EMDR Therapists in Green Hills, Nashville, TN

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Ruth Bryant
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
In addition, I offer Somatic- and Attachment-Focused EMDR which is an integrative psychotherapy approach to address trauma among other concerns.
As a therapist, I approach our work together with warmth and curiosity. I seek to nurture a holding space that feels safe to address whatever unique concerns you bring, starting with your present concerns and also facilitating interest in your deeper self. I believe each of us has the courage to successfully navigate the change that we seek, and I consider it a privilege to walk alongside you in that endeavor.  I enjoy working with adults dealing with life transitions, grief and loss, family of origin concerns, relationship issues, trauma, and anxiety among other concerns.
In addition, I offer Somatic- and Attachment-Focused EMDR which is an integrative psychotherapy approach to address trauma among other concerns.
As a therapist, I approach our work together with warmth and curiosity. I seek to nurture a holding space that feels safe to address whatever unique concerns you bring, starting with your present concerns and also facilitating interest in your deeper self. I believe each of us has the courage to successfully navigate the change that we seek, and I consider it a privilege to walk alongside you in that endeavor.  I enjoy working with adults dealing with life transitions, grief and loss, family of origin concerns, relationship issues, trauma, and anxiety among other concerns.
(615) 975-2438 View (615) 975-2438
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Marie Turley
MA, LSPE, MHSP
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
Since I believe that therapy is a dynamic, individualized process, I have been trained in and use a variety of modalities in my practice: Talk therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Psychodrama, Gestalt, EFT Tapping, Matrix Reimprinting, AIT, Adventure Therapy Experiential Therapy and Sound Bath.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming or just plain hard. Do you need someone to walk with you on your individual journey toward healing? If you struggle with affects of trauma, reactivity to difficult life events or people, relationship issues, feeling stuck, self criticism, emotional turmoil, codependency, burn out, or transition, I'd like to face it with you. Together we can look at your challenges and approach them in ways that feel right to you. It's never too late to move toward having the life you really want.
Since I believe that therapy is a dynamic, individualized process, I have been trained in and use a variety of modalities in my practice: Talk therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Psychodrama, Gestalt, EFT Tapping, Matrix Reimprinting, AIT, Adventure Therapy Experiential Therapy and Sound Bath.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming or just plain hard. Do you need someone to walk with you on your individual journey toward healing? If you struggle with affects of trauma, reactivity to difficult life events or people, relationship issues, feeling stuck, self criticism, emotional turmoil, codependency, burn out, or transition, I'd like to face it with you. Together we can look at your challenges and approach them in ways that feel right to you. It's never too late to move toward having the life you really want.
(615) 559-0138 View (615) 559-0138
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Bonny O'Neill
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, MHSP, C-DBT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I am also trained in EMDR and certified in DBT.
My clients are often those struggling with anxiety, self-worth, and life transitions/adjustments. I also have particular specialities and experience with grief, substance addictions or those who are the loved one of a person with addictions, and trauma. When you read the word "trauma" it doesn't have to mean only abuse, car accidents, etc. There are various stressful life experiences that register as trauma, such as divorce, neglect/abandonment, health related issues and diagnoses, miscarriages, and many more. All that is needed from you is a desire to be present in the counseling space. The rest we walk through together.
I am also trained in EMDR and certified in DBT.
My clients are often those struggling with anxiety, self-worth, and life transitions/adjustments. I also have particular specialities and experience with grief, substance addictions or those who are the loved one of a person with addictions, and trauma. When you read the word "trauma" it doesn't have to mean only abuse, car accidents, etc. There are various stressful life experiences that register as trauma, such as divorce, neglect/abandonment, health related issues and diagnoses, miscarriages, and many more. All that is needed from you is a desire to be present in the counseling space. The rest we walk through together.
(615) 471-6870 View (615) 471-6870
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Sarah Detring
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, MHSP, ACS
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37204
I am trained in Somatic and Attachment focused EMDR trauma therapy.
My mission is to create a safe space for individuals to find healing, freedom, and self-acceptance. I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, and am passionate about helping my clients regain confidence while beginning to love and trust themselves. I help my clients unlearn negative beliefs and begin to change relationship patterns that no longer serve them. I work well with people pleasers, people who struggle to set boundaries, or people who chronically sacrifice themselves for others. When we are able to know what we need and set limits in our relationships, we enhance our emotional well-being and our relationships become healthier.
I am trained in Somatic and Attachment focused EMDR trauma therapy.
My mission is to create a safe space for individuals to find healing, freedom, and self-acceptance. I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, and am passionate about helping my clients regain confidence while beginning to love and trust themselves. I help my clients unlearn negative beliefs and begin to change relationship patterns that no longer serve them. I work well with people pleasers, people who struggle to set boundaries, or people who chronically sacrifice themselves for others. When we are able to know what we need and set limits in our relationships, we enhance our emotional well-being and our relationships become healthier.
(615) 392-1697 View (615) 392-1697
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Megan Moss
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
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Megan Moss (she/her) provides an accepting, nonjudgmental environment meant to empower clients to work toward healing. Due to her own experiences, she is passionate about working with people that live in bigger bodies by using a weight-inclusive framework. She offers individual and group therapy, with group work emphasizing healing through solidarity.
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Megan Moss (she/her) provides an accepting, nonjudgmental environment meant to empower clients to work toward healing. Due to her own experiences, she is passionate about working with people that live in bigger bodies by using a weight-inclusive framework. She offers individual and group therapy, with group work emphasizing healing through solidarity.
