EMDR Therapy for Lasting Healing

Find Relief From Trauma, Anxiety & Emotional Distress With EMDR Therapy

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a research-supported, structured psychotherapy that helps your brain reprocess distressing memories and experiences, so they no longer drive your reactions, triggers, or emotional pain. Unlike traditional talk therapy — where you explore your past in conversation — EMDR works with how your nervous system actually stores and processes memories to reduce their emotional impact.

At New Living Counseling, we offer compassionate, client-centered EMDR therapy for adults across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, including Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Atlanta, through secure telehealth.

Who EMDR Therapy Helps

EMDR therapy is especially effective for adults ready to do deeper work — not just manage symptoms, but resolve the root emotional patterns driving them. EMDR may help with:

• Trauma & PTSD

• Anxiety & Panic

• Depression

• Substance use disorders and behaviors that can become problematic (e.g., gambling)

• Unresolved distressing memories

• Triggers & emotional reactivity

• Sleep disruption from trauma responses

• Self-belief challenges tied to past experiences

Whether your challenges come from a single incident or long-standing patterns, EMDR can help your brain process what’s stuck so daily reactions become calmer and more manageable.

How EMDR Therapy Works

EMDR therapy is a collaborative, phased approach that:

1. Builds safety, trust, and stabilization

2. Identifies target memories or themes linked to current emotional distress

3. Uses guided bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or sounds)

4. Helps your brain reprocess experiences so emotional intensity decreases

5. Reinforces new, adaptive beliefs and responses

You don’t have to relive every detail of a painful event — just enough to allow your nervous system to reorganize how the memory is stored. In some instances the memory is not activated yet processed.

Many clients find this faster and less overwhelming than repeatedly talking through their trauma.

Benefits of EMDR Therapy

✔ Reduces emotional charge of distressing memories

EMDR helps you recall past events without the same level of distress, so you can respond from calm rather than fear.

✔ Addresses the root cause, not just the symptom

Rather than only teaching coping skills, EMDR works with how your brain stores information so emotional reactions diminish over time.

✔ Efficient and structured

Many people notice significant relief in far fewer sessions than required in talk-only therapies.

✔ Works with anxiety, chronic worry & panic

By reprocessing memories linked to hypervigilance or nervous system activation, anxiety responses can become less intense.

What to Expect in EMDR Therapy at New Living Counseling

1. Free 15-Minute Consultation: We begin with a brief call to determine fit, goals, and next steps.

2. Intake & Goal Setting: You and your therapist identify the patterns and experiences that underlie your current challenges.

3. Stabilization & Coping Tools: Before moving into reprocessing, we ensure you feel safe, resourced, and prepared.

4. EMDR Reprocessing Sessions: Over a series of sessions, we guide bilateral stimulation to help the brain reframe distressing information.

5. Integration & Growth: As memories lose their emotional intensity, you begin living with new, empowering self-beliefs and resilience.

Insurance & Payment Options

We accept several major insurance plans and offer private-pay options for EMDR therapy.

A free consultation allows us to review coverage and answer your questions.

Virtual EMDR Therapy Across Florida & Georgia

At New Living Counseling a Certified EMDR Therapist offers EMDR sessions via secure telehealth to adults located in:

• Tampa, Florida

• St. Petersburg, Florida

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Across all Florida, Georgia & South Carolina

Telehealth provides convenience, privacy, and flexibility, especially important for trauma work.

To learn more about EMDR therapy, click on the following: About EMDR Therapy (EMDRIA),‍ ‍What is EMDR Therapy? (EMDR Institute), and/or How EMDR Psychotherapy works in your brain (animated 5-minute video by an EMDR trainer).

Is EMDR Therapy Right for You?

If you’re tired of managing symptoms alone and are ready to heal the patterns behind them, EMDR therapy could be the next step in your journey toward lasting calm and emotional freedom.