Healing Trauma Through the Body, Mind & Inner Parts

Trauma doesn’t just live in your memory—it lives in your body, your nervous system, and the beliefs you carry about yourself and your worth. If you’ve survived childhood sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, domestic violence, or immigration-related trauma, you may feel stuck in survival mode.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a research-supported, somatic-based therapy that helps you process painful experiences and reclaim parts of yourself that trauma forced into hiding.

In my practice, I use EMDR as part of a larger healing approach—combining it with Parts Work (IFS-informed) and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy to support survivors in finding emotional freedom, inner safety, and lasting integration.

EMDR uses bilateral stimulation—like guided eye movements or tapping—to help your brain reprocess disturbing memories. This process mimics what your brain naturally does during REM sleep, when we typically process emotions and experiences.

When trauma overwhelms the system, memories get “stuck” and may trigger responses long after the danger has passed. EMDR helps you gently revisit and release those memories—without reliving them—so they lose their emotional charge and can integrate into your larger life story.

Watch this brief video from EMDRIA (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association) to learn more:

In our work together, EMDR is woven into a comprehensive and culturally grounded approach that may include:

• Parts Work (IFS-Informed): Identifying and honoring your protective and wounded parts with compassion and curiosity.

• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (Ketamine): When appropriate, EMDR may be used alongside KAP to deepen inner work and promote transformation.

• Somatic Tools: Regulating the nervous system before and after processing, so you stay grounded, safe, and connected.

This integrative model supports deep healing on a cognitive, emotional, and body-based level—especially for those who’ve experienced trauma within families, communities, or systems.

• Childhood sexual abuse

• Complex PTSD and developmental trauma

• Narcissistic or emotional abuse

• Domestic violence

• Immigration and acculturation trauma

• Persistent anxiety, panic, or dread

• Emotional flashbacks or shutdown

• Self-blame, shame, and inner critic

• Grief, loss, and attachment wounds

• Body-based trauma and dissociation

You don’t need a formal diagnosis to benefit from EMDR. If you feel “stuck,” overwhelmed, or reactive to triggers—this work can help you release what no longer serves you and reconnect with the parts of you that know peace.

For Deeper, Focused Healing

If you’re ready for targeted, accelerated trauma work, I offer EMDR Intensives—extended sessions designed to support deeper processing in a shorter amount of time.

Benefits of EMDR Intensives:

• Allows more time to complete full memory reprocessing

• Reduces the need to stop when you're "in the zone"

• Ideal for clients with busy schedules or during transitions

• Offers clarity and emotional relief more quickly

• Can be used for focused goals (e.g., a specific traumatic event, inner child work, or a limiting belief)

EMDR Intensives are available virtually or in person and range from 90 minutes to 3 hours, depending on your needs.

Take a look at this infographic to understand how trauma can show up—and how EMDR helps shift it:

• You overreact (or shut down) in ways you can’t explain

• You feel "flooded" by emotions or numb to them

• You carry guilt or shame you know isn't truly yours

• You want to trust your gut again—but feel blocked by fear

If this resonates, you’re not alone. Trauma shapes how we see ourselves, but it doesn’t define who we are. EMDR can help you reconnect to your voice, your body, and your truth.