Online EMDR therapy in Florida for women ready to heal from trauma and find confidence from within
Finally stop people-pleasing and start trusting yourself. Virtual EMDR therapy for anxious attachers, people-pleasers, and adult children of emotionally immature parents throughout Florida. A spiritually-integrated approach to trauma healing that honors your whole self.
When You Can't Stop Second-Guessing Everything You Do
Did you say the wrong thing? Was your email too direct? Should you have offered to help? Are they mad at you? The questions never stop running through your mind, and the anxiety sits in your chest like a constant weight.
You know, intellectually, that you shouldn't feel responsible for everyone else's emotions. You know you "should" be able to set boundaries and speak up for yourself. But knowing doesn't change how your body reacts—the tightness in your throat when you need to say no, the racing thoughts before a difficult conversation, the guilt that floods in the moment you prioritize your own needs.
You've probably tried traditional therapy. Maybe it helped you understand that your people-pleasing comes from growing up with emotionally unavailable parents, or that your anxious attachment makes relationships feel terrifying. But understanding hasn't stopped the patterns. You still say yes when you mean no. You still feel guilty for having needs. You still can't trust your own perceptions when they conflict with someone else's.
That's because these patterns aren't just thoughts you can change—they're deeply embedded responses your nervous system learned when you were young and trying to figure out how to be safe and loved. Your brain stored those lessons as protective programming: "Don't be too much. Don't ask for too much. Don't upset anyone."
EMDR therapy helps your brain update that outdated programming. Instead of just talking about your patterns, EMDR works directly with the memories and experiences that created them—helping you finally feel secure, confident, and able to trust yourself. And when we combine EMDR with a spiritually-integrated approach that honors your whole self—your emotional wounds and your energetic blocks—healing goes deeper.
Whether you're in Brickell, Downtown Miami, or anywhere across Florida, virtual EMDR therapy can help you stop feeling small in your own life.
What Is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps your brain process and heal from past experiences—especially the ones that still feel stuck no matter how much you've talked about them.
Here's what makes it different: When something overwhelming happens, your brain doesn't always file it away properly. Instead, it lingers—showing up as anxiety, self-doubt, or patterns that feel impossible to break (like people-pleasing, over-explaining, or feeling like you're never enough).
EMDR helps your brain reprocess those experiences in a way that finally feels safe—not just mentally, but physically and emotionally too. During a session, you'll follow guided eye movements (or other bilateral stimulation) while briefly focusing on a difficult memory or belief. This activates your brain's natural healing process—the same one that helps you process experiences during REM sleep.
It's not about erasing memories, but shifting how you relate to them so they no longer have the same hold on you. Instead of reacting from old wounds, you get to move forward with more ease, confidence, and trust in yourself.
Does it work? EMDR is recognized by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association as an effective treatment for trauma. And unlike years of talk therapy, EMDR doesn't require you to describe painful events over and over. The healing happens more quickly and gently, with your nervous system leading the way.
What It Really Feels Like to Live with Unhealed Trauma
Before we talk more about how EMDR therapy can help, let's talk about what you're actually living with—the real you who's exhausted from decades of people-pleasing and emotional labor that no one else seems to notice or appreciate.
You wake up already anxious. Before your feet hit the floor, your mind is running through the day ahead—scanning for potential conflicts, rehearsing conversations, anticipating everyone's needs so you can stay three steps ahead of any possible disappointment or anger.
You second-guess everything. Did you say the wrong thing? Was your text too much? The constant self-monitoring never stops, because somewhere deep in your nervous system, you learned that getting it wrong meant risking rejection or the silent treatment that felt like emotional death.
Your relationships feel like a performance. You've gotten so good at shapeshifting into whatever version of yourself feels safest. With your partner, you're low-maintenance. With your parents, you keep the peace. With friends, you're always available. And underneath it all, you're terrified that if you stop performing, they'll leave.
You can't trust your own feelings. When something bothers you, your first instinct isn't to honor that feeling—it's to question whether you're being too sensitive. So now, even when every cell in your body is suggesting that something isn't okay, you talk yourself out of it.
You’re disconnected from your body. The tension headaches. The jaw clenching. The stomach issues before difficult interactions. The insomnia, because your nervous system won't let you rest. The exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix.
You've worked so hard on yourself, and it's still not enough. You've read the books. Done the therapy homework. Journaled. Meditated. You understand why you are the way you are. But knowing hasn't translated into changing.
