The trauma you’ve faced does not define you; healing is possible, and it starts here.

The unfortunate truth is that unresolved trauma doesn’t just stay in the past.

It lingers in the body and mind. It is so often what’s underneath anger, anxiety, withdrawal, or that constant feeling of being on edge (hypervigilance). The good news is that processing and healing trauma is within your grasp, and once processed, you can begin to move through your life and the world more calmly, securely, and confidently.

You’ve got this—we’ll help you.

Our EMDR Therapy Approach to Trauma Recovery

Here at Compass Counseling Center, we use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR, for short) to help our clients heal from traumatic past experiences. Your therapist will explain EMDR in much more detail during your free consultation, but until then, here’s a bit about the process:

1. Creating safety first. Before anything else, your therapist helps you build trust and grounding tools.

2. Identifying the memories that feel heavy. Together, you’ll choose a starting memory.

3. Reprocessing through gentle eye movements. As you focus on that memory, your therapist will guide you through specific eye movements (bilateral stimulation) to help your brain begin to reprocess what happened.

4. Installing new inner-truths. As the distress tied to that memory lessens, your therapist will help you strengthen a new, positive belief about yourself (e.g., I’m safe now). Through continued bilateral stimulation, this new truth begins to take root.

5. Checking in with your body. Your therapist will guide you through a body scan to notice any remaining sensations or tension linked to the memory. If anything feels unsettled, you’ll work through it together until you feel at ease.

6. Strengthening the calm. Before closing each session, your therapist will help you reconnect with a sense of steady ground from which to launch back into the world.

Healing Starts Here: Compassionate EMDR Therapy at Compass Counseling

You’ve been through enough, and you deserve to move forward without feeling weighed down by the past. With Compass Counseling Center’s EMDRIA™ certified therapists guiding the process, you’ll have the support and skill you need to finally let your nervous system exhale.

You don’t have to walk this path alone anymore because we’re here for you; contact us today.