IN-PERSON & ONLINE EMDR TRAUMA THERAPY with a Trauma Therapist near Houston, in LEAGUE CITY, THE WOODLANDS & MIDLAND TX
Find peace. Reclaim your strength. Take back your life &
THRIVE!
Discover the healing power of EMDR therapy to help you recover, thrive, and start a fresh chapter.
Specialized therapy for teens and adults to heal and feel comfortable in their body.
Are you tired of feeling stuck in survival mode or feeling your life is out of control?
Maybe you’re here because you’ve been carrying the weight of a traumatic experience, and it feels like it’s taking over your life. Nights are restless as you struggle to shake the feeling that someone—or something—is watching you. Crowded spaces feel overwhelming, your head constantly on a swivel, scanning for threats. You might even notice that your anxiety, once manageable, has spiraled out of control, especially after big life changes It’s exhausting, and no matter what you try, you can’t seem to fully relax or let your guard down.
Living with Trauma
can feel like you’re trapped in a cycle of hypervigilance. Your mind races with worst-case scenarios, even in the safest of environments. Maybe you catch yourself doubting everyone around you, even people who have proven themselves trustworthy. It’s LONELY and isolating—like you’re stuck inside your own head, unable to connect with others. You might feel ashamed of how guarded you’ve become, constantly apologizing for needing reassurance or feeling like a burden to those you care about. This emotional exhaustion seeps into every part of your life, leaving you drained and disconnected.
Trauma doesn’t just affect your mind—it takes a toll on your body, too. Maybe you’ve noticed yourself jumping at the slightest sound or flinching if someone moves too quickly. Your body feels like it’s always on high alert, preparing for danger that isn’t even there. You might avoid situations that feel risky, trusting new people, or even forming close relationships. Instead, you retreat, isolate yourself just to feel a little safer. But that safety comes at a cost: loneliness and the nagging feeling that something is still missing.
And then there’s the guilt—the internal struggle that comes with not being able to “just move on.” Maybe you feel stuck between wanting to build stronger relationships and feeling too overwhelmed to try. Even when you push yourself to socialize, it can feel like the world is moving in fast-forward while you’re stuck in panic mode. Maybe on the surface, you might appear calm, but inside, you’re exhausted from holding it all together. It’s no wonder that, at the end of the day, all you want to do is retreat back into yourself.
IT DOESNT HAVE TO FEEL THIS WAY
Your brain and body are incredibly resilient, and with the right support, you can move beyond the pain and reclaim your life. Together, we’ll help you process the past, reconnect with yourself, and create the kind of life that feels safe, fulfilling, and worth living. You deserve more than just surviving—you deserve to truly thrive.
Are you longing to feel calm, confident, and in control again?
Maybe you’re here because certain experiences from your past keep showing up in your present—memories that won’t stay buried, anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere, or sleepless nights that leave you feeling drained. It might stem from a painful betrayal, a recent trauma, or even something in your childhood that’s making it difficult to form meaningful connections. Whatever it is, you’re tired of feeling stuck and ready to find relief.
At Therapy for Families, We specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based approach that helps teens and adults heal from trauma and overwhelming experiences. EMDR is designed to help your brain and body work through those painful memories so they lose their emotional charge, giving you freedom from the weight you’ve been carrying. This process allows you to feel less triggered, more in control, and able to navigate life with greater peace and resilience.
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting the past—it means finding a way to move forward without it defining you. Through EMDR, we’ll work together to uncover what’s holding you back and help your mind naturally process those experiences in a way that creates space for growth, connection, and peace. You deserve to feel like yourself again, and I’m here to help you get there.
EMDR WILL HELP YOU WITH..
Feel Less Triggered by Past Experiences
EMDR helps you reprocess painful memories, so they no longer carry the intense emotional charge they once did. As a result, situations that used to trigger overwhelming feelings, such as anxiety or fear, begin to feel manageable, allowing you to live with greater peace.
