EMDR for Anxiety
You are frozen by fear. And exhausted from all the effort it takes to avoid conflict, quiet self-criticism, manage chronic pain and sensory overload that you feel trapped in a job or relationship you know isn’t serving you.
But you feel immobilized. You struggle to access rest because being still for too long feels unsafe. You think there is always more you could be doing to feel better or make life easier.
I help individuals feeling immobilized by fear to step into their power and access choice in order to reconnect with a sense of internal safety and security so that they can move forward in life even when change itself feels terrifying.
Do you worry that if you let your guard down you might make a mistake, be criticized or taken advantage of?
When we can access a sense of peace and ease in our bodies, even during stressful situations, we are in a position to respond more effectively than when on constant high alert. Being alert and hypervigalent serves its purpose, but like any kind of overuse, this can lead to burn out and exhaustion.
In our work together, we will find ways of being present and aware without the excess tension in your body or feeling like you are constantly bracing for impact so that you have energy to hang out with friends, go on that hike or be able to finally sit down and read that book.
I’ve tried therapy before, why is EMDR different?
Often anxiety responses are learned from past experiences of fear, judgement or instability. With EMDR, we use an embodied approach to connect these familiar feelings in the present to past experiences where they may have originated or were reinforced. We then take all the new skills and information you have in the present and apply that to these past experiences. We show your younger parts that the original threat no longer exists and that you are capable of navigating the challenges life throws your way.