EMDR Therapists in Arcata, CA
Suzanne Garrett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Arcata, CA 95521 (Online Only)
My training in mindfulness techniques, EMDR, somatic therapy, and trauma-focused approaches, I can help you address trauma, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being.
In the realm of psychotherapy, I firmly believe in fostering a trusting relationship as the foundation for healing and personal growth. I am genuinely passionate about providing a caring, honest, and non-judgmental environment where individuals can embark on their journey towards living their best lives. With an integrated therapeutic approach, I address the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. I believe in personalized care.
My training in mindfulness techniques, EMDR, somatic therapy, and trauma-focused approaches, I can help you address trauma, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being.
In the realm of psychotherapy, I firmly believe in fostering a trusting relationship as the foundation for healing and personal growth. I am genuinely passionate about providing a caring, honest, and non-judgmental environment where individuals can embark on their journey towards living their best lives. With an integrated therapeutic approach, I address the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. I believe in personalized care.
Maryjo K Stepp
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Arcata, CA 95521 (Online Only)
My work is based in Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR.
I work collaboratively with my clients to use their strengths to develop positive change in couple and family interactions, and in individuals' personal, social, educational, and employment lives. My work blends stress management, mindfulness, guided imagery, communication skills, anger management, family counseling, parenting skills, and trauma work. I have experience with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, medical stress and chronic pain, ACA/codependency, PTSD, and Panic DO. My work is neurologically based, client centered, and solution focused.
My work is based in Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR.
I work collaboratively with my clients to use their strengths to develop positive change in couple and family interactions, and in individuals' personal, social, educational, and employment lives. My work blends stress management, mindfulness, guided imagery, communication skills, anger management, family counseling, parenting skills, and trauma work. I have experience with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, medical stress and chronic pain, ACA/codependency, PTSD, and Panic DO. My work is neurologically based, client centered, and solution focused.
Rebeca Raquel Cuevas Rosas
Associate Clinical Social Worker, ACSW , 110886
Verified Verified
Arcata, CA 95521 (Online Only)
My theoretical orientation is Person Centered with an integration of interventions from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy ( EMDR).
I want to help adults identify their values and beliefs and support them in learning what they need in order to live a life that is in line with their values. I want to help those who feel stuck, providing guidance and tools to move forward and achieve personal growth and fulfillment.
My theoretical orientation is Person Centered with an integration of interventions from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy ( EMDR).
I want to help adults identify their values and beliefs and support them in learning what they need in order to live a life that is in line with their values. I want to help those who feel stuck, providing guidance and tools to move forward and achieve personal growth and fulfillment.
My practice is trauma informed and I offer therapeutic interventions such as EMDR, CBT and Parts Work.
Navigating life’s challenges alone can feel overwhelming and intimidating. I’ll hold space for you to express your fears and vulnerabilities in a supportive, non-judgmental space. Together we can create a respectful, trusting therapeutic relationship that will be the foundation for your healing process here. We will delve into what issues you’re experiencing and generate goals and solutions together based on your needs and strengths. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, I’ve worked with clients to uncover and challenge thinking patterns and change behaviors that were creating suffering in their lives.
My practice is trauma informed and I offer therapeutic interventions such as EMDR, CBT and Parts Work.
Navigating life’s challenges alone can feel overwhelming and intimidating. I’ll hold space for you to express your fears and vulnerabilities in a supportive, non-judgmental space. Together we can create a respectful, trusting therapeutic relationship that will be the foundation for your healing process here. We will delve into what issues you’re experiencing and generate goals and solutions together based on your needs and strengths. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, I’ve worked with clients to uncover and challenge thinking patterns and change behaviors that were creating suffering in their lives.
Although fear, anger, shame, guilt, and sadness often prevent us from living each day to the fullest, each one of us is uniquely resilient. From a strengths-based approach, I work collaboratively with my patients to facilitate personal growth, healing, and the establishment of more meaningful and fulfilling interpersonal relationships. I utilize EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) as a primary intervention in the resolution of trauma in individual therapy.
