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ONLINE & IN-person EMDR Therapy At Carolina Beach, NC

Move forward from your painful past & embrace the present.

Do you feel stuck?

Are there painful experiences you can’t stop thinking about? Trauma doesn’t have to define your present.

No matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to leave your past in the past. You find yourself thinking about the bad things you’ve experienced & getting caught up in the emotion of it all. Little things easily set you off and at times, it can feel like you go from 0 to 100. You know certain triggers shouldn’t bother you but you can’t seem to it shake off, no matter how hard you try.
You know that everyone has painful past experiences; however, your experiences go beyond painful. It can feel as if you are defined solely by your past. Whether your trauma occurred during childhood, as an adult, or at various times throughout your life you are tired of:
  • Constantly feeling on edge
  • Feeling like you have to be on the lookout for danger
  • Triggers that send you spiraling
  • Overwhelming guilt & shame
  • Feeling as if no matter how hard you try, you can no longer connect with your loved ones & generally feeling detached
  • Negative thoughts about yourself & the world
You’re tired of being defined by your past experiences. You know that life isn’t supposed to look this way. Feeling like you’re constantly on edge, when it comes to your day to day life & relationships is exhausting.

Healing from your past is possible.

Helping you leave your painful past in the past .

Working through your past trauma & painful experiences can mean healthier relationships, fewer feelings of shame & guilt, and being able to live in the present without feeling completely overwhelmed by the past. Instead of avoiding triggers or feeling emotionally out of control when confronted with things that remind you of your past you can learn to greet these challenges with new resilience. 
Trauma can infiltrate every aspect of your lives and make you feel like you don’t deserve love or security. Accepting the love you deserve & feeling secure in both relationships and your day to day life, is possible. 
Living life in the present is possible. It can not only mean being comfortable in your own skin but also recognizing your own worth & recognizing your inherent worth & value as a person. 
While trauma work can be daunting, I will be there to assist you throughout the process. Together, we’ll work to identify & practice skills that you can lean on during this process. From there, we’ll pinpoint past events that are holding you back and work to process these events. Through the effective processing & integration of past trauma, brains can heal and old patterns that no longer serve you can be resolved.

You don’t have to go it alone

Trauma-informed counseling can help you

  • Move forward from you past

  • Face previous triggers with a new found resilience

  • Recognize & accept your intrinsic worth

  • Live authentically in the present

  • Let go of shame & guilt

  • Accept love from family & friends

FAQS

What others have wondered about counseling for trauma & PTSD:

  • Since trauma is subjective, two people can experience the exact same situations and have vastly different reactions. EMDR is an effective treatment for both “big T” Trauma (situations where you or someone else was in peril) and “small t” trauma (situations that don’t involve peril but still cause significant distress, such as: being bullied, a breakup, rejection, growing up in a household where there was a lot of yelling, parental divorce, etc).

  • Yes, as long as your insurance covers psychotherapy. EMDR is billed under the same procedural codes as traditional therapy.

  • Yes and no! While there will be elements of traditional talk therapy infused throughout our sessions, the processing associated with trauma therapy looks different than traditional talk therapy.

  • Yes and no. While you won’t be required to speak in depth about your past trauma, there will be certain aspects of the trauma that will need to be identified in order to be fully processed. While this can seem disconcerting (and for good reason, since you may have spent a significant amount of time trying not to think about what happened), we will have work together to prepare you for this prior to jumping in.

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Don’t stay stuck.