(615) 994-8242 View (615) 994-8242
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Patricia Dean
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, SEP, CBP, BASE
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37204
I utilize a mixture of CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Brene Brown's, EFT, SE, TEB, TST, BASE, SOM-EX, Brainspotting, Sound, CRM, and EMDR during sessions.
My clients desire change yet don't always know how to get there. My hope is to walk with you during life's challenges, conflicts in relationships, trauma, addictions, and old deep wounds. I love to see my clients heal and grow in ways they did not think possible. In sessions, clients learn their negative interactional patterns, begin to experience real closeness and intimacy with their significant others. My goal is to help you work through life's messes, discover the beauty of forgiveness, mine the depths of true joy, teach the art of grieving well and to help you discover your most authentic self.
I utilize a mixture of CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Brene Brown's, EFT, SE, TEB, TST, BASE, SOM-EX, Brainspotting, Sound, CRM, and EMDR during sessions.
My clients desire change yet don't always know how to get there. My hope is to walk with you during life's challenges, conflicts in relationships, trauma, addictions, and old deep wounds. I love to see my clients heal and grow in ways they did not think possible. In sessions, clients learn their negative interactional patterns, begin to experience real closeness and intimacy with their significant others. My goal is to help you work through life's messes, discover the beauty of forgiveness, mine the depths of true joy, teach the art of grieving well and to help you discover your most authentic self.
(615) 610-1732 View (615) 610-1732
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Linda Odom
Psychologist
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I am also trained in a technique called EMDR which helps to process current and past experiences - even traumatic ones - deeply and rapidly.
I work with people who are experiencing pain, grief, anxiety, or confusion - who need help identifying what they want to change. I offer you a safe, supportive time and place. In this confidential space you can be listened to deeply, and you can learn how to listen to yourself. Together, we can nurture a healing connection, or reconnection, to your own wisdom and guidance. My ideal client is one who is open and motivated, who has a deep desire for self-awareness and self-change, and who perceives psychotherapy as part of a process of spiritual growth.
I am also trained in a technique called EMDR which helps to process current and past experiences - even traumatic ones - deeply and rapidly.
I work with people who are experiencing pain, grief, anxiety, or confusion - who need help identifying what they want to change. I offer you a safe, supportive time and place. In this confidential space you can be listened to deeply, and you can learn how to listen to yourself. Together, we can nurture a healing connection, or reconnection, to your own wisdom and guidance. My ideal client is one who is open and motivated, who has a deep desire for self-awareness and self-change, and who perceives psychotherapy as part of a process of spiritual growth.
(615) 913-5871 View (615) 913-5871
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Caroline Cubillo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37205
I use an integrated approach that blends evidence-based modalities including EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Theraplay, Play therapy, TF-CBT, Circle of Security and specialized trauma informed yoga training in order to individualize therapy to each client based on their wants and needs.
As a therapist, I believe deeply in the power of relationship. My goal is to create a safe therapeutic relationship from which my clients can find healing and growth. I am a licensed clinical social worker in Nashville, TN working from a relational, client-centered lens, with a background in trauma and attachment. I provide services for children, adolescents, young adults and families with a wide variety of presenting issues including trauma, loss, family conflict, adoption, depression, anxiety and difficulties with emotional regulation.
I use an integrated approach that blends evidence-based modalities including EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Theraplay, Play therapy, TF-CBT, Circle of Security and specialized trauma informed yoga training in order to individualize therapy to each client based on their wants and needs.
As a therapist, I believe deeply in the power of relationship. My goal is to create a safe therapeutic relationship from which my clients can find healing and growth. I am a licensed clinical social worker in Nashville, TN working from a relational, client-centered lens, with a background in trauma and attachment. I provide services for children, adolescents, young adults and families with a wide variety of presenting issues including trauma, loss, family conflict, adoption, depression, anxiety and difficulties with emotional regulation.
(615) 908-5144 View (615) 908-5144
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Elly Haddad
Pre-Licensed Professional, LPC, MHSP, (temp)
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I am trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, and Integrative Mental Health Counseling.
Have you lost someone you love through death or other means? Is it now difficult to navigate life? Are you now questioning your beliefs? Others may not understand how deeply this loss impacts you. Perhaps you feel that you don't have time or permission to grieve. Often, those who are experiencing grief feel immobilized, struggle to complete day-to-day tasks, and fear the future. Some feel immense anger or have trouble feeling anything at all. Frequently, we feel alone, isolated with our loss. As a survivor myself, I can relate. Grief can feel as if your entire world has shattered. I can help you regroup and pick up the pieces.
I am trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, and Integrative Mental Health Counseling.
Have you lost someone you love through death or other means? Is it now difficult to navigate life? Are you now questioning your beliefs? Others may not understand how deeply this loss impacts you. Perhaps you feel that you don't have time or permission to grieve. Often, those who are experiencing grief feel immobilized, struggle to complete day-to-day tasks, and fear the future. Some feel immense anger or have trouble feeling anything at all. Frequently, we feel alone, isolated with our loss. As a survivor myself, I can relate. Grief can feel as if your entire world has shattered. I can help you regroup and pick up the pieces.
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Denice P Fish
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LPCMHSP
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37205  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have been counseling for 28 years in a private practice setting in mental health related areas with individuals, and couples. I provide treatment for relationships, military culture and combat trauma, Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and other related stress disorders, depression, anxiety, addiction recovery, adjustments, anger, and stress management. I have a doctorate in Counseling Psychology, license through TN Health Board, LPC/MHSP. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) clinician for 28 years. I enjoy helping people who are diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression using EMDR.