Although fear, anger, shame, guilt, and sadness often prevent us from living each day to the fullest, each one of us is uniquely resilient. From a strengths-based approach, I work collaboratively with my patients to facilitate personal growth, healing, and the establishment of more meaningful and fulfilling interpersonal relationships. I utilize EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) as a primary intervention in the resolution of trauma in individual therapy.
I take a client-centered approach to work with all my clients, as each person is unique, and a specific treatment plan will accommodate healing. I have extensive experience with trauma, and I am EMDR-trained.
I take a client-centered approach to work with all my clients, as each person is unique, and a specific treatment plan will accommodate healing. I have extensive experience with trauma, and I am EMDR-trained.
Kim Moor
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Arcata, CA 95521
Waitlist for new clients
I help clients with anxiety and trauma by helping fill their toolbox with coping skills and using techniques such as EMDR and the Safe and Sound protocol, .
I often work with people with eating disorders, trauma, children and adolescents. Are you tired of restricting, purging, bingeing, and obsessing about food? I can help you stop. We'll develop a treatment team to help you say good-bye to your eating disorder behaviors.
I help clients with anxiety and trauma by helping fill their toolbox with coping skills and using techniques such as EMDR and the Safe and Sound protocol, .
I often work with people with eating disorders, trauma, children and adolescents. Are you tired of restricting, purging, bingeing, and obsessing about food? I can help you stop. We'll develop a treatment team to help you say good-bye to your eating disorder behaviors.
We all experience challenges in our lives and can benefit from extra support at times. For 30 years I’ve been assisting my clients on the Northcoast in their personal development and healing journeys, along with improving relationships. I enjoy working with both men and women. Specializing in trauma recovery, life transitions, grief & loss, somatic and mindfulness practices. Advanced trained and 25 years experience as an EMDR provider. 15 years providing pregnancy & postpartum treatment, in addition to perimenopause & menopause support.
We all experience challenges in our lives and can benefit from extra support at times. For 30 years I’ve been assisting my clients on the Northcoast in their personal development and healing journeys, along with improving relationships. I enjoy working with both men and women. Specializing in trauma recovery, life transitions, grief & loss, somatic and mindfulness practices. Advanced trained and 25 years experience as an EMDR provider. 15 years providing pregnancy & postpartum treatment, in addition to perimenopause & menopause support.
I provide Adult Supportive, Strengths based counseling for coping with daily life adjustment issues and trauma focused therapy ( EMDR) for sexual assault, PTSD, and early childhood trauma and related issues. I also treat depression, and anxiety.I have worked the past 5 years locally up and down river and I'm familiar with local culture.
I provide Adult Supportive, Strengths based counseling for coping with daily life adjustment issues and trauma focused therapy ( EMDR) for sexual assault, PTSD, and early childhood trauma and related issues. I also treat depression, and anxiety.I have worked the past 5 years locally up and down river and I'm familiar with local culture.
I understand the importance of building trust, safety and rapport in any relationship, in order to more effectively navigate the uncomfortable memories, experiences and relational patterns that have you feeling stuck. Whether you're seeking therapy to address a specific concern or simply to engage in a personal exploration, the therapeutic process can help increase insight, decrease anxiety and painful emotions, identify healthier coping strategies and deepen relationships. Together, we will work to identify and nurture your personal strengths, equipping you with resources that empower you to navigate the challenges of daily life.
I understand the importance of building trust, safety and rapport in any relationship, in order to more effectively navigate the uncomfortable memories, experiences and relational patterns that have you feeling stuck. Whether you're seeking therapy to address a specific concern or simply to engage in a personal exploration, the therapeutic process can help increase insight, decrease anxiety and painful emotions, identify healthier coping strategies and deepen relationships. Together, we will work to identify and nurture your personal strengths, equipping you with resources that empower you to navigate the challenges of daily life.
Welcome and thank you for visiting my therapy profile. I offer a highly personalized, supportive approach tailored to your specific needs. As your Therapist, I will provide you with a safe environment to explore and process your thoughts and feelings. We will work together to develop a treatment plan that fits your therapy goals.