EMDR therapy for trauma in Florida offers you a way out of this cycle—not by trying harder, not by thinking differently, but by finally addressing what's actually driving these patterns: the unprocessed trauma and relational wounds your nervous system has been carrying, especially if you grew up with emotionally immature parents.
You don't have to live like this anymore. The hypervigilance, the self-abandonment, the constant emotional exhaustion—these aren't permanent features of who you are. They're symptoms of a nervous system that's still stuck in the past. And EMDR can help you heal, while honoring the kind-hearted, genuine, spiritual person that you truly are.
You Might Be Ready for Online EMDR Therapy If...
You recognize yourself in these patterns:
You're exhausted from managing everyone else's emotions while your own needs go unmet—and even when you try to speak up, guilt immediately floods in, convincing you that wanting anything for yourself is selfish
Your anxiety spikes before any difficult conversation, sending you into mental rehearsal mode where you script out every possible response, trying to control outcomes and avoid conflict at all costs
You attract relationships where you're the caretaker, the therapist, the one who "understands"—and you're starting to realize this isn't coincidence but a trauma response pulling you toward dynamics that feel familiar even when they leave you depleted
You’re physically exhausted from anxiety: the tightness in your chest during confrontation, the hypervigilance that never quite turns off, the way you freeze or fawn when someone's upset, the difficulty trusting your own perceptions when they conflict with others'
You've tried traditional therapy and left feeling heard but not healed—you can articulate your patterns, you understand your childhood, but the emotional reactions and people-pleasing defaults haven't actually changed
You're drawn to spiritual practices but notice how trauma keeps pulling you out of presence—how hard it is to feel grounded in your body, to trust your intuition, to believe you're worthy of the peace you're seeking
EMDR therapy for trauma doesn't require you to have experienced "big-T" trauma. If you grew up walking on eggshells, suppressing your needs to keep the peace, or learning that your emotions were inconvenient—that's trauma. And it's treatable.
Heal from Trauma Holistically with EMDR Therapy That Honors Your Spiritual Side
You've probably noticed that traditional therapy often asks you to split yourself in half—there's the "therapy you" who talks about childhood wounds and attachment patterns, but then there's the "spiritual you" who meditates, practices yoga, works with energy, and seeks deeper meaning, often beyond the realms of conscious processing.
What if you didn't have to choose? What if you were able to show up to therapy as your full self, including the parts of you who believe in deeper spiritual work?
My approach to EMDR therapy integrates spirituality into every step of the healing process. As an EMDR-trained therapist, Reiki Master, and Yoga Teacher, I weave together multiple modalities to support your healing from the inside out, with true clinical expertise and evidence-based practices to back it up:
EMDR reprocessing to help your brain release stored trauma
Reiki and chakra energy work to clear energetic blocks and restore flow
Parts work to honor the different protective parts of yourself that developed in response to trauma
Meditation and breathwork to ground you in your body and cultivate presence
Somatic practices to help you reconnect with the wisdom your body holds
Together, we’ll explore how trauma affects your whole self: your mind, your body, your energy system, and your spirit. When we address all of these dimensions together, healing goes deeper and lasts longer. (I fully believe this because I’ve been there and done the work myself, too!)
Whether you're already deeply connected to spiritual practices or just starting to explore what healing means beyond talk therapy, this approach meets you where you are. You don't have to leave your spirituality at the door—it becomes an integral part of how you heal.
EMDR Therapy Meets Energy Work: How We Connect with Your Chakras to Promote Healing
We can't talk about spiritual healing without exploring how trauma connects and relates to your natural energy centers—what many ancient traditions call chakras.
Your chakras serve as seven vital hubs of energy flowing right through your core. Each one is a blueprint for how you experience different parts of yourself—your sense of safety, your emotions, your voice, even your deepest wisdom. When they're all open and flowing, you feel like you again, connected and clear. But when trauma hits, it can snag that flow, leaving you feeling disconnected, anxious, or just plain heavy.
Traditional EMDR uses "negative cognitions"—beliefs like "I'm not good enough" or "I'm powerless." In our work together, we expand that framework using the chakra system to understand where trauma has disrupted your energy and how we can restore flow to your entire system.
Your EMDR Journey, Chakra by Chakra:
Root Chakra (Safety, Trust, Grounding)
When trauma lives here: You feel unsafe in the world, constantly anxious, like you're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
How EMDR helps: We work with the memories and beliefs that shook your foundation—times your caregivers were unpredictable or unavailable. As we reprocess, your nervous system finally registers: I survived. I'm safe now. You move from constant vigilance to genuine groundedness.