I have been counseling for 28 years in a private practice setting in mental health related areas with individuals, and couples. I provide treatment for relationships, military culture and combat trauma, Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and other related stress disorders, depression, anxiety, addiction recovery, adjustments, anger, and stress management. I have a doctorate in Counseling Psychology, license through TN Health Board, LPC/MHSP. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) clinician for 28 years. I enjoy helping people who are diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression using EMDR.
(615) 266-0521 View (615) 266-0521
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In Harmony Counseling/Angela J. Turner/Supervision
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215  (Online Only)
Couples, Families, Youth, Adults are welcome here! I lean toward CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, and PCIT to help individuals, couples, and families.
You've tried it all, I get it! Life can really throw some curve balls…but counseling can help soften the blows. Conflict, trauma, and inner turmoil are all part of the human condition, but we don’t have to dwell in those places. Here, in this safe space, you are invited to explore avenues of growth and understanding. I offer compassionate, objective support and guidance. Whether the focus is on internal struggles or on improving connections with your partner or your children, it is my goal to help you find the balance and peace that helps you live your best life. Dare to heal, elevate, and live more abundantly!
Couples, Families, Youth, Adults are welcome here! I lean toward CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, and PCIT to help individuals, couples, and families.
You've tried it all, I get it! Life can really throw some curve balls…but counseling can help soften the blows. Conflict, trauma, and inner turmoil are all part of the human condition, but we don’t have to dwell in those places. Here, in this safe space, you are invited to explore avenues of growth and understanding. I offer compassionate, objective support and guidance. Whether the focus is on internal struggles or on improving connections with your partner or your children, it is my goal to help you find the balance and peace that helps you live your best life. Dare to heal, elevate, and live more abundantly!
(615) 709-6278 View (615) 709-6278
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Abby H Moskal
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
As a body neutral pilates teacher and an EMDR trained clinical social worker, I decided to bring my work home to Tennessee because I saw a need for approachable, culturally conscious, and relatable therapeutic care that treats the whole person, not just a set of symptoms.
I'm passionate about helping all individuals, particularly women, teens, and LGBTQ+, develop introspective compassion for themselves that they can turn into action. I'm laid back, curse a lot, and love to laugh with my clients. If you're the type of person who has been skeptical about therapy, we'll probably get along great.
As a body neutral pilates teacher and an EMDR trained clinical social worker, I decided to bring my work home to Tennessee because I saw a need for approachable, culturally conscious, and relatable therapeutic care that treats the whole person, not just a set of symptoms.
I'm passionate about helping all individuals, particularly women, teens, and LGBTQ+, develop introspective compassion for themselves that they can turn into action. I'm laid back, curse a lot, and love to laugh with my clients. If you're the type of person who has been skeptical about therapy, we'll probably get along great.
(615) 909-5986 View (615) 909-5986
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Jen Maynard
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37204
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and work with individuals, couples, and families who are dealing with anxiety, grief, depression, relational and marital stress, blended families, family conflict, and other issues. I also offer both Brainspotting and EMDR.
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and work with individuals, couples, and families who are dealing with anxiety, grief, depression, relational and marital stress, blended families, family conflict, and other issues. I also offer both Brainspotting and EMDR.
(615) 235-6687 View (615) 235-6687
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Lisa McGovern
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37205
I am a certified Advanced Imago Relationship Therapist and trained in various trauma treatments like EMDR.
Do you need help bringing Connection, Peace and Balance to your life or relationships? Many of us do because we run from one thing to another, without enough of ourselves to go around. We can struggle in our life or relationships and need to regain our balance or even create a new one. We get weighed down by anxiety, sadness or feeling we aren’t understood. We have trouble expressing our feelings and needs or understanding the important people in our lives. I can help you feel heard and understood and strengthen the connections in your life. My goal is to empower people and help them discover how to live a life that feels better.
I am a certified Advanced Imago Relationship Therapist and trained in various trauma treatments like EMDR.
Do you need help bringing Connection, Peace and Balance to your life or relationships? Many of us do because we run from one thing to another, without enough of ourselves to go around. We can struggle in our life or relationships and need to regain our balance or even create a new one. We get weighed down by anxiety, sadness or feeling we aren’t understood. We have trouble expressing our feelings and needs or understanding the important people in our lives. I can help you feel heard and understood and strengthen the connections in your life. My goal is to empower people and help them discover how to live a life that feels better.
(615) 412-5449 View (615) 412-5449
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Westside Psych & Wellness
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I am also a Level II trained EMDR therapist and use EMDR to assist clients who may be experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor for over 12 years. I obtained my Master's Degree in counseling in 2009 and I am trained in mental health counseling and clinically trained in psychotherapy. I work primarily with individuals, helping them address diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, addiction, feeling overwhelmed/over-stressed, as well as other issues living in today's hectic world may cause.
I am also a Level II trained EMDR therapist and use EMDR to assist clients who may be experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor for over 12 years. I obtained my Master's Degree in counseling in 2009 and I am trained in mental health counseling and clinically trained in psychotherapy. I work primarily with individuals, helping them address diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, addiction, feeling overwhelmed/over-stressed, as well as other issues living in today's hectic world may cause.
(615) 475-8461 View (615) 475-8461
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Jan Clifton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37205
