Somatic EMDR Therapy Intensives

Somatic EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) integrates EMDR therapy with body-based awareness to help you process distressing experiences, trauma, and emotions that may continue to affect you long after an event has passed. Sometimes, even when we understand our experiences intellectually, our bodies can still respond as though we are in danger. This may show up as anxiety, tension, emotional overwhelm, feeling stuck, or difficulty feeling safe and connected.

Somatic EMDR helps you gently explore the connection between your memories, emotions, and physical sensations while supporting your nervous system in the processing of distressing experiences. Using EMDR's bilateral stimulation, along with attention to bodily cues and emotional regulation, therapy can help reduce the intensity of difficult memories and support new, more adaptive ways of experiencing yourself and the world.

Why consider it? 

If you feel triggered by past experiences, find yourself repeating painful patterns, struggle with persistent anxiety, or feel that your body holds onto experiences your mind wants to move beyond, Somatic EMDR may be a helpful approach. It can support you in reducing emotional distress, developing a greater sense of safety, and feeling less controlled by the past.

Healing doesn't mean forgetting what happened. It means helping those experiences feel less overwhelming in the present, so you can feel more grounded, connected, and free to move forward with your life.

 Our minds and bodies are deeply connected. Stress, anxiety, trauma, and unresolved emotions don’t just affect how we think and feel—they can also show up physically as muscle tension, headaches, fatigue, digestive issues, shallow breathing, or a constant sense of being on edge. Likewise, what happens in our bodies can influence our emotions, thoughts, and sense of safety.

Mind-body therapy helps you explore this connection by bringing awareness to physical sensations, emotions, and patterns within your nervous system. Through approaches such as mindfulness, grounding, breathwork, and somatic techniques, you can begin to recognize your body's signals, regulate stress responses, and develop a greater sense of safety and balance.

Why consider it?

If you feel stuck in patterns of stress, find it difficult to relax, feel disconnected from your body, or notice that talking about your experiences alone isn't always enough, mind-body work may offer another path toward healing. By learning to listen to and work with your body—not just your thoughts—you can build emotional resilience, deepen self-awareness, and feel more present, connected, and empowered in your everyday life.

Healing can involve more than changing the way you think. It can also mean helping your body learn that it’s safe to rest, feel, and move forward.

Internal Family Systems (IFS), also known as parts work, is a compassionate approach to therapy that helps you understand the different parts of yourself—the parts that feel anxious, angry, critical, overwhelmed, people pleasing, guarded, or afraid. Rather than judging these parts or trying to get rid of them, IFS helps you understand what they’re protecting, where they come from, and what they need to heal.

Why consider it? 

Parts work can help you recognize patterns that keep repeating, heal from past experiences and trauma, build self-compassion, improve relationships, and respond to life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence. Instead of feeling at war with yourself, you can begin to understand yourself with curiosity and compassion.

You don’t have to be broken to benefit from this work. If you’ve ever wondered why you react a certain way, struggle with conflicting feelings, or find yourself repeating patterns you want to change, IFS can help you get to the root of those experiences and create meaningful, lasting change.