Sacral Chakra (Emotions, Creativity)
When trauma lives here: Your emotions feel overwhelming or completely numb. You've learned to suppress what you feel to keep others comfortable.
How EMDR helps: We reprocess the experiences that taught you your feelings were "too much" or inconvenient. You reclaim your right to feel fully—without shame, without performing emotional stability for everyone else.
Solar Plexus (Confidence, Personal Power)
When trauma lives here: You feel powerless, like your needs don't matter. People-pleasing patterns run automatically.
How EMDR helps: This is where we target beliefs like "I'm helpless" or "My needs are a burden" and replace them with "I am capable" and "I deserve to take up space." You move from self-abandonment to self-advocacy.
Heart Chakra (Love, Connection, Compassion)
When trauma lives here: You struggle to trust love, constantly bracing for rejection. Anxious attachment keeps you in performance mode.
How EMDR helps: As we reprocess the original relational wounds, your heart opens to self-compassion. You can finally show up as your full self in relationships—messy parts and all—without the constant fear of abandonment.
Throat Chakra (Voice, Expression, Truth)
When trauma lives here: Speaking up feels dangerous. You apologize for existing. Your truth stays trapped inside.
How EMDR helps: We reprocess the times you were silenced, dismissed, or punished for having needs. Your voice strengthens. Setting boundaries stops feeling like a personal attack you're launching and starts feeling like self-care.
Third Eye (Intuition, Inner Wisdom)
When trauma lives here: You can't trust your own perceptions. You second-guess everything. Your intuition feels buried under constant self-doubt.
How EMDR helps: As we clear the "stuckness" of trauma, mental fog lifts. You start trusting your gut again, seeing situations clearly instead of through the lens of old wounds.
Crown Chakra (Spiritual Connection, Purpose)
When trauma lives here: You feel disconnected from meaning, isolated, questioning your purpose.
How EMDR helps: When the other chakras begin to flow and you integrate your healing, you often experience profound peace and wholeness. The constant "noise" of trauma quiets, allowing you to connect more deeply with your own spirit and sense of purpose.
What this means for you: We're not just clearing old memories—we're helping you restore flow, balance, and vibrancy to your entire system. This means moving from distress and disconnection to feeling safe, empowered, connected, and truly aligned with your authentic self, all the way down to that felt sense in your body.
What Healing Actually Looks Like
Healing from people-pleasing, anxious attachment, or relational trauma doesn't always look picture-perfect. You might imagine feeling dramatically different—lighter, euphoric, suddenly free, and able to set boundaries without hesitation. Sometimes that happens. But more often, healing looks like this:
You notice you didn't spiral after a difficult conversation. You set a boundary and instead of the usual three-day anxiety crash, you just... felt anxious for a moment or two, and then moved on with your day.
The anxious attachment pull gets quieter. You can feel your partner pulling away slightly and instead of immediately panicking, you pause. You check in with yourself. You realize their mood isn't about you.
Your body relaxes in ways you didn't know were possible. The chronic tension releases. You can take a full breath without it catching. You sleep through the night.
You stop explaining yourself into the ground. You say no. You don't follow it with a 500-word justification. You don't feel guilty for days. You just... exist in your choice.
Your intuition gets louder than your people-pleasing programming. Someone asks something of you and before you automatically say yes, you feel the "no" in your body. And you trust it. Instead of defaulting to “whatever you want to do!” you pause and consider, “What do I want to do?”
The shame dissolves. Not all at once—but gradually, you notice the difference between guilt and shame. You can make mistakes without it confirming your deepest fear that you're fundamentally flawed.
You feel connected to yourself. To your body. To your emotions. To your spiritual practice. The dissociation that kept you safe is no longer necessary, because your nervous system finally knows: the danger has passed.
Healing isn't about becoming a different person. It's about becoming more fully yourself—the self that trauma tried to suppress.
Take the Next Step: Begin Online EMDR Therapy in Florida
If you're feeling ready to explore whether EMDR therapy is right for you, taking the next step is simple:
1. Schedule Your Free Consultation
We'll spend 15-20 minutes talking about what you're struggling with, what you're hoping to heal, and whether my spiritually-integrated approach to EMDR feels like the right fit. This is your chance to ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and see if we're a good match—no pressure, no commitment.
2. Begin Your Healing Journey
If we decide to work together, we'll schedule your first session where we'll dive deeper into your history, identify what we want to target in EMDR, and start building the foundation for your healing. I'll make sure you have the resources and tools you need to feel safe throughout the process.