You have managed or contained life's challenges until it doesn't work anymore. The experiences of the past do not have to interfere with your joy in the present or future. My goal is to create a safe place for you to explore, learn, and create a new way of being in relationships and the world. I specialize in working with individuals and families that have been impacted by traumatic experiences, complex grief, attachment and relationship ruptures. Loss often involves trauma and trauma always involves grief. I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
You have managed or contained life's challenges until it doesn't work anymore. The experiences of the past do not have to interfere with your joy in the present or future. My goal is to create a safe place for you to explore, learn, and create a new way of being in relationships and the world. I specialize in working with individuals and families that have been impacted by traumatic experiences, complex grief, attachment and relationship ruptures. Loss often involves trauma and trauma always involves grief. I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
(615) 490-0420 View (615) 490-0420
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Sadie Miller-Daley
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCMHSP, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215  (Online Only)
I have extensive training in EMDR and weave in other interventions as needed.
Do you feel like you have talked through everything but still don't feel better? Are you a motivated client or couple looking to shift patterns no longer serving you? I enjoy meeting clients in this space of healing, utilizing EMDR to help shift prior trauma, negative beliefs, anxieties and more. I encourage you to reach out, and explore through a free consultation how a holistic approach to healing may help you. Taking a more body focused and holistic approach to healing can lead to a more comprehensive and long lasting healing. I enjoy working with teens up through adults, individuals and couples from an attachment based lens.
I have extensive training in EMDR and weave in other interventions as needed.
Do you feel like you have talked through everything but still don't feel better? Are you a motivated client or couple looking to shift patterns no longer serving you? I enjoy meeting clients in this space of healing, utilizing EMDR to help shift prior trauma, negative beliefs, anxieties and more. I encourage you to reach out, and explore through a free consultation how a holistic approach to healing may help you. Taking a more body focused and holistic approach to healing can lead to a more comprehensive and long lasting healing. I enjoy working with teens up through adults, individuals and couples from an attachment based lens.
(615) 285-5223 View (615) 285-5223
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Harrison H Taylor
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I am Level 2 certified in Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR).
My goal is to create a safe environment for people to heal - emotionally, behaviorally and spiritually - so that they can integrate real change in their lives. I enjoy counseling families, couples and individuals of all ages - children, adolescents and adults. My main focus areas are family and marital conflict, rebuilding emotional and spiritual intimacy in relationships, divorce recovery, all kinds of addiction recovery, codependency in relationships,depression, anxiety, grief and loss, premarital counseling, emotional healing from family of origin, communication skills and parenting skills.
I am Level 2 certified in Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR).
My goal is to create a safe environment for people to heal - emotionally, behaviorally and spiritually - so that they can integrate real change in their lives. I enjoy counseling families, couples and individuals of all ages - children, adolescents and adults. My main focus areas are family and marital conflict, rebuilding emotional and spiritual intimacy in relationships, divorce recovery, all kinds of addiction recovery, codependency in relationships,depression, anxiety, grief and loss, premarital counseling, emotional healing from family of origin, communication skills and parenting skills.
(615) 601-2586 View (615) 601-2586
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Tom Rhodes
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37215
I use EMDR and the therapeutic relationship itself to heal trauma safely and effectively.
Welcome. Whether you are struggling in your relationship or are tired of feeling anxious and depressed, I can help you connect with yourself, and in turn with others, in a new way toward feeling better soon. I honor and respect everything within you, in the midst of your search and struggle, which has brought you here. I really get how lonely, desperate, hopeless feeling or even numbing, that struggle can be. I have an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco — the first program in the world to blend Western schools of psychology with Eastern spiritual traditions.
I use EMDR and the therapeutic relationship itself to heal trauma safely and effectively.
Welcome. Whether you are struggling in your relationship or are tired of feeling anxious and depressed, I can help you connect with yourself, and in turn with others, in a new way toward feeling better soon. I honor and respect everything within you, in the midst of your search and struggle, which has brought you here. I really get how lonely, desperate, hopeless feeling or even numbing, that struggle can be. I have an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco — the first program in the world to blend Western schools of psychology with Eastern spiritual traditions.
(615) 437-4959 View (615) 437-4959
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Scoville Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP, RPT, NCC, MS
Verified Verified
Green Hills, Nashville, TN 37205
I am relational and utilize evidence-based treatment modalities including play therapy and expressive arts, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR.
I am a licensed professional counselor in Nashville, TN. I am passionate about helping others and I work with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide variety of presenting issues. Life is messy, full of hurts, disappointments, stressors, and grief – past and present. I want to help you get “unstuck” so you can live your best life, whatever that is for you. I have been where you are which makes me uniquely qualified to sit with you and to walk alongside you on your journey of healing. I cannot give you the answers, but I promise you will not have to find them alone.
I am relational and utilize evidence-based treatment modalities including play therapy and expressive arts, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR.
I am a licensed professional counselor in Nashville, TN. I am passionate about helping others and I work with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide variety of presenting issues. Life is messy, full of hurts, disappointments, stressors, and grief – past and present. I want to help you get “unstuck” so you can live your best life, whatever that is for you. I have been where you are which makes me uniquely qualified to sit with you and to walk alongside you on your journey of healing. I cannot give you the answers, but I promise you will not have to find them alone.
(615) 235-5988 View (615) 235-5988
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EMDR Therapists

