EMDR therapy in Denver
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the most effective ways to treat trauma.
What is EMDR therapy for trauma?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, better known as EMDR, is one of the most effective, evidence-based forms of therapy to help people heal from trauma, PTSD, and distressing experiences. Many survivors and witnesses of abuse, traumatic car accidents, childhood trauma, betrayal and infidelity, sexual assault, and violence seek out EMDR because of how effective it is.
During EMDR sessions, you and your therapist have a specialized conversation to reprocess memories and discover clarity around what they could control about a traumatic event and where they are now in relation to the memory. By doing this, you develop new perspectives to move forward with a clearer picture and understanding of reality. This can create life-changing results, including reduced levels of stress, and lower feelings of being disturbed by traumatic memories.
Because of how effective EMDR can be for our clients, we specialize in EMDR. We have multiple EMDR therapists and EMDR Certified Therapists with specialized training in all 3 of our Denver area offices in Denver, Lone Tree, and Greenwood Village. If you’ve survived trauma and are looking to move forward with a renewed outlook on life, contact us today, and one of our Denver EMDR therapists will help you get started.
Benefits of EMDR
- Rapid results: Studies have shown that up to 90% of trauma survivors have no PTSD symptoms in as few as 3 EMDR therapy sessions.
- Empowerment: You can be set free from negative thoughts, flashbacks, and memories associated with an event or memory.
- Mental and physical improvements: EMDR can lower feelings of stress, anger, anxiety, and depression caused by trauma.
- Lasting change: With EMDR therapy, you can significantly reduce the intensity of distressing and traumatic memories, even thoughts you’ve held for years or even decades.
What is the success rate of EMDR?
EMDR therapy is a highly effective treatment for PTSD and. Research has shown success rates as high as 90%. We have some of the most experienced EMDR therapists in Denver who can help you process and heal from traumatic experiences.
Is EMDR therapy right for you?
If you have distressing or traumatic memories, nightmares, or flashbacks that cause anxiety, depression, stress, or trouble managing relationships or specific situations, EMDR could be right for you.
EMDR can also be an effective way to manage grief from the traumatic loss of a loved one or PTSD that manifests through depression, anger, irritability, and disturbing flashbacks.
What to expect from EMDR therapy
It (usually) doesn’t start in your first session: We discuss the specific problems or events that brought you to therapy, along with the behaviors and associated symptoms that are affecting you.
Create goals and develop skills: We create a plan for your success. Even if the trauma you’re processing is deeply personal, your sessions are designed for you to get the most out of your time and develop healthy coping skills to use between sessions.
Memories aren’t lost: EMDR doesn’t cause memory loss or simply erase past traumas. Instead, we detach the negative emotions from negative memories to desensitize you from the event.
We still talk with each other: We listen to your story and check-in with you verbally during sessions to make sure you feel safe. We might ask you to describe memories, but you aren’t forced to talk about your traumatic experience in vivid detail if you don’t want to.
Sessions don’t have to feel heavy: Because some traumatic memories can be troubling or difficult to relive, the level of detail that you provide about it is up to you and your comfort level.
You feel calm and at peace after sessions: We use grounding exercises to help you leave every EMDR therapy session feeling calm and positive about the progress you’re making.
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Meet our therapists
My Denver Therapy is one of the largest therapy private practices in Colorado with many of the best, most requested mental health therapists in the Denver Metro area.
As a therapist-owned practice with over 100 years of combined experience, we care about seeing our clients heal, grow, and thrive. We’re one of the only therapy practices in Colorado with licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, social workers, and psychiatric nurse practitioners who actively see new clients in person and online.
Whether you’re an adult, teen, young adult, couple, or family, our inclusive therapist team is built to specialize in clients of all ages, faiths, backgrounds, and life experiences.
Our practice started with one therapist in a shared office suite, but we’ve grown to help thousands of people in Colorado by providing in-person therapy at our conveniently located Denver Metro area counseling offices in Denver, Greenwood Village, and Lone Tree, plus online therapy for clients throughout Colorado. Because of the way our team works and has grown over time, our therapists also provide consultation for other therapists and private practices throughout the Denver Metro area.
Our therapists provide some of the most innovative, effective, and in-demand forms of therapy available today, including EMDR, Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, and IFS. We also have more therapists trained in Ketamine-assisted therapy, EMDR, and more teen therapists and young adult counselors than nearly every other private practice in Denver.
We know that our clients want to find the best therapists in Denver, so our team includes therapists of different ages with a wide range of backgrounds, specialities, and experiences to help you find the right fit. We’ll match you with one of our therapists who is the best for your goals, location, budget, schedule, and what you want to work on to help you get started quickly.
We’re out of network for insurance, Tricare, and are unable to take Medicaid or Medicare, but most of our therapists’ rates are lower than the local and national averages for therapy. Also, we don’t charge separate intake or administration fees or charge more for specialized therapy methods like EMDR.
All of our therapists take a client-focused approach to counseling and approach each session with a commitment to your progress and growth.
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