EMDR Therapists in 84114
Chalyse Lopez
Counselor, MS, CMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Using evidence-based modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I tailor each therapeutic approach to your unique needs and experiences, whether it's trauma, depression, anxiety, or a combination of all three.
As a specialized therapist in trauma and PTSD, I am committed to empowering you to navigate the challenges you face in your process of healing. I also understand that trauma can often coexist with issues related to addiction, depression, and anxiety, further complicating the healing journey. Whether you're struggling with substance abuse or other addictive behaviors, depression, or anxiety, I am here to provide you with comprehensive support. Together, we will address the underlying traumas contributing to these challenges and work towards building a healthier, more fulfilling life.
Using evidence-based modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I tailor each therapeutic approach to your unique needs and experiences, whether it's trauma, depression, anxiety, or a combination of all three.
As a specialized therapist in trauma and PTSD, I am committed to empowering you to navigate the challenges you face in your process of healing. I also understand that trauma can often coexist with issues related to addiction, depression, and anxiety, further complicating the healing journey. Whether you're struggling with substance abuse or other addictive behaviors, depression, or anxiety, I am here to provide you with comprehensive support. Together, we will address the underlying traumas contributing to these challenges and work towards building a healthier, more fulfilling life.
Scott A. Wright LCSW, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Scott A. Wright, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years expertise working with children, adults, couples, families, groups and organizations to uncover their purpose and function to their fullest potential. He believes in what works. His personalized and integrative approach to health, wellness and development leads to comprehensive and customized solutions that encourage clients to achieve a state of wholeness – often including mental, emotional, relational, spiritual, functional, social and community aspects.
Scott A. Wright, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years expertise working with children, adults, couples, families, groups and organizations to uncover their purpose and function to their fullest potential. He believes in what works. His personalized and integrative approach to health, wellness and development leads to comprehensive and customized solutions that encourage clients to achieve a state of wholeness – often including mental, emotional, relational, spiritual, functional, social and community aspects.
Jessica Clawson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, CSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, life transition distress and who've experienced trauma. I also work couples in inter-faith marriages, navigating infidelity, exploring various relationship structures and values discrepancies. My clinical expertise is working within the fields of sexual health, faith transitions, maternal mental health and relational health. I also work with mixed orientation or multi-partnered couples and practice with a sex-positive, kink-friendly and queer-affirming lens.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, life transition distress and who've experienced trauma. I also work couples in inter-faith marriages, navigating infidelity, exploring various relationship structures and values discrepancies. My clinical expertise is working within the fields of sexual health, faith transitions, maternal mental health and relational health. I also work with mixed orientation or multi-partnered couples and practice with a sex-positive, kink-friendly and queer-affirming lens.
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EMDR Therapists
Who is EMDR for?
EMDR was initially developed as a treatment for individuals with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for whom memories of a deeply distressing experience can be inadvertently triggered by random everyday events. The procedure has since been applied in the treatment of many other conditions. For example, it is used by some therapists to treat anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, depression, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some personality disorders. It is suitable for adolescents and adults.
Why do people need EMDR?
People need EMDR as a way to manage distressing memories that in some way hamper the ability to function in the present. The procedure is believed to target the way memories are stored in the brain. Evidence indicates that past disturbing experiences cause ongoing distress because they were not adequately processed, and when such memories are triggered in the present, they are accompanied by all the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations as the initial experience.
What problems does EMDR treat?
First and foremost, EMDR is intended as a treatment for PTSD, to defuse distressing memories that intrude on and impair everyday functioning. It is also often used to help those who are subject to panic attacks, phobias, and other forms of anxiety. In addition, EMDR has been used to treat individuals with depression, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
What happens in EMDR therapy?
First the therapist takes an individual’s history, and then the therapist and client decide which distressing experience(s) will be the target(s) of the exercise, delivered via a side-to-side visual stimulus requiring lateral eye movements. The client will be asked to activate thoughts, feelings, and any body sensations related to the troubling experience. The eye movements are said to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, so that the experience can then be safely discussed with the therapist and digested, minimizing its ability to trigger anxiety.