Develop Emotional Regulation Skills
Through EMDR, you’ll gain tools to understand and regulate your emotional responses. You’ll feel more confident handling stress, calming your nervous system, and navigating life’s challenges without being overwhelmed by your past.
Strengthen Self-Compassion and Confidence
As we work through your experiences, EMDR can help you replace self-doubt or negative beliefs with a healthier and more compassionate view of yourself. You’ll develop a sense of confidence that aligns with your growth and healing.
Build Healthier Relationships
By addressing the root of your emotional patterns, EMDR can help you let go of the fears or defenses that make it hard to connect with others. You’ll begin to approach relationships with trust, openness, and a deeper sense of safety.
EMDR Treatment Can Help with a Variety of Difficulties:
EMDR is recognized as a very effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is also effective for healing childhood wounds and repairing attachment injuries. Some of the benefits associated with EMDR therapy include reduction of symptoms, decreased hyper-vigilance, diminished feelings of re-traumatization, and increased ability to be present. Additionally, EMDR can be effective for treating:
- PTSD
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Dissociation
- OCD
- Memories and flashbacks of a traumatic experience
- Unrealistic feelings of guilt and shame
- Difficulty in trusting others
- Relationship issues
- Eating Disorders
- Addiction
According to the EMDR Institute, more than 30 controlled outcome studies on EMDR therapy revealed positive effects of EMDR therapy. In some of these studies, as many as 90% of trauma survivors appeared to have no PTSD symptoms after just three sessions (7 July 2019).
Attachment-Focused EMDR Can Help Heal Childhood Wounds and Attachment Disruptions
Security, support, acceptance, affection, and love are attributes of healthy, positive relationships. For most of us, our first experiences with meaningful relationships occur in our family of origin. We model how we relate to others in relationships on how our parents or caregivers loved and treated us. Additionally, we may find ourselves repeating patterns we learned in childhood.
For those who grew up in dysfunctional families or where abuse of any kind was present, our experiences can cause later relational difficulties and lingering trauma responses. Individuals with emotionally immature parents may also have difficulty formulating healthy attachments in later life. In instances where secure attachment was disrupted, there may be a sense of loss, grief, pain, or absence of connection. In addition to the presence of emotionally charged childhood wounds, some individuals experience "lack of" experiences. Examples may include feelings of abandonment, lack of affection, and not feeling loved, seen, or accepted. The absence of these formative experiences can be repaired through attachment-focused EMDR therapy.
This approach involves reprocessing attachment breakdowns and installing positive new objective memories that no longer carry the heaviness and distress of the original memory. In situations where positive experiences were absent, your therapist can help you create new neural networks that allow you to fill in these deficits. By re-imagining your original attachment relationships and substituting memories where you felt loved, accepted, and seen, you can repair attachment wounds and lay the foundation for healthier relationships.
EMDR Treatment in 8 phases:
There are eight phases in EMDR therapy:
- Initial history discovery: The therapist learns as much as they can about your medical and personal history as necessary to address your issues of concern.
- Treatment planning and preparation: This is the process in which the therapist tailors the application of available treatment resources to your individual goals and needs. The therapist will foster a safe therapeutic relationship with you where you can feel secure during sessions. The therapist will guide you through what the EMDR process entails and help you develop tools to manage emotions.
- Assessment: The therapist works with you to identify specific memories or experiences to focus on during reprocessing. You will discuss your negative associations about the experience and consider what a positive or healthy view of the experience looks like to you.
- Desensitization and reprocessing: At this point in treatment, the therapist will activate your memory of the traumatic experience and help you reprocess the event in a new, more positive way.
- Installation: The focus is on “installing” and increasing the strength of the positive cognition you want to replace the original negative cognition.
- Body scan: After the positive cognition has been fully installed, you will hold the target event in mind and identify any residual tension in the form of body sensations.
