EMDR Therapist in Los Angeles, California
Heal what your body has been holding.
Virtual services available throughout California & Washington
EMDR therapy for anxiety, trauma, CPTSD, and patterns that still feel stuck even when you understand them intellectually.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
You’re in the right place if:
⟡ You want to feel more grounded and connected to yourself, rather than constantly reacting, overthinking, or preparing for what might go wrong.
⟡ You’re ready for healing that goes beyond simply talking about what happened
⟡ You want to understand, process, and change the patterns that continue to affect you.
⟡You’re tired of feeling on edge all the time, even when life around you seems calm.
⟡ You understand your past and can explain where your patterns come from, but knowing why hasn’t made it easier to feel differently.
⟡ You’ve tried therapy, self-help, or doing the “work,” yet something inside you still feels unresolved.
EMDR Therapy in Los Angeles, CA can help!
What if you could move from:
⟡ Feeling pulled back into old experiences, even when they’re long behind you
→ To feeling more present, grounded, and connected to the life happening now?
⟡ Feeling the weight of your past show up in your body
→ To developing a greater sense of safety, ease, and connection within yourself?
⟡ Being easily overwhelmed by triggers, emotions, or memories
→ To feeling more steady and capable when difficult moments arise?
⟡ Disconnecting, shutting down, or pushing your feelings away
→ To staying present with yourself and your needs, even when life feels challenging?
Meet your Los Angeles Trauma Therapist
Hi, I’m Chloe, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in trauma therapy for those who feel like they’ve gained insight through talk therapy but are still searching for deeper change.
You may understand your patterns really well. You know where they began, you’ve reflected on your experiences, and you may have spent years trying to work through them and yet something still feels unresolved.
That doesn’t mean you haven’t tried hard enough, or that you’re doing healing “wrong.” Sometimes, insight alone isn’t enough to shift the ways painful experiences continue to live within us. Some wounds are held beyond what we can simply think or talk our way through.
That’s where EMDR can help. By working with the memories and experiences that may still be shaping how you feel, respond, and move through the world today.
Chloe Kinman, LCSW
Your questions about Therapy in Los Angeles, CA, answered:
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This therapy helps your brain and body safely reprocess distressing memories so they no longer feel overwhelming or stuck. Through gentle, guided techniques like bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or sounds), it allows your nervous system to release old trauma and make space for new, more empowering beliefs. It therapy has 8 phases:
History Taking: We get to know your story, your strengths, and what you'd like to work on. We always work at your pace.
Preparation: You’ll learn calming tools and grounding techniques to help you feel safe and supported. We also call this phase “resourcing”.
Assessment: We identify a target memory and the thoughts, feelings, and body sensations connected to it.
Desensitization: Using bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping), we begin processing the memory so it feels less distressing.
Installation: We strengthen a positive belief to replace the old, limiting one tied to the memory.
Body Scan: We check in with your body to notice and release any leftover tension or activation.
Closure: Each session ends with grounding and care to make sure you leave feeling stable and supported.
Reevaluation: We check in at the next session to make sure the shifts are sticking and continue the work.
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No. Unlike some traditional talk therapies, it does not require you to share every detail of what happened. The focus is less on retelling the story and more on helping your brain and body process the experience in a safe, supported way.
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Yes. Many people find it helpful not only for trauma, but also for anxiety, perfectionism, low self-worth, people-pleasing patterns, and nervous system dysregulation. Often, these struggles are connected to past experiences where you learned to stay hypervigilant, overfunction, or prioritize others’ needs to feel safe.
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Everyone experiences it differently, but many people describe it as helping things feel less emotionally charged over time. During sessions, you remain present and in control while working through memories, emotions, or body sensations with support and grounding from your therapist. The goal is not to relive the experience, but to help your nervous system process it differently so it no longer feels as overwhelming.
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