EMDR trauma therapy in nc
Healing that honors your story, your pace, and your nervous system
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Trauma isn’t just the big, dramatic moments. It can also be the subtle hurts, unmet needs, attachment wounds, or overwhelming experiences that left you feeling unsafe or unseen. You may notice yourself feeling anxious, shut down, on edge, disconnected, or stuck in patterns you can’t quite explain.
Whether your trauma is recent or from childhood, whether it was one event or many, you deserve support that is gentle, grounded, and rooted in safety.
Trauma therapy gives you a space where your story is honored — never minimized — and healing can finally begin.
Trauma can shape how you think, feel, and relate — but it doesn’t have to define you
What trauma can look like
Trauma affects the mind, body, and nervous system which is why trauma-informed therapy is essential. People seek therapy for trauma for many reasons. Trauma may show up as:
Anxiety, panic, or constant fear
Emotional numbness or disconnection
Difficulty trusting others or forming relationships
Overthinking, hypervigilance, or feeling “on guard”
Flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, or body memories
Trouble regulating emotions
Physical symptoms connected to stress or overwhelm
Avoidance of certain people, places, or conversations
Feeling stuck in old patterns that no longer serve you
Relationship and attachment challenges
Our approach to trauma therapy
Healing from trauma is not one-size-fits-all. Our work is grounded in trauma informed therapy and trauma focused therapy that centers safety, compassion, and collaboration. We integrate approaches such as:
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Attachment Based Therapy
Helps you understand how early relationships shaped your current patterns, self-worth, boundaries, and connections. This is especially supportive for those navigating childhood trauma or attachment wounds. Together, we look at how those early experiences still show up in your relationships today, and we begin to build healthier, more secure ways of connecting.
Support for Trauma and
stressful Experiences
Trauma often hides the parts of you that are resilient, capable, and steady. We help you reconnect with those parts. As you heal, you begin to see your strengths more clearly and understand how they’ve carried you through — and can continue to guide you forward.
Nervous System
Emotional Regulation Support
Trauma impacts the body, not just the mind. We use grounding, mindfulness, and regulation tools to help you feel safer, calmer, and more connected to yourself. These skills create the foundation for deeper healing, especially when triggers or stress responses feel overwhelming or unpredictable.
Processing Past Experiences at Your Pace
Therapy is never rushed. We move gently, helping you make sense of your story without overwhelming your system or retraumatizing. You remain in control of the pace, and your therapist supports you in finding stability while gradually working through the experiences that still hold emotional weight.
EMDR therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing "EMDR" is a highly researched, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain heal from trauma, anxiety, and distressing life experiences. Instead of relying only on talk therapy, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements, tapping, or gentle pulses) to help the brain reprocess memories that feel “stuck” or emotionally charged.
Many people choose EMDR because it allows them to heal without needing to retell painful experiences in detail. It can be especially helpful if traditional therapy hasn’t fully shifted the intensity of certain memories or triggers.
how emdr therapy works
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing "EMDR" is a highly researched, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain heal from trauma, anxiety, and distressing life experiences. Instead of relying only on talk therapy, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements, tapping, or gentle pulses) to help the brain reprocess memories that feel “stuck” or emotionally charged.
Many people choose EMDR because it allows them to heal without needing to retell painful experiences in detail. It can be especially helpful if traditional therapy hasn’t fully shifted the intensity of certain memories or triggers.
EMDR therapy helps by
EMDR is widely used for trauma recovery, but it’s also effective for anxiety, attachment wounds, chronic stress, and lingering emotional patterns from childhood.
We offer EMDR therapy for anxiety, EMDR therapy for kids, EMDR therapy for teens, and EMDR therapy for adults, adjusting the process to be developmentally appropriate and safe.
Many people choose EMDR because it allows them to heal without needing to retell painful experiences in detail. It can be especially helpful if traditional therapy hasn’t fully shifted the intensity of certain memories or triggers.
- Allowing the brain to reprocess those stuck memories
- Reducing the emotional and physical intensity attached to them
- Strengthening more adaptive, empowered beliefs about yourself
- Supporting the nervous system out of fight, flight, or freeze
- Helping you reconnect with safety, grounding, and resilience
Why EMDR helps
EMDR allows the brain to do what it naturally wants to do: heal.
Instead of staying stuck in old loops — panic, shame, fear, self-blame — the brain organizes the memory in a healthier way. The past stops feeling like it’s happening in the present, and reactions that once felt automatic begin to soften.
Many clients describe EMDR as finally being able to exhale after years of carrying something heavy.
- Understanding triggers, patterns, and nervous system responses
- Building grounding and regulation skills
- Managing anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm
- Exploring attachment, relationships, and self-worth
- Processing difficult memories using EMDR
- Making sense of past experiences without reliving them
- Rebuilding trust in yourself and your relationships
- Strengthening confidence, clarity, and internal safety
what sessions feel like
Depending on your goals, sessions might include:
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting your past — it means becoming free from the ways it still affects you. Your therapist will always pace sessions around safety and readiness.
In person and online trauma therapy across North Carolina
Whether you're near Raleigh or anywhere else in the state, you can access trauma-informed care through in-person sessions or secure telehealth. Trauma therapy is also available in Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland.
- Deeply trauma-informed, attachment-oriented care
- EMDR-trained therapists for all ages
- A pace that protects your emotional and nervous system safety
- Warm, non-judgmental support
- Evidence-based approaches grounded in compassion
- In-person and online flexibility
- A space where your story is never minimized
Why clients choose us for trauma therapy
You don’t have to carry the weight of your past alone. let's walk through it together