Who is EMDR for?

EMDR was initially developed as a treatment for individuals with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for whom memories of a deeply distressing experience can be inadvertently triggered by random everyday events. The procedure has since been applied in the treatment of many other conditions. For example, it is used by some therapists to treat anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, depression, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some personality disorders. It is suitable for adolescents and adults.

Why do people need EMDR?

People need EMDR as a way to manage distressing memories that in some way hamper the ability to function in the present. The procedure is believed to target the way memories are stored in the brain. Evidence indicates that past disturbing experiences cause ongoing distress because they were not adequately processed, and when such memories are triggered in the present, they are accompanied by all the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations as the initial experience.

What problems does EMDR treat?

First and foremost, EMDR is intended as a treatment for PTSD, to defuse distressing memories that intrude on and impair everyday functioning. It is also often used to help those who are subject to panic attacks, phobias, and other forms of anxiety. In addition, EMDR has been used to treat individuals with depression, eating disorders, and personality disorders.

What happens in EMDR therapy?

First the therapist takes an individual’s history, and then the therapist and client decide which distressing experience(s) will be the target(s) of the exercise, delivered via a side-to-side visual stimulus requiring lateral eye movements. The client will be asked to activate thoughts, feelings, and any body sensations related to the troubling experience. The eye movements are said to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, so that the experience can then be safely discussed with the therapist and digested, minimizing its ability to trigger anxiety.