EMDR Therapists in Montgomery, TX

Are you or your loved ones struggling to get through the day (and night)? Grappling with anxiety or depression? Reliving painful events over and over again? Wrestling with insomnia or craving a good night’s sleep? Having brain fog or difficulty focusing and completing tasks? Experiencing outbursts, irritability, or impulse control problems? Feeling stuck, lost, or not your best? But no medication or quick fix seems to do the trick. So, what can you do? Where do you start? I offer in-person therapy in Montgomery, TX, and telehealth throughout Texas, Florida and South Carolina.

Hi! I'm Karen and I am here to help. Finding a counselor seems like an easy task, but it can be challenging. It's like trying to find that perfect shoe that fits you like a glove! That's where I come in. I am here to help you rediscover yourself, connect with others, and get on with life. I want to help you become the best version of YOU. I am here to help you realize that we all are going, have been, or will go through...something and it's going to be okay. Life is about learning and sometimes you will be faced with puzzles that aren't easily solved. Stick with it, stay the course, and we will figure it out...Together!

Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it, doesn't mean your future can't be better than you've ever imagined! I know that everybody comes to a point in their life where the wish they could do things over. I believe in improving who you are in order to improve your quality of life, it's never too late!

Welcome, my name is Marilyn Crawford and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. I work with individuals and specialize in trauma resolution and attachment trauma using EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, and Attachment Therapy to help you process difficult experiences and emotions. I also have experience is working with clients experiencing anxiety, life transitions, and depression.

Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Are you experiencing grief over a major loss? Are you dealing with past trauma? I would love to work with you. I have had many personal and professional experiences that can help me help you. I believe that the only things we truly have control over in our life are our own thoughts and behaviors. It is because of this belief that I use cognitive-behavioral therapy. I teach thought stopping, cognitive restructuring, relaxation, mindfulness, grounding, calming techniques and am also a fully trained EMDR Therapist. Call me to see if we would make a good therapeutic team.

My focus is to help provide peace, lower stressful anxiety, depression and other areas of discomfort and build self-confidence. Life is needs to be happy and easily adjustable. Therapies and techniques/modalities are used to help relieve the unwanted self-defeating negative thoughts. Positive Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solutions Focused therapies plus more are utilized to help replace the old with new creative life goals. Equine Assisted, Sand Tray and talk therapies will help to recreate new thoughts and feelings: EMDR, guided meditation; self calming; and recognizing self defeating thoughts all spiritually based.

Overwhelmed? Feeling distant from loved ones? Desiring for life to be different? These feelings and experiences are trying to tell you something. Together we will find the answers, and turn these feelings around so that you can get back on track to living the life you want. Individuals, couples and families that participate in a combination of our services such as DBT skills classes or a one day workshop for couples based on "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by John Gottman, has shown to bring about faster change. Learn more on our website at www.TheWoodlandsCenterForFamilies.com

After 30 years as an occupational therapist helping individuals overcome physical challenges, I returned to school to pursue my desire to become a licensed counselor. I believe that mental health is as important as physical ability and that it is never too late to pursue a dream. I believe that asking for help is a sign of strength rather than one of weakness.

Hi I'm Lisa Wooldridge, whether you're seeking a healthier mindset, a better communication ability with your spouse or others, processing emotional pain, trauma processing, a better marital relationship, or simply desiring a balanced life. Having the right support system makes a major difference in how you handle life's difficulties. I am here to help you assess your current situation, clarify your goals, and create a roadmap to getting where you want to be in life.

We are all wired for connection. Your quality-of-life hinges on the relationships you have. Are you struggling to connect with your partner/child? Confused about what they needs to feel better? Or how to help them manage anxiety or trauma? Do you feel distant from your partner? Stuck in your own trauma? Is your family constantly fighting and parenting is stressful? Is your child/partner neurodivergent and you aren’t sure how to support their emotional/sensory needs? If any of these are you, I offer a safe space to help you connect to your partner or child and heal from past trauma that may be impacting your present relationships.

Brainwashed by our pain-avoidant culture, our egos try to boss our minds, bodies and souls around. “Quit crying.” “Get over it already.” But society's push to hurry up and get over it is inadvertently creating the pain paradox; people are being forced to try to “heal” in the trappings of shameful isolation. But if we still ourselves and allow our deepest, truest inner voice to be heard over the ego’s tyrannical whispers, we will come to realize that human suffering is NORMAL and not something to get over. Pain, no matter how subtle or severe, is a form of energy that demands to be acknowledged, befriended and even accomodated.

Authentic connection gives our lives meaning, but relationships are often difficult to navigate. Do you struggle with relationships? Find it difficult to know what you really want, and even harder to communicate it to others? Do you work so hard to keep everyone else happy that you feel disconnected from your own needs? It’s frustrating when your boundaries feel like lines in the sand—easily erased by demanding partners, bosses, colleagues, even friends. Is past trauma impacting your ability to connect in the present? For over 20 years, I’ve helped people just like you forge fulfilling relationships with others and with themselves.

Anxiety, depression, grief, & chronic pain are experienced by many people. We know that continual stress negatively impacts our health, families, relationships, & jobs. Counseling can help you release the hurt, anger, pain, & sorrow to reveal the amazing you that has been hidden beneath the emotional turmoil. Integrative & non-pharmaceutical interventions, including learning new coping skills, support you in finding the path to the person you want to be. Counseling is a journey well worth taking, offering gifts in the process, often including revitalizing new meaning & purpose in your life.

It seems like everyone around you is smiling and enjoying life. How do they do it? They look so confident and carefree, while even the smallest task feels insurmountable to you. Just going about daily life is like climbing a mountain, yet never reaching the top. The moment your eyes open, anxiety and depression greet you, stalking you throughout the day. Your mind is full of criticism and self-doubt. Yet you keep your pain a secret, because you're mortified and ashamed. Besides, your life is no worse than anyone else’s, right? Would they believe you’re suffering -- or blame you for feeling so bad? Maybe you even blame yourself...

How you doin'? Do you often say fine, and try to ignore how you feel? If so, I want to ask how are you REALLY doing? Many times we try to appear to be fine even when we aren't. Being honest with yourself about emotional distress, pain, struggle, fear or grief is essential to begin the healing process. Everyone reacts to difficulty differently. Stress in life can cause symptoms of anxiety, depression, anger, or insomnia to sneak up on us. Some may not be readily recognizable until we feel out of control wondering how did I get here. Are you ready to say “I am doing better”?

Is it time for a reset? Do you look at your life and say, "what a mess, I am stuck!"? Maybe you've tried counseling before or maybe have been afraid to ask for help. I provide a sacred space to notice without labeling things as good, bad, right or wrong. As we sit with uncomfortable emotions, we notice where those feeling are showing up in the body, then we can change how we respond to them and handle them differently. This is where true shift happens.

I believe we are all created for relationship, with a deep desire to be known and loved. It is in these relationships where our deepest contentment, as well as pain, resides. The experiences we have had and the relationships we have known are intricately tied to who we have become. During therapy, we will look at early life experiences with the purpose of increasing awareness of how these past experiences are impacting current life quality with ourselves and others.

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with supervisory status and 14+ years' experience within academic, agency, and clinical mental health settings. I work with adults from diverse sociocultural backgrounds and with a wide range of presenting issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic/serious illness, and grief.