For Empathetic young adults navigating anxiety & trauma in New York and massachusetts
EMDR Therapy & Brainspotting
Holistic therapy that works.
You’ve done the mental work — therapy, journaling, and reflecting and you understand your patterns and triggers. But still, something feels off. Your mind knows you’re okay, but your body hasn’t caught up. That disconnect can leave you feeling stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed.
You want to slow down and feel grounded, but life keeps pushing you from one goal to the next. Anxiety, old wounds, and past patterns still hold some control, even when you don’t want them to. Sometimes your body holds onto feelings and experiences that haven’t fully settled, even when your mind feels ready to move forward.
Can you relate…
EMDR and Brainspotting can help. These therapies go beyond words and thoughts to reach the deeper parts of your body and nervous system. They help release stuck emotions and tension that keep you from feeling fully present.
EMDR and Brainspotting guides you to heal parts of your past that the mind alone can’t reach. These therapies help you tune into your body’s wisdom and move through overwhelm. Together, they support you in feeling more grounded, calm, and authentically yourself. If you’re ready to move past feeling stuck and find lasting relief from anxiety and trauma, EMDR and Brainspotting may be the right path for you.
You might be experiencing challenges like...
Your mind feels busy, making it hard to be fully present
You often take on a lot for others and end up feeling tired or overwhelmed
Finding moments of calm feels challenging with all that’s going on inside
You want to prioritize yourself, but it’s hard to know how or when
You long for deeper connections but sometimes feel a bit disconnected
Sleep doesn’t come easily, and mornings feel tough
You want relief. I’m here to help.
I offer EMDR and Brainspotting specifically for you.
EMDR and Brainspotting are evidence-based therapies that incorporate the mind and body. I use EMDR and Brainspotting to help empathetic young adults reduce overwhelm and increase feelings of calm. This time of life is stressful and often it can dig up deeper pains from the past. EMDR and Brainspotting are effective forms of therapy that can improve so many areas of life!
EMDR & Brainspotting can help to…
Restore your energy
Relieve feelings of anxiety and overwhelm
Renew your sense of self
So you can…
Feel more confident
Embrace your authentic self
Build lasting calm and resilience
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured 8 phase model that goes beyond traditional talk therapy to help you heal from distressing life events and limiting self beliefs. It uses bilateral stimulation such as eye movements, sounds, or tapping to engage both hemispheres of the brain to reprocess negative events. When we reprocess a painful memory or negative belief about yourself, I guide you to practice dual attention - keeping one foot in the here and now - while allowing one foot to be back in the past. This is how the brain is able to “reprocess” or make new meaning of past events or beliefs that have kept you stuck.
What is an EMDR session like?
We begin therapy by discussing your goals - focusing on how you want life to change for the better. Before processing painful beliefs of memories, we establish a connection and feelings of safety. We work together to prepare for trauma processing. Because it can bring up strong emotions, thoughts, and beliefs, we practice ways to help you feel calm, safe, and centered. When EMDR is complete, you can remember the painful event, but not feel the painful emotions or hold on to the painful messages about yourself and the world.
What is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting was created by David Grand, an EMDR Therapist. It’s based on the idea that “where you look affects how you feel.” Brainspotting involves placing your focus on specific eye positions (or “brainspots”) that correspond to painful memories, emotions, or body sensations. I can guide you to notice these spots and tap into their deep emotional experiences, allowing the brain to process and heal the underlying issues. In this way, Brainspotting can help to process unresolved trauma.
What is a Brainspotting session like?
We will start by discussing the goals that you would like to work on. If you don’t have a specific memory you would like help with, I can help you to locate a “brainspot” that correlates with an emotion or body sensations. Then I will guide you using focused mindfulness. This simple process is powerful to heal root issues that are keeping you stuck and overcome habits you just couldn’t break…until now.
How do I choose?
I’m happy to talk with you all about the differences between EMDR & Brainspotting so that you can decide what’s right for you. Both can support you to reach your goals for therapy.
Structured 8 phase model
Simple setup and client focused
Spend time sharing your story and building safety/trust with your therapist
Sharing your full story is not necessary
No specific memory necessary, we can connect to an emotion or body sensation to begin
Target a specific painful memory or belief that is creating stress or overwhelm
Notice images, emotions, beliefs, and body sensations associated with memory
Notice body sensations and somatic experience during the session
Uses eye movements, tapping, or auditory sounds
Uses a fixed eye position and sometimes biolateral music
Verbal check ins with therapist throughout session
Verbal check ins less frequent depending on the situation
Brainspotting
EMDR
Both EMDR Therapy & Brainspotting can help to:
Find more peace and balance
Be able to handle big emotions and changes in life
Feel more confident and capable
Have better relationships
Feel seen, heard, & appreciated
A life full of peace and purpose is possible.
FAQS
Frequently Asked Questions:
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There are three different appointment options:
53 minute session - $200
90 minute session - $250
Please see Brainspotting and EMDR
Intensives page for pricing on 3 and 6-day intensives
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Not necessarily. As humans, we have all experienced things that have scared, stressed or overwhelmed us. Essentially, that is what trauma is. However, many times people don’t come to therapy with a specific “trauma” in mind - but rather feelings of being stuck, exhausted, or discouraged. I can help you dig deeper and understand what’s beneath the surface when it comes to these feelings.
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No, both EMDR and Brainspotting are effective even if you do not want to talk about the very specific details of what you experienced. It is important that you communicate to your therapist about how you are feeling and what is happening inside of you during the therapy session.
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This is something that we can talk about during the consultation. If you are dealing with daily thoughts of suicide or wanting to die, needing crisis or emergency mental health support, or needing treatment for substance abuse - I would not recommend EMDR or Brainspotting at this time.
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Brainspotting:
EMDR: