09/09/2026
People often ask me what EMDR actually feels like; not the clinical explanation, the real, in-your-body experience. So let me try to describe it honestly.
It doesn’t feel like reliving the memory. Most people describe it more like watching it from a slight distance present enough to feel it, far enough that it doesn’t overwhelm you the way it used to. Your eyes move gently, following the guided movement, and your breath tends to slow almost on its own, even when you’re not trying to relax it.
Emotion often comes in waves — it rises, sometimes unexpectedly, and then it eases. That’s not something going wrong. That’s the processing happening, exactly as it’s meant to. Some people cry. Some feel a wash of relief. Some feel both, back to back, in the same session. All of it is normal. None of it is too much for the room.
After a session, many people describe a lightness like something that had been sitting heavy simply isn’t sitting there anymore.
You’re never rushed through any of it, and you’re never alone in it. Whatever comes up for you is welcome here.
→ If you’ve been curious what this might feel like for you, I’d love to talk it through. DM me or book a consult at the link in my bio.