EMDR Therapists in 34237
Anne K Glowacki
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, CHT
Verified Verified
Sarasota, FL 34237 (Online Only)
Welcome and thank you for visiting and taking the first step to personal well-being. People seek out psychotherapy for many reasons. My focus is to help identify what is most important to you in your life that you wish to strengthen and express more fully, even if you are facing difficulties right now. What may appear as obstacles at first can merely be stepping-stones to your deepest fulfillment. I welcome the opportunity to take part of that journey with you in a confidential environment committed to sensitivity and compassion with proven strategies that motivate and encourage continued success.
Welcome and thank you for visiting and taking the first step to personal well-being. People seek out psychotherapy for many reasons. My focus is to help identify what is most important to you in your life that you wish to strengthen and express more fully, even if you are facing difficulties right now. What may appear as obstacles at first can merely be stepping-stones to your deepest fulfillment. I welcome the opportunity to take part of that journey with you in a confidential environment committed to sensitivity and compassion with proven strategies that motivate and encourage continued success.
Megan Earles
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Sarasota, FL 34237
My practice weaves together several psychotherapy modalities, including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), to support clients in deep and lasting healing.
I am passionate about walking alongside my clients in their personal journeys of transformation. My approach to therapy is strength-based and focuses on emotional, physical, relational, cognitive, and spiritual growth and healing. My compassionate and directive approach to therapy empowers clients to explore and create changes in their lives. I gently support clients in identifying and removing blocks to health, healing, connectedness, peace and happiness.
My practice weaves together several psychotherapy modalities, including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), to support clients in deep and lasting healing.
I am passionate about walking alongside my clients in their personal journeys of transformation. My approach to therapy is strength-based and focuses on emotional, physical, relational, cognitive, and spiritual growth and healing. My compassionate and directive approach to therapy empowers clients to explore and create changes in their lives. I gently support clients in identifying and removing blocks to health, healing, connectedness, peace and happiness.
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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.