Your past is overwhelming you.

You have distressing thoughts, you overreact, have sleepless nights, and work endlessly to avoid reminders of what has happened to you. Despite the worst of the worst being in the past, the memories are still impactful and very real. 

Even though you know better, you cannot help but feel like you are right back where you were when the nightmare began. Your brain is magically transported back to a time you don’t want to remember, all because something triggered you.

Trauma is not the story of something that happened back then, it’s the current imprint of that pain, horror, and fear living inside people.

Bessel van der Kolk

Trauma occurs when our nervous system becomes overwhelmed, which changes the way we process information, experience emotions, and recall or store memories.

The mess that trauma leaves behind keeps you feeling stuck. Stuck in a state of fear and confusion. Stuck in the cycling of negative thoughts and self-hate. Stuck feeling unsure and unable to trust anyone.

Regardless of what your are healing from, the process is typically messy, distressing, and challenging. Even though your reactions and emotions are valid, they are uncontrolled.

Bilateral movement uses the logic and emotional parts of the brain to understand and process traumatic events into memories that have a sort of date/time stamp that tells us that what happened is over.  Bilateral movement is also a way to train the brain not to react to emotions from the past by keeping us grounded in the present time. 

EMDR treatment is designed to integrate the trauma, allowing you to achieve unity and stop ignoring or avoiding parts of your life. EMDR is also used to help people with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD complications, and low motivation. 

Nichole, Megan, and Corina are EMDR trained and can assist you with treating your symptoms using this specialized treatment.

Learn more about them below!