Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps the brain finish what it couldn’t at the time, so the past can stop feeling like the present.
When something overwhelming happens, the brain can store the memory in a raw, unfinished form — which is why an old experience can still trigger the same fear, shame, or bodily alarm years later.
EMDR is one of the most researched treatments for trauma, and it reaches well beyond it.
Accidents, assaults, medical events, losses, and other moments that split life into before and after.
Patterns that formed early and quietly — neglect, chaos, or chronic criticism — and still shape how safe the world feels.
Fear responses that make sense given what happened, but no longer fit the life you’re living now.
“It was my fault.” “I’m not safe.” “I’m not enough.” EMDR targets the beliefs a memory left behind, not only the memory itself.
EMDR follows a structured protocol, paced around what your nervous system can tolerate.
We map what you want to work on and build grounding and resourcing skills first, so you always have a way to settle.
You hold a target memory lightly in mind while following bilateral stimulation in short sets. Thoughts, images, and body sensations shift on their own as the brain does its work.
We strengthen the truer belief that emerges, check the body for leftover tension, and close each session grounded. Over time, the memory becomes something that happened, not something that is happening.
EMDR is woven into ongoing trauma therapy at a weekly rhythm, in person in Yukon or by telehealth anywhere in Oklahoma.
EMDR 2.0 builds on traditional EMDR therapy with innovative techniques that make memory processing more active and engaging. Developed by researchers in the Netherlands, this approach uses targeted activities to increase working-memory demands, helping distressing memories lose their emotional intensity. I thoughtfully integrate EMDR 2.0 techniques when they align with each client’s individual needs.
Eye movements that are quicker and move in different directions, along with taps and tones, keep the brain fully occupied while it works.
Simple added tasks, such as counting backward or spelling, compete with the memory for attention. That competition is what makes the memory fade in vividness and intensity.
You bring the memory to mind in sensory detail — what you saw, heard, and felt — so the processing reaches the parts that still carry the charge.
EMDR 2.0 puts more of the method in your hands, with clear explanation of what we are doing and why, so you stay an active partner rather than a passive recipient.
Sometimes you reach the heart of something just as the clock runs out. An intensive removes that ceiling: a dedicated half-day or full-day block to stay with the work long enough to make real movement.
A focused three-hour or six-hour block with built-in breaks — enough room to settle in, go deep, and come back to ground before you leave.
Ideal when ongoing therapy keeps circling the same material, or when life doesn’t allow a steady weekly rhythm.
Especially suited to one specific memory, event, or theme that you’re ready to face with concentrated support.
We meet beforehand to plan and build grounding skills, work in EMDR on the day itself, and follow up afterward so the shifts take root.
Intensives are private pay, and a superbill is provided for possible out-of-network reimbursement. See intensive pricing
Ongoing trauma therapy introduces EMDR at a gentle, weekly rhythm, with stability built before we go deeper.
See Trauma TherapyThe free grounding tools on the site offer a small, self-guided experience of the bilateral rhythm EMDR uses.
Open the toolsEMDR isn’t right for everyone or every moment — and that’s worth talking through. Reach out and we’ll figure out together whether weekly sessions, an intensive, or another approach makes the most sense.
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