Welcome and thank you for visiting my therapy profile. I offer a highly personalized, supportive approach tailored to your specific needs. As your Therapist, I will provide you with a safe environment to explore and process your thoughts and feelings. We will work together to develop a treatment plan that fits your therapy goals.
Do you long to feel greater self esteem and ease? My experience helping many people has shown me that effective and worthwhile therapy unfolds by sensitive attunement to each unique client or couple. Healing has many facets: emotional, somatic, cognitive, energetic, and relational are important elements. I work with you as your skilled guide within a healing professional therapeutic relationship. If you are seeking transpersonal (spiritually inclusive) therapy I could be a great fit for you. As a long time seeker and practitioner I know well the gifts that come from the spaces where psychology meets spirituality.
Do you long to feel greater self esteem and ease? My experience helping many people has shown me that effective and worthwhile therapy unfolds by sensitive attunement to each unique client or couple. Healing has many facets: emotional, somatic, cognitive, energetic, and relational are important elements. I work with you as your skilled guide within a healing professional therapeutic relationship. If you are seeking transpersonal (spiritually inclusive) therapy I could be a great fit for you. As a long time seeker and practitioner I know well the gifts that come from the spaces where psychology meets spirituality.
Looking to resolve difficult issues regarding yourself and or loved ones? My approach is to provide the best treatment and help based on the needs and goals of the individual, couple or family. By working together we facilitate harmony and resolve.
Looking to resolve difficult issues regarding yourself and or loved ones? My approach is to provide the best treatment and help based on the needs and goals of the individual, couple or family. By working together we facilitate harmony and resolve.
Nicole Marie Lemaster
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, SEP
Verified Verified
12 Endorsed
Arcata, CA 95521 (Online Only)
Is stress and overwhelm making living a joyful life feel unobtainable? Are you feeling hopeless? Exhausted, stressed out, and overwhelmed - feeling like you've lost connection with yourself? I can help you reconnect with yourself and live the life you deserve. I can support your nervous system reset to it’s regulation point. If you’re ready to feel comfortable in your body and step into your power - let’s talk! My clients report feeling a shift and relief in the first session. If you’re ready for things to change, I am here to support!
Is stress and overwhelm making living a joyful life feel unobtainable? Are you feeling hopeless? Exhausted, stressed out, and overwhelmed - feeling like you've lost connection with yourself? I can help you reconnect with yourself and live the life you deserve. I can support your nervous system reset to it’s regulation point. If you’re ready to feel comfortable in your body and step into your power - let’s talk! My clients report feeling a shift and relief in the first session. If you’re ready for things to change, I am here to support!
For over 45 years I have had the privilege of providing competent, compassionate, caring psychotherapy and personal, business, and optimal health coaching services to a wide range of people. I work by phone and by telemedicine online internationally.I know techniques that rapidly and effectively lower anxiety. I am the author of two books and have an international reputation as a consultant, educator and coach.I have an extensive background in Integrative Psychology and natural health.I work with natural cycles and timing.I work with small companies internationally as a coach as well as individual enterpreneurs.
For over 45 years I have had the privilege of providing competent, compassionate, caring psychotherapy and personal, business, and optimal health coaching services to a wide range of people. I work by phone and by telemedicine online internationally.I know techniques that rapidly and effectively lower anxiety. I am the author of two books and have an international reputation as a consultant, educator and coach.I have an extensive background in Integrative Psychology and natural health.I work with natural cycles and timing.I work with small companies internationally as a coach as well as individual enterpreneurs.
Therapy helps you craft a healthy relationship with yourself and others, and supports meaningful life choices. My clients struggle with issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, loneliness, relationship challenges, questions around life direction, and personal identity. Often they report feeling "stuck," frustrated in their ability to change or move forward in their lives. As a therapist, I like to work collaboratively with clients to support and strengthen what is already working and to bring insight to areas that need more attention. With compassion and kindness, my aim is to help my clients gain coping skills that foster greater well-being and help manage difficult feelings.
