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Specialized Approaches

EMDR Therapy

A structured trauma treatment for experiences that feel stuck

EMDR therapy can help reduce the intensity of distressing memories, beliefs, and body-based reactions that continue to affect the present.

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When This Can Help
  • You feel stuck with memories, beliefs, or triggers tied to the past
  • Talking about an experience has not fully shifted how it feels
  • Trauma, anxiety, or distress still feel active in your body and mind
  • You are interested in a structured, evidence-based trauma approach
Support May Include
  • Careful preparation and grounding before trauma processing
  • EMDR within a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship
  • Reduced reactivity to painful memories over time
Good Match For

Adults, teens, and young adults

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What This Support Can Address

A clearer look at what people may be carrying when they reach out for this kind of care.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy often used for trauma and other painful experiences that continue to feel emotionally charged. It can help people reprocess experiences that feel stuck so they no longer carry the same intensity.

Our Approach

How we try to make care feel both skillful and genuinely human.

EMDR is never about pushing too fast. Our therapists use EMDR within a broader trauma-informed framework that prioritizes safety, readiness, and emotional regulation before deeper processing begins.

Therapists Connected to This Work

These clinicians have specialties or treatment approaches related to emdr therapy.

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Natalie Watson, AMFT

Associate Therapist

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Victoria Fisher, LCSW

Licensed Therapist

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Becca Panarra, LMFT

Licensed Therapist