What's EMDR?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy designed to help you process and release the emotional charge of distressing memories — without having to relive them in detail. Originally developed to treat trauma and PTSD, EMDR has since expanded to support anxiety, identity-based stress, shame, and more.
Through guided bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping), EMDR activates your brain’s natural healing process, helping you reprocess stuck experiences and beliefs.
At Konnected Therapy, we tailor EMDR to fit you — whether that means working with creative visualizations, metaphors, internal parts, or identity-affirming touchstones.
How can it help treat CPTSD?
C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) develops from prolonged or repeated exposure to relational, systemic, or identity-based trauma — especially when the person experiencing harm has little or no power to escape it. Unlike a single-incident trauma, C-PTSD often stems from experiences like childhood emotional neglect, racial or gender-based discrimination, medical gaslighting, family rejection, or chronic marginalization — and it can deeply impact self-worth, relationships, and the ability to feel safe in the world.
At Konnected Therapy, we recognize that trauma doesn’t only come from what happened — but from what was denied: safety, dignity, visibility, and choice.
Through EMDR, we help clients reprocess the root memories and identity wounds that keep them stuck in cycles of self-doubt, hypervigilance, or emotional shutdown. Using principles from EMDR In Color, we approach this work through a culturally grounded, liberation-focused lens — one that affirms your lived experience and honors the ways your nervous system has learned to survive. Whether we’re targeting moments of racialized trauma, internalized shame, or disruptions in belonging, EMDR offers a gentle but powerful way to integrate those experiences without retraumatization.
C-PTSD treatment isn’t about “fixing” you — it’s about releasing what was never yours to carry.