EMDR Therapy
It feels like shame and guilt will follow you forever.
You’re uncomfortable with certain feelings that come up.
Maybe, you’re being haunted by recurring childhood memories.
Perhaps, you’re experiencing anger and frustration from someone who hurt you.
You want to move forward, but you just don’t know where to begin.
Your relationships are struggling and often full of drama, but you wish they weren’t. You’re unable to let go of toxic relationships because you think “I deserved it.” Or maybe, you’re thinking “why me?” Perhaps, you feel like you cannot trust others because you’ve been hurt and haven’t figured out how to trust people.
No matter what is going on in your life, traumatic memories and events can be hard to overcome. Everyone experiences trauma in some form or another. So know you’re not alone. However, it can be difficult to find comfort in this when you feel stuck and you just want to live your life. This may cause feelings of anger, frustration, irritability, hopelessness, and hostility.
EMDR Therapy in Long Beach may help you if you're:
Experiencing feelings of worthlessness
Struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder
Exhibit symptoms of anxiety and/or depression
Show signs of having an eating disorder
Have stress caused by chronic disease
Develop life-altering fears and phobias
Have a fear of getting into relationships or having children because of your experience
Have difficulty letting go of the anger, fear, or shame
Fear of rejection from loved ones if your secret got out
What is EMDR and How can it help me?
It can feel extremely disheartening if you’ve spent months working through traditional talk therapy. You have hope it may work only to find a temporary solution that hasn’t completely healed your trauma. This is when EMDR therapy can really help.
EMDR therapy is a unique psychotherapy technique designed to help rid negative feelings and emotional distress. This can commonly be associated with specific traumatic life experiences and memories. EMDR allows the mind to heal from psychological trauma and can heal faster than typical talk therapy. This is because it can access the memory networks of the brain directly. It does not cover up the trauma for a while only to have trauma resurface. In fact, it does not require you to create new memories of the event. The mechanics behind it work to clean the hurt and heal the trauma.
Healing Generations Approach to EMDR
EMDR Therapy is a process where I help you “rewire” how your brain originally experienced the trauma. What I don’t want to do is cover up the trauma. According to EMDRIA, the goal of EMDR therapy is to "leave you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that will lead to healthy and useful behaviors and interactions".
The benefit of eye movement desensitization reprocessing with me is that I will not make you “relive” the traumatic experience or re-traumatize you. You have a say in what does and does not happen in the session. Through this process, I want you to gain perspective. You will begin to see where you are now in order to give yourself the necessary care that you couldn’t get when the trauma occurred. The important part of this process is that YOU are changing the story that was imposed on you during childhood, if you experienced abuse, or are reliving traumatic events. In fact, you no longer need to deal with shame and guilt. EMDR works to treat trauma and can be used as a PTSD treatment. The goal is to transform you into that of an adult with empathy and a survivor of trauma. Ultimately know, you are not defined by it.
What is holding you back from beginning therapy?
EMDR is meant to help you fully process and heal from past traumatic experiences and sort through the negative feelings attached to those experiences. The hope is to encourage healthy behaviors and positive social interactions. You can recover from these painful memories and free yourself from the negative self-beliefs you’ve lived with for so long. Ultimately, you should leave therapy feeling relief, peace, closure, and serenity. You don’t have to struggle anymore.
Begin EMDR Therapy in Long Beach, CA
You don’t have to continue to be overwhelmed by traumatic events. Counseling can help you to break free from the hurt. I am a skilled therapist who specializes in EMDR therapy at my counseling office in Long Beach, California. Take the next step and schedule your free consultation or to get started on your counseling journey, follow these simple steps:
Meet with me! Connie Hsu, your caring therapist
Begin to break free and overcome the past.
Other Mental Health Services at Healing Generations Counseling
EMDR therapy isn’t the only service I offer in my in-office and online Long Beach, CA counseling practice. Other mental health services at Healing Generations Counseling include individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, life transitions, divorce recovery, therapy for teens, and trauma therapy. I also specialize in cross-cultural issues. Furthermore, I offer group therapy. Try support groups for women or support groups for teens. All sessions are offered via online therapy in California, with limited in-person options for all services. Lastly,if you’re dealing with hurt across generations, this may be a helpful service for you and your loved ones. For more information about EMDR, check out EMDRIA.