EMDR
Relief in days, not months or years.
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
EMDR can help you recover from distressing life experiences big and small.
From EMDRIA.org “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders.”
EMDR can be effective for significant trauma, like an assault or an accident, as well as more low-level chronic negative experiences consistent with developmental trauma. Developmental trauma is often caused by unavailable or unsupportive caregivers but also other adverse experiences during formative years.
You’re tired of feeling caught in this cycle:
Plagued with anxiety and worry
Low self-worth and self-esteem
Flashbacks, nightmares, avoiding things that remind you of traumatic experiences
Talk therapy isn’t helping as much as you thought it would
A research-backed approach
how we can help
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Experience relief from trauma, faster.
EMDR is an evidence-based approach that uses eye movements to reprocess memories and heal unprocessed images, emotions, negative beliefs, and brings the body into healing in a way that talk therapy just doesn’t get to.
How does it work?
EMDR uses what’s known as the Adaptive Information Processing model. We use a 4 pronged “laser'' and identify the mental image associated with an event, the thoughts you have about yourself, the emotions you experience now, and where you experience that in your body to activate a memory. Then Bilateral Stimulation (eye movements, audio tones, or tapping) is utilized to reprocess the memory. Read more about EMDR here.
EMDR services
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EMDR can be provided in weekly, one hour sessions. This is a service covered by insurance and effective for a variety of issues.
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Nikki Yardy has advanced training in providing EMDR after a critical incident to reduce distress, manage understandable but disturbing trauma responses, and prevent the development of PTSD. This type of EMDR is focused soley on a recent event that has caused distress.
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EMDR intensives can be done in half day, full, day , or multi-day sessions to help resolve traumatic material faster. Experience the faster way to the dramatic results EMDR can provide.
Our EMDR Clinicians
Nikki Yardy, LCPC
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Nikki offers time limited EMDR (6-12 sessions) for single issues or recent event treatment as well as intensives fo more complex case.
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Nikki’s specialty areas include individual with complex and developmental traumas, individuals who experienced challenging or abusive childhoods or unsupportive families as well as sexual abuse and asexual assault. Nikki also has specialized training for utilizing EMDR to prevent the development of PTSD for recent traumatic experiences.
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Lisa Keller, LCSW
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Lisa is in the process of becoming EMDR trained and is avialable to utilize EMDR for a variety of concerns.
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Lisa’s professional focus is supporting women with trauma histories and adverse experiences.
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imagine if you…
Spend less time recovering
EMDR is an emotionally intensive healing modality. Many clients report feeling better after an intensive because there is time to work all the way through painful memories allowing you to leave sessions feeling tired, but grounded and feeling relieved. You are less likely to run out of time in session, having to leave the rest of the work until next week’s appointment.
Say good bye to weekly appointments
EMDR Intensives
EMDR intensives allow you more freedom in your life week to week by condensing treatment into longer sessions. Requiring less time in treatment overall and less time recovering from the emotional intensity of sessions.
Resolve traumatic material in days, not months or years.
EMDR can be conducted in half-day, full-day, or multi-day treatment intensives. Bringing you relief, faster. There’s less starting and stopping the work and therefore you process so much more material in one sitting. Bringing relief faster.
What an EMDR Intensive Look Like?
What’s an intensive?
Intensives are an alternative to traditional 50-60 min therapy sessions. These longer sessions are conducted half day, full-day, or multi-day intensives to allow for faster processing.
Intensives allow for more time processing memories, allowing you to resolve a single issue faster.
We open each intensive with a plan for which memories we are working on and begin eye movements. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and can be taken as needed.
Half-day intensives are scheduled for 4 hours, full days and 3 days are scheduled from 9:00-4:00 or 10:00 -5:00. A 1 hour lunch break is scheduled and shorter breaks are taken as needed.
Take your time
Take the time to process emotionally charged material without the ticking clock on your mind.
faqs
Common questions EMDR and Intensives
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Half Day Sessions: Up to 4 hours $600
Full days (available Fridays only) $1,000
Long weekend, 3 day intensive: 3 days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday $2,800 *available for preapproved clients (must have completed shorter intensive and meet readiness criteria for accelerated work). Available on a limited basis
If cost is a barrier and you are interested in financing, there may be options available to you.
Additional follow up sessions may be scheduled as needed. A 50% deposit is required to book the appointment.
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Insurance does cover EMDR in one hour sittings but does not cover intensives.
Insurance companies limit the amount of time we can spend in session. This limits the quality of care and the amount of progress you can make in each treatment session.
For that reason, we do not work with insurance companies for the EMDR Intensive Program. Our goal is to provide the highest quality of care for you.
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EMDR is a healthcare service and you should be able to use your HSA or FSA account. Check with your program administrator to be certain.
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Individuals who have good emotional regulation and coping skills, good internal resources and social support.
It’s important that your current day to day life is stable and secure and you are not experiencing current or ongoing significant stressors.
Alert your provider if you have a history of seizures, eye pain, a Dissociative Disorder, or are pregnant.
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Intensives are available on Thursdays and Fridays.
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This varies person by person and will be discussed further during a phone consultation.
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For folks doing half and full day intensives, I ask that you commit to at least 1x every 4 weeks to hold your spot and work through material in a timely manner. 3 day intensives can be done at any interval.
Find out more.
Schedule a free phone consultation with Nikki today