Therapy helps you craft a healthy relationship with yourself and others, and supports meaningful life choices. My clients struggle with issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, loneliness, relationship challenges, questions around life direction, and personal identity. Often they report feeling "stuck," frustrated in their ability to change or move forward in their lives. As a therapist, I like to work collaboratively with clients to support and strengthen what is already working and to bring insight to areas that need more attention. With compassion and kindness, my aim is to help my clients gain coping skills that foster greater well-being and help manage difficult feelings.
I have advanced training and experience in trauma recovery and use a relationship-oriented approach in helping individuals heal from overwhelming circumstances. I draw from a wide range of verbal and non-verbal approaches to support my clients in reaching their goals, improving wellbeing and enhancing relationships. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I mostly use techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices and creative/expressive arts therapy.
I have advanced training and experience in trauma recovery and use a relationship-oriented approach in helping individuals heal from overwhelming circumstances. I draw from a wide range of verbal and non-verbal approaches to support my clients in reaching their goals, improving wellbeing and enhancing relationships. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I mostly use techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices and creative/expressive arts therapy.
The body carries the legacy of trauma and attachment dynamics in habits of movement, posture and nervous system regulation that can keep us stuck in the past. Therapeutic engagement doesn't have to be dysregulating and overwhelming. You shouldn't leave a therapy session feeling worse than you did when you showed up. Unfortunately, traditional talk therapies can inadvertently trigger your nervous system into survival mode. If we aren't tracking and recognizing what is happening underneath the words, therapy can feel excruciating, especially if there is a history of trauma at any stage of development.
The body carries the legacy of trauma and attachment dynamics in habits of movement, posture and nervous system regulation that can keep us stuck in the past. Therapeutic engagement doesn't have to be dysregulating and overwhelming. You shouldn't leave a therapy session feeling worse than you did when you showed up. Unfortunately, traditional talk therapies can inadvertently trigger your nervous system into survival mode. If we aren't tracking and recognizing what is happening underneath the words, therapy can feel excruciating, especially if there is a history of trauma at any stage of development.
Rebekah D Lovejoy
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, PhD, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Arcata, CA 95518
My hope is to be a compassionate support for adults and teens needing a warm and friendly space for creative engagement, healing, self exploration, and affirming. I work with Teens, Individual Adults, and Couples. I have experience working with trauma, gender expansive affirming care, highly intelligent teens, life transitions, individuation, neurodivergence. I use somatic tools, and a humanistic approach. I am experienced with sexuality concerns. I celebrate all bodies. I am BIPOC safe, culturally diverse, sex positive, kink, queer, and non-monogamy informed and allied. Whoever you are, whatever arrives in session is safe and seen.
My hope is to be a compassionate support for adults and teens needing a warm and friendly space for creative engagement, healing, self exploration, and affirming. I work with Teens, Individual Adults, and Couples. I have experience working with trauma, gender expansive affirming care, highly intelligent teens, life transitions, individuation, neurodivergence. I use somatic tools, and a humanistic approach. I am experienced with sexuality concerns. I celebrate all bodies. I am BIPOC safe, culturally diverse, sex positive, kink, queer, and non-monogamy informed and allied. Whoever you are, whatever arrives in session is safe and seen.
Everything about our lives is centered in relationship; knowing how to effectively initiate and maintain supportive, enjoyable and mutually satisfying relationships will serve us throughout our lives. But this doesn't happen without many ups and downs, some of which benefit from including a supportive, objective and helpful therapist. If you are wishing to improve your thinking, your skill in dealing with stress, anxiety, depression or trauma, living in past experiences or fearing the future, I would be honored to help.
Everything about our lives is centered in relationship; knowing how to effectively initiate and maintain supportive, enjoyable and mutually satisfying relationships will serve us throughout our lives. But this doesn't happen without many ups and downs, some of which benefit from including a supportive, objective and helpful therapist. If you are wishing to improve your thinking, your skill in dealing with stress, anxiety, depression or trauma, living in past experiences or fearing the future, I would be honored to help.
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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.