Trauma-informed EMDR Therapy
The unthinkable happened…
And a part of you has been frozen in time ever since.
Whether it happened last week, last year, or 20 years ago, the world hasn’t felt like a safe place since.
And no matter how hard you’ve tried to put it behind you and get on with your life, there’s something inside that won’t let it go.
You might not even remember exactly what happened, but your body hasn’t forgotten. And that inner wisdom understands that the fear, anxiety, dread, and self-medicating with drugs, food, or alcohol are all clues that you are trying to cope with something you have yet to face.
What exactly is trauma?
Trauma is something that happens that overwhelms your mind, brain, and body to the point that your nervous system either shuts down or sends you into a chronic state of hypervigilance.
Trauma can be a one-time event, like a car accident, house fire, or getting attacked by a stranger.
Trauma can also be a series of incidents that add up over time, like systematic racial or sexual discrimination, emotional or psychological manipulation, or growing up in poverty or violence.
Trauma can also be collective, like a mass shooting, natural disaster, or living through a pandemic.
Childhood trauma can be very difficult to identify and resolve as an adult. We often develop unconscious, extreme ways of coping that can wreak havoc in our adult lives.
You may think this is just the way it is…
You may think this is just the way it is…The pain, fear, sadness, worry, intrusive thoughts, nightmares, relationship issues, unhealthy eating, chronic stress, or high blood pressure…
You may not even realize that the difficulties bringing you to therapy might be the signs and symptoms of unresolved trauma.
Or you may be all too aware of the trauma you experienced and are finally ready to face it so you can release it once and for all.
At Sentient Psychotherapy, we re-orient you back to the truth of who you are
and help you see and honor what you’ve been coping with all on your own.
Trauma-Informed EMDR Therapy at Sentient.
Caroline Roarty MA (she/her)
LMHC Senior Therapist
“I use CBT, Mindfulness and EMDR to treat trauma and OCD, and I specialize in same-sex couples therapy.”
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a research-backed treatment for trauma and PTSD. We still don’t know exactly why every part of EMDR works. What we do know is that it can help painful memories lose their emotional intensity, so the past stops feeling so present.
Working with your Sentient psychotherapist, you will be emotionally held and supported through the process of resolving your trauma – at your own timing and pace.
EMDR is a bottom-up approach to treating trauma, stress and difficult feelings. Instead of relying on insight and talking alone, we work with memory, emotion, physical sensation, and bilateral stimulation to help your brain and body process what they’ve been holding onto.
This fits deeply with how we practice at Sentient. Sensing and feeling are powerful mechanisms of change. EMDR gives us a structured way to activate those systems and work with your brain and body’s natural capacity to process, adapt, and heal.
The memory stays. The charge changes. Your body learns it doesn’t have to keep sounding the alarm, giving you more freedom to live in the life that’s happening now.
Ready when you are.
Kate Giampilis M.S.Ed (she/her)
MHC-LP Sentient Psychotherapist
“An EMDR-trained therapist, I work with Gen-Z professionals and successful adults who seem to have it all together but feel overwhelmed by anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and self-doubt.”
Choosing to face your trauma is hard enough. Finding the right therapist, figuring out insurance, and getting on someone’s calendar shouldn’t make it harder.
Our EMDR specialists, Caroline and Kate, provide compassionate, trauma-informed care for clients ready to loosen the grip of painful experiences and finally move forward. Both integrate EMDR with a deeply relational approach, so this isn’t clinical treatment happening to you. It’s careful, human work you do together.
As soon as you contact us, our client services team will get back to you on the same day and guide you seamlessly through your questions regarding insurance and fees for therapy. You’ve spent enough time searching. Let us help you start healing.
Choosing to face your trauma is hard enough. The way there should be as painless as possible.
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