Online EMDR Therapy for Trauma in Oregon
EMDR-Informed individual therapy for adults healing from complex trauma, childhood trauma, and emotional neglect.
Do you feel like your past is showing up in ways you can’t logic your way out of?
Maybe you woke up one day and realized you’ve been living on autopilot for years. Or maybe your body is the one forcing you to pay attention to the tightness in your chest that won’t let go.
You might feel flooded by big emotions, or you might shut down and avoid anything that brings up distress. And somewhere underneath it, you may be wondering if you’re broken or if this is just “who you are.”
Whatever you’re experiencing, you’re starting to notice the impact everywhere:
Your sense of self: not knowing what you want, second-guessing yourself, feeling like you’re performing life instead of living it.
Your Relationships: reactivity or withdrawal, difficulty feeling safe with closeness, repeating the same painful patterns, your partner never “truly” knowing who you are.
Your body: chronic tension, exhaustion, sleep disruption, feeling wired or completely drained.
It may feel impossible now, but you can stop feeling like you’re stuck in survival mode. You can reconnect with yourself without getting overwhelmed. You can build relationships that feel safer and more authentic. For some clients, trauma therapy may include EMDR to help process memories, beliefs, and body responses that still feel stuck in the present.
EMDR and Trauma Therapy can help!
Make sense of how you got here (without blaming yourself)
Trauma Therapy helps you do 4 things:
We’ll map the survival roles and patterns you had to develop so you’re not stuck thinking you’re “broken.”
When the past shows up in the present, it often hits your body first. EMDR and nervous system-based therapy can help you work with the memories, beliefs, and body alarms that keep getting activated, so you have more choice in how you respond.
Use EMDR and nervous system support for triggers you can’t “logic” away
Shift the shame and negative self-beliefs that keep you stuck.
We will work directly with the inner critic and shame cycles to help your sense of self become more gentle and resilient simultaneously.
Build a safer connection without self-abandoning.
Together we’ll practice new ways of relating: boundaries, communication, and tolerating closeness.
how i can help
I’ll walk alongside you through this process in a way that’s trauma-informed, paced, and collaborative. You won’t be forced to tell your whole story on day one. We’ll build enough stability first, then go deeper when your system is ready. The goal isn’t to erase your past. It’s to help it stop running your present.
My work blends evidence-based, trauma-informed modalities to help your system shift from survival to safety:
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A nervous system that’s been trained by chronic stress responses learns that life is innately dangerous. In therapy, we learn your cues, your survival responses, and practice body-based ways to come back online.
This may look like grounding techniques, yoga, or other body-based movements for emotion without overwhelm.
Over time, your system doesn’t stay stuck in survival mode. You feel steadier, less reactive, more present, and more able to rest and connect without your body sounding the alarm.
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When we are trying to survive, we are in overdrive, trying to function while carrying residual shame, fear, anger, or grief.
In therapy, we get curious about what we’ve had to do to stay protected. Instead of forcing change through willpower, we build internal safety so those parts don’t have to run your life.
As safety develops, self-trust develops as well. Shame softens, your inner world feels less chaotic. You can relate to yourself and others from choice instead of protection. -
EMDR therapy can help when trauma from the past keeps getting triggered in the present.
Together, we identify the memories, beliefs, body responses, and emotional themes your system may still be organizing around. This might include shame, fear, grief, perfectionism, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, or the belief that you have to earn safety and belonging.
EMDR is not used to erase what happened. It is used to help your brain and body reprocess the experience so it does not keep showing up with the same intensity in your present-day life.
For trauma survivors, this work needs to be paced carefully. We focus on stabilization, grounding, and nervous system support before moving into deeper processing. The goal is not to overwhelm you. The goal is to help your system learn, slowly and safely, that the past does not have to keep running the present.
This isn’t a quick fix. It’s the slow unlearning of “I have to earn belonging” and the discovery that your body can feel safer, your boundaries can hold, and you already have what you need to begin healing.
faqs
Common questions about therapy for trauma
Have other questions? Check out my full FAQ section here!
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No! We go at your pace. We can do meaningful trauma work without graphic detail. We start with safety in your body, then add gentle story work only when you’re ready. We might revisit some parts of the story but don’t need to revisit all parts.
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Totally common with trauma. We can still treat the effects (body alarms, shutdowns, people-pleasing, perfectionism) by working with present-day cues and patterns.
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There is always a possibility you may feel “worse” before feeling “better.” My approach is “safety first.” We stabilize before touching hot material and stay within your window of tolerance. If something spikes, we pause, resource, and return only when you’re ready.
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We’ll slow down, anchor in the present, and use micro-breaks and co-regulation. The goal is to help your nervous system learn “safe enough,” not to push through distress..
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It varies. Many clients feel steadier within a few sessions (better sleep, fewer spirals), with deeper shifts over weeks to months. We’ll set goals, revisit them, and go at a pace that sticks.
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Individual Self-Pay Session Rate: $140
90-minute Session Rate: $200
I keep a few Open Path sliding-scale spots when available. If you’d like to talk options, bring it to the consult, and we’ll see what’s possible!
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Although EMDR is well-researched for PTSD and trauma, it can also be used for a variety of concerns. EMDR has been used for specific phobias, grief, anxiety, and many other needs.
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Not at all! EMDR does not always require telling every detail of the trauma. In our work, we go at your pace and focus on what your nervous system can tolerate. We start with stability first, then move into deeper processing only when it makes clinical sense.
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Both can be helpful, and we will talk together about what makes the most sense for your goals, schedule, and nervous system.
For deeper EMDR processing, I often recommend 90-minute sessions when possible. Trauma work usually benefits from having more breathing room, and a longer session gives us time to settle in, identify the target memory or theme, move through processing, and close with enough grounding so you are not leaving session feeling rushed or emotionally raw.
A 50-minute session can still be a good fit for preparation, resourcing, talk therapy, treatment planning, or more contained EMDR work. We will pace the work together and choose the session length that best supports your safety, goals, and capacity.
Let’s make therapy simple.
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Reach out
Schedule your free, super-casual 20-minute consult. Pick a time that works for you, tell me in a few sentences what’s been hardest, and we’ll see if we are a good fit.
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Get to work
Begin sessions that honor your pace and privacy. We’ll dive into the parts of you that feel the heaviest, without shame, and experiment with new ways to show up.
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See change
I don’t promise to fix, but I do promise to walk with you towards growth. You may notice things start slowly. Small changes grow into larger shifts that feel more authentic to you.
It’s time to feel safe with yourself.
You’ve done the hard work of surviving. Now let’s help your body and life feel free.