- Closure: The therapist helps you return to equilibrium at the end of each session, regardless of whether reprocessing is complete.
- Reevaluation: Finally, this phase includes the additional targeting, reassessing, and reviewing necessary to ensure optimal treatment effects.
EMDR Therapy with a Compassionate Trauma Therapist Can Help You Achieve Lasting Peace and Overcome Difficult Emotions
EMDR therapy heals trauma, in addition to teaching skills on how to handle emotional distress in real life. It can help you release trauma's grasp on your body and mind while relieving your symptoms. Whether you are healing from a specific event, childhood wound, or disorder rooted in trauma, EMDR therapy can help you attain relief and peace.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you offer EMDR therapy in Houston?
Yes, we provide EMDR therapy at our office locations near Houston, The Woodlands, and League City. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a highly effective therapy for treating trauma, PTSD, and related conditions. We can also provide it virtually by tapping.
What is EMDR meaning?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a therapeutic approach designed to help individuals process and heal from distressing or traumatic experiences. The therapy uses structured eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation (like tapping or sounds) to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories in a way that reduces their emotional intensity. EMDR is widely used for treating conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and other trauma-related issues, helping clients achieve relief and improved emotional well-being.
EMDR, how does it work?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) works by targeting traumatic memories stored in the brain that may cause distress. Here’s a simplified explanation of how the process unfolds:
- Identification of Traumatic Memories: The therapist helps identify specific memories that are contributing to the client’s distress, such as traumatic events.
- Dual Attention Stimulation (DAS): During EMDR, the client focuses on the traumatic memory while engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, tapping, or alternating sounds (e.g., listening to tones in headphones).
- Processing and Reprocessing: This stimulation helps the brain process the traumatic memory more effectively, reducing its emotional intensity and integrating it in a way that feels less overwhelming.
- Desensitization and Transformation: Over time, the memory becomes less distressing, and the client develops healthier thoughts and beliefs around the event, leading to improved emotional regulation and relief from symptoms like anxiety, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
How EMDR Works for Grief?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be highly effective in helping individuals process grief and loss. When someone experiences the loss of a loved one, memories of the person and the associated emotions can feel overwhelming and distressing. EMDR targets these memories, helping to reduce the emotional intensity and create new, healthier ways of coping with the grief.
Who is EMDRIA?
EMDRIA (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association) is the leading professional organization dedicated to the practice and advancement of EMDR therapy. When seeking a EMDR therapist you will want to make sure they were trained my EMDRIA.
Make the Next Step!
1 Reach Out
Schedule a free consultation by texting or calling 281-819-0308 or filling out the form to learn more about us, ask questions, and see if you would like to move forward!
2 Begin The Healing
Experience the healing experience of therapy, where you can show up just as you are & a treatment plan your happy with!
3 Discover Meaningful Support & Goals on your Treatment Plan
Begin living a peaceful and fulfilling life you deserve- free from past pain & connecting with who you were meant to be!
By addressing the root of your emotional patterns, EMDR can help you let go of the fears or defenses that make it hard to connect with others. You’ll begin to approach relationships with trust, openness, and a deeper sense of safety.
Take the first step toward healing today. Call or text 291-819-0383 to schedule your free consultation. We’ll respond the same day to get you started on your journey. Together, we’ll use EMDR therapy to process your past so those memories no longer control your life. Let’s help you find the peace and freedom you deserve healing
EMDR Therapy Options for You
EMDR therapy is a profoundly healing therapy modality. In addition to treating PTSD and trauma, EMDR can alleviate symptoms associated with anxiety, depression, attachment injuries, and painful childhood experiences. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. We offer a free consultation to help assess how therapy can benefit you and help you to feel peace and happiness again.
The Woodlands-Spring TX
2219 Sawdust Drive #1101, The Woodlands, TX 77380
League City office
322 E Main Street, League City 77573
Midland Office
200 W. Illinois Ave, Midland, TX 79701