Online Adjunct EMDR for kids and teens
For youth across CA, ID, WI, TX, WA & OR
Adjunct EMDR
A brief & focused therapy with Kate, while keeping your child’s primary therapist
Adjunct EMDR is a short-term therapy supplement that may be a good option if your child already has a therapist they like and…
Your child’s therapist doesn’t do EMDR
Your child has a stuck point or has reached a plateau in therapy that could be shifted with EMDR.
Your child is working on separate goals with their primary therapist and want to address another issue simultaneously.
Your child doesn’t want to replay the past each weekly session but would be willing to address it briefly.
How does it work?
Get referred by your primary therapist Sign a release for me to speak to them and we can get started!
In our first sessions we get to know each other, review goals, and learn about EMDR.
Preparation sessions are where you learn more about EMDR and practice doing the tapping or eye movements. The number of preparation sessions varies per the individual, but is typically 1-3 sessions.
Reprocessing - The reprocessing phase is where the majority of the healing takes place and may last 2 or more sessions depending on the goals.
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidenced based therapy proven to provide relief and help people recover from distressing experiences.
EMDR follows a protocol that involves bringing to mind a memory or experience, while simultaneously doing sets of repetitive back and forth movements in the form of visual eye movements, tactile self-tapping or hand-held buzzers, and/or auditory sounds.
EMDR is a structured and customizable therapy that is used to change the way past experiences are stored in the brain.
After EMDR however, the memories will become far less upsetting. EMDR also allows us to connect with more positive beliefs about ourselves and/or the world. In doing so, shame and other difficulties related to past experiences are much less intense, if not resolved completely.
Introducing Online EMDR
The first video is me saying hello and sharing what you will see when we meet during our video sessions.
At the core of EMDR is what is called Bilateral Stimulation (BLS). BLS can be visual, auditory or tactile (tapping).
The next two videos are samples of visual and auditory BLS. The settings are customizable with over a hundred visual and auditory choices. If you don’t like the visual BLS you can choose tapping with or without sounds instead.
Here are some things EMDR can be helpful with.
Trauma
Accidents
Grief and Loss
Low confidence
Excessive worry
Disordered Eating/Eating Disorder
Addictions
Hear more about EMDR
Watch this video about EMDR below courtesy of EMDR International Association.