EMDR Therapy in San Antonio and Across Texas
Helping women process painful experiences, trauma, and PTSD so the past no longer runs the present.
You don’t have to relive everything you’ve been through to heal from it.
If you’ve tried talking about what happened—over and over—and still feel triggered, overwhelmed, or stuck in old patterns, EMDR therapy may be a different kind of path forward for healing trauma, PTSD, and unresolved experiences. One that helps your nervous system finally understand that the danger is over.
When the Past Still Feels Close
Trauma doesn’t always look like one big event. Sometimes it’s years of being “on,” walking on eggshells, or holding it together while something inside never fully settles.
You might notice:
Strong emotional reactions that feel out of proportion to the situation
Anxiety, panic, or shutdown that seems to come out of nowhere
A constant sense of pressure, hypervigilance, or emotional exhaustion
Old memories that still feel vivid, intrusive, or unresolved
Knowing logically that you’re safe now—but not feeling it in your body
If this resonates, EMDR can help your system do what it didn’t get the chance to do at the time: fully process and release what’s been stored.
What Is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, but what matters more than the name is what it actually does.
When something overwhelming happens such as trauma, chronic stress, or emotionally painful experiences your brain doesn’t always get to finish processing it. The memory along with the emotions, body sensations, and beliefs attached to it can stay “stuck.” EMDR helps your brain reprocess those memories so they no longer feel raw or present-day.
Rather than spending sessions retelling every detail, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements or tapping, to help your brain do what it naturally knows how to do: heal, organize, and integrate.
Over time, memories lose their emotional charge. Triggers soften. And the story you carry about yourself begins to change.
EMDR is also especially helpful for deeply rooted beliefs that formed during painful or overwhelming experiences—beliefs like I’m not safe, I’m too much, I have to stay in control, or something is wrong with me. These beliefs can quietly drive unhealthy patterns in relationships, work, and self-care. As memories are reprocessed, these beliefs often loosen their grip, making room for more balanced, self-compassionate ways of seeing yourself.
How EMDR Therapy Can Help You Heal
Many clients come to EMDR feeling curious and ready for something that works differently than talk therapy alone. Unlike talk therapy that focuses primarily on insight and logic, EMDR works from the bottom up helping your nervous system and body process experiences in a way that leads to real, lasting change. What clients notice over time isn’t erasing the past, but experiencing it differently.
EMDR can help you:
Feel calmer and more grounded in your body
Reduce emotional reactivity and overwhelm
Release shame, guilt, or self-blame tied to past experiences
Respond to current stressors without old patterns taking over
Build a sense of safety, confidence, and self-trust
Many clients describe it as finally being able to remember what happened without being pulled back into it.
Who EMDR Therapy Is Especially Helpful For
EMDR therapy can be effective for a wide range of experiences, including:
PTSD and complex trauma
Childhood emotional neglect or attachment wounds
Low self esteem, negative thoughts, and limiting beliefs
Relationship trauma, betrayal, or emotional abuse
Anxiety rooted in past experiences
High-functioning women who feel successful on the outside but dysregulated inside
You don’t need a single “big” trauma for EMDR therapy to be helpful. If your nervous system learned to stay on high alert, EMDR can help it learn something new.
What EMDR Therapy Looks Like With Me
EMDR is not rushed work.
We start by building safety, trust, and coping tools so you feel grounded and supported before we ever process difficult memories. You remain in control the entire time, and we move at a pace that respects your nervous system.
My role is to guide, support, and help you make sense of what comes up so this work feels contained, intentional, and empowering rather than overwhelming.
I primarily integrate EMDR therapy with IFS-informed parts work, helping you understand and work with the different parts of you that developed to survive difficult experiences, allowing us to address both the deeper emotional roots and the patterns showing up in your day-to-day life.
A Way Forward
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It means no longer organizing your life around it.
If you’re ready to feel more present, more regulated, and more at home in your own life, EMDR therapy may be the next step.
Your path to healing begins here.
EMDR therapy for women in San Antonio and across Texas. Specializing in trauma therapy, PTSD, anxiety, and negative core beliefs. Serving clients statewide via secure online therapy.
