Transform Traumatic Memories with Online EMDR Therapy

Heal Your Trauma from Home

Licensed online EMDR therapists providing evidence-based Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy through secure online sessions for California residents.

Online EMDR Therapy

What is EMDR Therapy?

EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - is eye movement that mimics REM sleep. Very simply put, we’re moving a traumatic memory out of the limbic system where it’s stuck into a part of the brain that has far more resources available to it.

When we experience trauma, our usual working memory is briefly offline, and what we have is something called limbic memory. We remember every little detail - the looks on people's faces, the quality of light, the feel and texture of our clothes, smells, sounds - and we remember them as if it's all happening right now.

Online EMDR therapy takes a traumatic memory and turns it into a memory of a traumatic event so that you’re not reliving it every time something triggers that memory.

There are 32 (probably even more) controlled double blind studies that prove this is actually effective.

Why Choose Online EMDR Therapy?

After COVID, therapists learned experientially that EMDR works just the same virtually. There are now studies that show it is just as effective virtually as in-person.

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    Comfort of Home

    A stable internet connection and a private place to be is really all it takes for effective treatment.

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    Same Effectiveness

    Because EMDR works through eye movement that shifts your brain, it works virtually - the therapist is holding the container and there with you on screen.

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    Immediate Access

    When people reach out for EMDR, they’re usually just done - fed up with the limitations and overhead they're carrying from trauma.

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    Flexible Scheduling

    Access trauma therapy from anywhere in California without the barriers of commuting or finding local specialists.

Conditions We Help With Through Online EMDR

We’ve worked with torture survivors, first responders, assault survivors, veterans and prisoners. I've worked with a lot of really severe trauma, and I couldn't possibly do that as effectively without EMDR.

  • PTSD and Trauma

    PTSD involves limbic memories where we re-experience what happened because that memory is stuck. EMDR moves these memories to where they have more resources available.

  • Anxiety Disorders

    When traumatic memories get triggered, we get cues from our body that we are in extreme danger, causing us to shut down, lash out, or go into people pleasing.

  • Phobias

    Like a patient who developed a crippling fear of heights after bungee jumping - one session took away the really limiting symptoms.

  • Explosive Anger

    We recently worked with a man with a very explosive temper. One super triggering issue that was causing major fights resolved in three sessions.

  • Childhood Trauma

    A common insight during EMDR: “Oh my God, I was just a child, it wasn’t my fault.” Suddenly having the sequencing and context of a traumatic event.

  • Agoraphobia

    We worked with a woman who gradually became afraid to leave her house after a car accident. After about 10 sessions, she was able to leave the house and go about her life.

Your EMDR Therapy Process

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    Initial Consultation

    Your therapist will explain how online EMDR therapy works. You'll establish trust and have a sense of what's going to happen. Most therapists offer a 15-minute consultation.

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    Identify the Memory

    You'll identify a traumatic memory. This takes experience and skill - like when somebody says "I'll never forget the look on his face," that's a clue there's probably a traumatic memory there.

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    Set Up Metrics

    Together we’ll create metrics, like a scale of 1 to 10, of how distressing this is. You can see the shift happening in real time.

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    Eye Movement Processing

    You do the eye movement with a light bar, wand, or the therapist moving their hand back and forth. Something will shift in your brain.

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    Integration & Progress

    We do rounds until our distress metrics don't have any more distress. The memory has shifted from one place to another in your brain, very much like magic.

What to Expect During Sessions

Online EMDR therapy is not hard and it does not hurt. It makes you feel better really, really quickly. Most estimate three to five sessions, and I’ve never seen it take more than three. You need a stable internet connection and a fairly fast one. If the connection is poor, we won’t start an EMDR session.

Online EMDR Therapy

Book Your Online EMDR Therapist

We find that the easiest way to see if a EMDR Therapy is a good fit for you is to talk directly!


We are very happy to have a 15 minute consultation with you so you can find a therapist who you like and who feels like they can help. Choose as many therapists as you think might work and each of them will set up a call.

Real Results from Clinical Cases with Online EMDR Therapists

  • Online EMDR Therapy for agoraphobia

    A woman who gradually became afraid to leave her house after a car accident. We did EMDR around the car accident, and it took us about 10 sessions and then she was able to leave the house and go about her life.

  • Online EMDR therapy for anger management

    We worked with a man with a very explosive temper. His partner was going to divorce him. They had one issue that was super triggering and causing major fights, and that resolved in three sessions.

  • Online EMDR Therapy for vertigo and fear of heights

    A woman came to us after she developed a crippling fear of heights after bungee jumping. One session took away some particularly limiting symptoms; she could drive up and down hills and look out of windows when she was on the fifth or sixth floor.

Individual results may vary. These examples represent typical outcomes but do not guarantee specific results for any individual.

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Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?

If you’re ready to release the limitations you’re carrying. EMDR will lighten your burden. Experience relief in as few as 3-5 sessions.

Frequently Asked Questions About Online EMDR

  • Yes! There are now studies that show it is just as effective virtually. We all learned experientially during COVID that it works just the same virtually. Because EMDR works through eye movement that shifts your brain, it works virtually - the therapist is still there holding the container with you on screen.

  • You need a stable internet connection, a fairly fast one, and just a private place to be. That's really all it takes. If the connection is poor, we won't start an EMDR session, and if it gets poor in the middle, we can always stop and reschedule.

  • It can take three to five sessions, and We've never seen it take more than three. You might have a lot of traumatic memories if something happened repeatedly over a long time, so it might take two or three sessions per memory, but many memories are connected and will resolve together.

  • No. EMDR doesn't take away your memory, it just keeps you from reliving it. Using the example of a hot stove - you don't have to relive the pain and fear every time you see a stove to know not to touch it. Your hypervigilance is not keeping you safe, and EMDR won't take away the knowledge you've gained.

  • You'll do eye movement either with a light bar, wand, or the therapist moving their hand back and forth. Something will shift in your brain - we don't know what it will be. It could be that a snapshot memory turns into a movie, a lump in your throat resolves, or you get insight like "I was just a child." EMDR is not hard and does not hurt.