EMDR Therapy For Women
Overcome trauma, break free from the pain, and rediscover your true self.
EMDR Intensives
Foster Resilience
Accelerate Healing
“Trauma doesn’t define you, and with EMDR, you can reclaim control over your own narrative.”
What Is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR Reduces the Effects of Trauma
We specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a powerful therapy proven to help individuals overcome the effects of trauma, anxiety, and PTSD.
EMDR Resolves Triggers
EMDR can help resolve triggers that shut you down or cause high activation causing problems in your life, work, and relationships.
EMDR Unlocks Stored Trauma
EMDR is supporting a healthier more adaptive way of life for you and releases trauma stored in your body.
Accelerate Your Healing with an EMDR Intensive
What Is an EMDR Intensive?
EMDR Intensives Provide Faster Symptom Relief
EMDR intensives are customized to meet your needs. They can be full-day or half-day intensives.
Breakthroughs & Clarity
Our EMDR intensives have shown to more quickly reduced anxiety, stress, and emotional distress in just a few sessions, rather than months of therapy.
An Opportunity for Transformation
Experience long-term shifts in how you think, feel, and react to past traumas or challenges.
We Provide EMDR Intensives For:
- Abuse
- Abandonment/Rejection Issues
- Anxiety
- Body Image
- Childhood Abuse
- Depression
- Intrusive Thoughts
- Grief & Loss
- Self-Esteem/Self-Worth
- Victims of Assault
- PTSD
- Self-Harm
- Trauma
- Panic Attacks
- Unmanageable Stress & Anger
EMDR Therapy FAQs
What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is an extensively researched treatment approach that has been proven effective for the treatment of trauma, anxiety, and depression. However, despite the name, it is not just about eye movements. It is about how our past experiences affect us today and how they will carry us into the future. It is, simply put, about healing what is stuck and holding you back. We care about women’s mental health and this is why we offer this gold-standard treatment for PTSD, Anxiety, and Chronic Stress.
Research shows that 84-90% of traumatized patients recover from PTSD after receiving EMDR treatment. The type of trauma you have will determine your specific treatment plan.
Why should I choose EMDR?
Choose EMDR if you have signs or symptoms of PTSD. It could stem from childhood wounds to some type of single incident that is haunting you.
How does EMDR work?
EMDR therapy has 8 phases of treatment. Learn more here: https://www.emdria.org/public-resources/the-eight-phases-of-emdr-therapy/
EMDR therapy uses eye movements or some other form of bilateral stimulation. EMDR supports the brain in what it already does well, adaptively processing things. Sometimes, trauma isn’t adaptively integrated and becomes trapped within us and feels supercharged with emotions and physical body sensations. EMDR helps the brain reprocess the trapped memories in such a way that normal information processing is resumed. EMDR is useful to help clients uncover and process beliefs that developed as the result of acute trauma, relational trauma, childhood abuse and/or neglect, and adverse life experiences. For a more detailed explanation please visit the EMDR Institute here: https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr-therapy-layperson/
What happens After an EMDR Session?
Clients report feeling a range of things after therapy. Some feel light and unburdened or “floaty.” It is not uncommon to notice physical sensations, to feel like taking a nap, or to feel more tired than usual. You may feel a range of emotions. This is normal. You may notice dreams about what has been processed in session. This is normal too and you will want to share this with your therapist next session. EMDR is supporting a healthier more adaptive way of life for you and releases trauma stored in your body so changes after processing are expected. It will be important for you to take good care of yourself after EMDR sessions as these are short-term symptoms that will resolve giving you a more free and unhindered life in the long term. In the meantime, we hold space here for you to work through these things.
Do you offer EMDR Intensives?
Yes. Intensives are customized to meet your unique needs and goals and they can be consecutive full or half days based on your needs & goals.
How much does an intensive cost?
It varies based on the length. Your therapist will share the fees with you in your free consultation.
Where can I stay?
We have many beautiful hotels right on the beach that are easy access to our office. You can travel here and enjoy beautiful ocean views, walks on the beach and great food while you receive treatment. We are happy to make suggestions!
What happens in an intensive?
A collaborative specialized plan is created for you based on your interview and unique trauma history. Then the work is implemented all throughout the scheduled time.
What happens after an intensive?
You return home and we provide a free follow-up session for you to use anytime within the first six-months of your intensive.
This sounds like exhausting work.
Actually clients are more energized as the move along throughout the intensive. While they may feel tired, it isn’t emotional exhaustion. Intensives are actually a great way to accelerate healing from trauma!
Why should I consider an intensive?
This is a time set aside for you to clearly identify the trauma from your past that is disrupting your life, reprocess it in a healthier way that heals your mind and body from trauma’s negative effects.
Getting Started With Therapy Is Simple
Fill Out The New Appointment Form
Fill out the new appointment form to get started!
Schedule a Consultation
Have a 15-min conversation to see if we’re a good fit.
Schedule First Appointment
We’ll start counseling so you can experience the joy of healing and growth.
Why Clients Choose Seven Oaks Therapy
Rachel is so kind and sweet, I have always felt seen and encouraged
“Rachel is so kind and sweet, I have always felt seen and encouraged. The style of EMDR therapy resonated with my yoga background, I really felt the sensations somatically and have seen how it has positively effected my way of being.”
– A.H.
I enthusiastically recommend Rachel White.
“I enthusiastically recommend Rachel White with Seven Oaks Therapy for treatment of PTSD using EMDR. I chose Rachel because she was recommended by a friend, used EMDR, and had enough wisdom and experience to be able to relate to my issues in a compassionate empathetic way.”
– Past Client
Our Mission
The Seven Oaks mission is to help women and teen girls heal from trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress using evidence-based therapy and treatments to improve mental, emotional, and relational health.
