EMDR Therapists in Bouldin, Austin, TX
Jessie Trofe
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Bouldin, Austin, TX 78704 (Online Only)
I use a trauma-informed approach that integrates EMDR, CBT and mindfulness.
Are you someone who struggles with anxious and self-defeating thoughts, has difficulty finding joy and fulfillment, feels stuck in a pattern of unhealthy behaviors or wants to create and improve relationships with others? My mission is to create a secure, judgment-free space to help clients process emotions, challenge self-limiting beliefs and create lasting change. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents who are struggling with life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief and loss issues, trauma and unhealthy addictive behaviors.
I use a trauma-informed approach that integrates EMDR, CBT and mindfulness.
Are you someone who struggles with anxious and self-defeating thoughts, has difficulty finding joy and fulfillment, feels stuck in a pattern of unhealthy behaviors or wants to create and improve relationships with others? My mission is to create a secure, judgment-free space to help clients process emotions, challenge self-limiting beliefs and create lasting change. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents who are struggling with life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief and loss issues, trauma and unhealthy addictive behaviors.
Stephani Bradford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Bouldin, Austin, TX 78751 (Online Only)
You come home from another long day at work and sag onto the couch, feeling completely drained and overwhelmed. The dog needs to go out and the laundry needs to get done, but it's all you can do just to keep yourself from falling apart. Who even has the time or energy to connect with friends or, god forbid, give dating another go? You tell yourself you’re making a big deal out of nothing, and just scroll mindlessly on your phone for hours, too tired to do anything else but not wanting to waste the free time you have. Then off to bed, another sleepless night, get up, go to work, repeat. There's got to be something more than this.
You come home from another long day at work and sag onto the couch, feeling completely drained and overwhelmed. The dog needs to go out and the laundry needs to get done, but it's all you can do just to keep yourself from falling apart. Who even has the time or energy to connect with friends or, god forbid, give dating another go? You tell yourself you’re making a big deal out of nothing, and just scroll mindlessly on your phone for hours, too tired to do anything else but not wanting to waste the free time you have. Then off to bed, another sleepless night, get up, go to work, repeat. There's got to be something more than this.
Jamie Justus
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RYT
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Bouldin, Austin, TX 78704 (Online Only)
Anxiety is meant to keep you safe from possible threats, but, when it gets too active, anxiety can be exhausting. The mind may race with questions and worries that don't have solutions. The body can respond with tension and feel like a current of electricity has been turned on. Your emotions may go from zero to sixty and be more reactive. You may view the world through a lens of danger. It can take a toll on how present you are in your life, your job, and your relationships.
Anxiety is meant to keep you safe from possible threats, but, when it gets too active, anxiety can be exhausting. The mind may race with questions and worries that don't have solutions. The body can respond with tension and feel like a current of electricity has been turned on. Your emotions may go from zero to sixty and be more reactive. You may view the world through a lens of danger. It can take a toll on how present you are in your life, your job, and your relationships.
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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.