds:

• the memory becomes less emotionally charged

• the body’s stress response softens

• new, more adaptive beliefs begin to take hold

You will still remember what happened, but it will no longer feel as raw, overwhelming, or defining.

Over time, people often report feeling calmer, more grounded, and better able to see themselves and their experiences with compassion and perspective.

These evidence-based therapies are practical, structured approaches that help you build insight, develop new coping skills, and create meaningful change. 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you gently notice the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions. It focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful patterns that contribute to distress so you can feel calmer and more in control. CBT is widely recognized is one of the most effective treatments for anxiety and depression, helping people reduce symptoms and build long-term coping skills.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites you to make room for life’s challenges, relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings, and reconnect with what you truly value. ACT has been shown to improve symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress-related issues by increasing psychological flexibility.

The transition to motherhood is a profound transformation. Your pre-parenthood self gives way to something entirely new, and that change can feel tender, disorienting, and overwhelming. Author Britta Bushnell describes this shift as similar to a butterfly’s cocoon phase, where the old form dissolves so something new can emerge. As she writes, “in the chrysalis of transformation, dissolution and rebuilding happen simultaneously.”

This transformation touches every part of life, emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual. Even in the midst of love, joy, or anticipation, many women also experience anxiety, grief, identity confusion, or a deep sense of being alone in something enormous.

Perinatal therapy offers a grounded, supportive space to make sense of these changes. Together, we can navigate challenges such as:

• Anxiety, depression, or mood shifts

• Adjusting to new identities and roles

• Healing after a difficult birth or pregnancy loss

• Changes in your relationship or support system

• Balancing care for your baby with care for yourself

Through gentle, collaborative work, perinatal therapy helps you feel more steady, supported, and connected to yourself, your needs, and the new life taking shape around you.

Using your hands and different materials to explore what’s happening inside can be a powerful alternative or addition to traditional talk therapy. Art making can offer new perspectives and insights, and it’s often especially helpful for people who are neurodivergent, grieving, living with anxiety or depression, feeling “stuck,” processing trauma, or having a hard time identifying or verbalizing their feelings.

Studies of art therapy have shown benefits like reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, improved emotional expression, and better quality of life. For many people, creating images feels like a safer, more accessible way to express what words alone can’t capture.

If you’re interested in art therapy, we can talk together about how it might fit into our work. For example, we might use art to help you ground at the beginning of a session, weave it into trauma processing, or work on an ongoing piece around a theme such as grief, identity, or a new phase of life. You don’t need any art experience, what matters is the process, not the product.