Sometimes, understanding why you feel the way you do isn’t enough to help you feel different. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma-focused approach that works with the brain and body to help you process experiences that may feel “stuck.”

Rather than relying solely on talking through what happened, EMDR works with sensations, emotions, images, and body responses alongside your thoughts and memories. This can help your nervous system process experiences that you may intellectually understand but still feel emotionally or physically affected by.

EMDR can be especially helpful if you’ve spent years in traditional talk therapy and feel like you know what your patterns are, but you’re still struggling to change them. Whether you’re working through trauma, anxiety, grief, addiction, difficult relationships, or painful experiences from the past, EMDR can help you move from simply understanding your experiences to actually feeling less stuck in them.