Our counselors bring EMDR-informed principles into trauma treatment to help clients process what happened without it continuing to run the present. Available in Waukee Des Moines and via telehealth across Iowa.
WHAT IT IS
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a structured therapy approach developed specifically for trauma. It works by targeting the way traumatic memories are stored, using bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess them in a way that reduces their emotional charge.
The result is not that the memory disappears. It is that it loses the ability to activate the same level of distress. Events that were once vivid triggers become more like regular memories that can be recalled without the nervous system treating them as immediate threats.
WHAT IT TREATS
PTSD and trauma, including single-incident and complex trauma
Childhood adverse experiences
Phobias and anxiety rooted in specific events
Grief complicated by traumatic loss
Performance anxiety tied to past failure or embarrassment
