Great questions. These are approaches I use regularly, and they’re worth understanding before we begin.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a research-backed therapy that helps the brain process difficult memories that feel stuck. It doesn’t require you to talk through every detail of what happened and many clients find it reaches things that talk therapy alone couldn’t.
Somatic therapy is an approach that works with the body as well as the mind. It recognizes that stress, trauma, and emotion don’t just live in our thoughts, they live in our bodies too. Somatic work helps us tune into those physical signals as part of the healing process.
You can read more about both on my Services pages.