Online EMDR and Brainspotting Therapy in Oregon
I offer EMDR, Flash EMDR and Brainspotting online for adults in Oregon. These methods help your brain process distressing memories while you stay grounded in the present, and all three can be done over secure video.
What is EMDR?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured trauma therapy. While you briefly bring a memory to mind, you follow bilateral stimulation, most often eye movements, which helps the memory lose its emotional charge. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs describes EMDR as one of the most effective treatments for PTSD.
Can EMDR be done online?
Yes. Online, the bilateral stimulation can be guided with eye movements on your screen, self-tapping or alternating sounds. A 2024 systematic review of 16 studies found promising reductions in PTSD, anxiety and depression with EMDR delivered remotely, while noting that the research is still growing.
What is Flash EMDR?
Flash EMDR is a gentler technique that can reduce the intensity of a painful memory without asking you to stay with the details. It can be a helpful starting point when a memory feels too big to approach directly.
What is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting was developed by Dr. David Grand. It uses eye positions, or “brainspots,” connected to emotional and physical distress, to help you process trauma held in the body. Its research base is smaller than EMDR’s. It is a body-centered way of working that follows what you notice inside.
Brainspotting vs EMDR
EMDR follows a structured protocol with eye movements or other bilateral stimulation. Brainspotting is less structured and follows a fixed eye position while you notice what happens in your body. I often combine them, and we choose together what fits you.
EMDR intensives
Custom EMDR intensives are extended sessions that may combine EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy and Brainspotting. Ask about intensives.
Questions.
Does insurance cover EMDR?
When your plan covers therapy, EMDR is usually covered as a therapy session. I am in-network with UnitedHealthcare and Aetna. See insurance and fees.
What can EMDR help with?
I use it for PTSD, complex PTSD and childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, betrayal trauma and religious trauma.
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Ready to talk?
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