3. Experience Transformation
As we work through EMDR sessions—combining reprocessing with Reiki, energy work, and somatic practices—you'll start noticing shifts. Less anxiety before difficult conversations. More confidence in your decisions. Easier boundaries. A quieter inner critic. Deeper trust in yourself and your intuition.
You deserve therapy that honors all of you—your psyche, your body, your energy, your spirit. Whether you're in Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, or anywhere across Florida, virtual EMDR therapy means you can access this deeply integrated healing from wherever feels most comfortable.
Common Questions About EMDR Therapy in Florida
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Many clients notice shifts within 3-6 sessions of EMDR reprocessing—less anxiety, easier boundaries, more confidence. For complex relational trauma (like growing up with emotionally immature parents or chronic people-pleasing patterns), expect 6-12 months or longer for deeper healing. EMDR often works faster than traditional talk therapy because we're reprocessing trauma at its source rather than just talking about it week after week.
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Absolutely. EMDR is highly effective for anxious attachment and people-pleasing patterns because these aren't character flaws—they're trauma responses your nervous system developed to stay safe in unpredictable or emotionally unavailable relationships. EMDR helps reprocess the original experiences that taught you "love is conditional" or "my needs are a burden," allowing your nervous system to finally update those beliefs. When combined with chakra work and somatic practices, healing goes even deeper.
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Yes. Research shows online EMDR therapy is just as effective as in-person treatment. For clients across Florida—especially those in Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Wynwood, or other areas with demanding schedules—virtual therapy offers crucial flexibility. You can heal in the comfort of your own space, which many clients find actually enhances their sense of safety during processing.
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Traditional EMDR focuses primarily on reprocessing memories and negative beliefs at a cognitive level. Spiritually-integrated EMDR expands that framework to include your energy system (chakras), somatic awareness, Reiki healing, and meditation practices. This approach recognizes that trauma affects your whole self—mind, body, energy, and spirit—and addresses all these dimensions together. If you're drawn to yoga, meditation, energy work, or holistic healing, this approach meets you where you are.
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No. EMDR is highly effective for "little-t" trauma—chronic emotional neglect, growing up walking on eggshells, having emotionally immature parents, learning your feelings were inconvenient or too much. If your childhood experiences are still affecting how you show up in relationships today, that's trauma. And it's absolutely treatable with EMDR therapy.
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You're always in control. We'll spend our initial sessions building grounding techniques and resources specifically for this. You can pause, slow down, or stop at any point. EMDR doesn't require you to describe traumatic events in detail—you can hold memories privately while we do bilateral stimulation. And because we're working virtually, you're in your own safe space where you have immediate access to whatever comfort you need.
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Collaborative, honest, and straightforward. We're here to guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep things moving.
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Look for EMDR therapists who specifically name anxious attachment, people-pleasing, and adult children of emotionally immature parents in their specialties. Many EMDR therapists work broadly with trauma, but fewer specialize in the relational trauma patterns that create anxious attachment and chronic self-abandonment. If spirituality is important to you, seek therapists who integrate energy work, Reiki, or somatic practices alongside EMDR—this holistic approach can deepen healing for clients who value mind-body-spirit connection.
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Yes. People-pleasing isn't a personality trait you're stuck with—it's a survival strategy your nervous system developed when disappointing others felt dangerous. EMDR targets the specific memories and experiences that taught you to abandon your own needs, helping your brain reprocess them so setting boundaries stops feeling like a threat. Combined with work on your solar plexus (personal power) and throat chakra (voice and expression), you can reclaim your right to take up space and speak your truth.
Before You Reach Out, Know This:
I know reaching out feels vulnerable. I know part of you is probably already rehearsing what you'll say in that consultation call, worried about taking up too much space or being "too much."
Here's what I want you to know:
✨ You don't have to perform here
✨ You don't have to have your story perfectly organized or your emotions neatly contained
✨ You can show up anxious, uncertain, still figuring things out—that's exactly where healing begins
✨ Your struggles are valid—even if they don't look like "typical trauma"
✨ You're not "too sensitive"—you're appropriately responding to what you experienced
✨ Asking for help isn't weakness; it's wisdom
You've spent long enough putting everyone else first. This is your permission to finally put yourself on the list.And I can’t wait to meet you.
Ready to take the next step?
Book your free 15-minute consultation to see if we're a good fit for your healing journey. Virtual EMDR and holistic trauma therapy for adults across Florida and Tennessee.
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