EMDR Therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma processing therapy that uses gentle bilateral stimulation (like eye movements, buzzers, or tapping left and right) to help the brain desensitize disturbing experiences, and reprocess the memories that may be underpinning present day mental and physical health symptoms. The goal of EMDR is to reduce the emotional weight of past memories and support the brain to store these memories more adaptively, so that you can respond to present-day and future experiences with greater ease.

Ego State Therapy and Internal Family Systems (Parts work)

Ego State Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) are two modalities that work with the idea that we are made up of different “parts”, each with its own role in your system (e.g. to protect you from emotion, rejection, or memories)

You might notice that you have different aspects of yourself that shows up in different situations. For example, you might notice a part of you that is confident at work, another that feels small around your parents, and another that wants to avoid conflict at all costs.

Each part can hold:

• A specific role (like protector, inner critic, child, performer)
• Its own emotions or unmet needs
•  Past experiences or memories
• Specific beliefs about the world or yourself

These parts often develop as adaptations, especially in response to trauma, attachment wounds, or overwhelming situations. Some may be stuck in the past, trying to protect you in ways that are no longer helpful. Parts work will help you identify, understand, and build relationships with these different parts of yourself. The aim of parts work is often to help our parts feel heard, seen and understood. We may work to build trust with our parts and support parts to move out of the “driver’s seat”. We want to hear what the part has to say without giving them the keys to the car!