EMDR Therapy in Dallas Texas
for Adults Ready For Change
Online therapy across Texas
You’re in the right place if…
→ you feel like you zone out or feel emotionally numb
→ you’re stuck in fight or flight mode & can’t shift out
→ you can’t think your way out of negative beliefs about yourself… even when you know they aren’t true
→ you have anxiety that won’t quiet down
→ you feel like you can’t trust yourself in relationships
→ you keep falling into the same pattern of drinking even when you know it doesn’t work
Difficult experiences or trauma can change so much, and your usual coping doesn’t always work for trauma.
Ready for a change? EMDR therapy taps into your brain’s ability to heal.
You may have a deep understanding of your patterns. You can trace reactions back to childhood experiences, past relationships, or major losses. You’re not lacking awareness.
What you’re missing is a way to help your body feel something different, not just understand it.
Trauma and overwhelming experiences don’t live as simple stories in the brain. They’re stored as:
Body sensations
Emotional states
Implicit memories
Automatic reactions
So even when you know you’re safe, your body may still respond as if you’re not.
This isn’t a failure of intelligence or emotional maturity. It’s your nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do to protect you.
EMDR can help treat:
Trauma
PTSD
Neglect and abuse
Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression
Grief and loss
Sexual assault
Substance use
Negative beliefs
Performance anxiety
Benefits of EMDR
Reduce physical stress related to trauma
Alleviate distressing negative beliefs about responsibility, safety, or powerlessness
Reduce anxiety & depression
Decrease flashbacks or nightmares
Improve self-esteem
Why EMDR therapy for trauma or PTSD?
EMDR helps access the parts of the brain where these reactions are actually stored. Rather than simply talking about the story in session, we work with how the experience lives in your body, brain, and nervous system so it can finally update.
Clients often say things like:
“I know the memory happened, but it doesn’t hijack me anymore.”
“My body reacts differently now even without trying.”
“I still remember, but it doesn’t feel the same.”
That’s the difference between understanding and integration, convincing yourself what is true and authentically believing it.
Meet your Dallas EMDR therapist
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Hi, I’m Krista, an EMDR trained therapist. My goal is to help you better understand those patterns with compassion, recognizing that many of them developed as ways your mind and body learned to protect you. Trauma can leave you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you.
I specialize in working with teens and adults who are healing from trauma, anxiety, religious trauma, identity-related concerns, and other difficult life experiences. I use EMDR therapy to help you move beyond simply managing symptoms. Together, we'll gently explore the experiences that continue to impact your present, helping your brain and nervous system process what has been left unresolved so you can experience lasting healing.
I'll meet you where you are and walk alongside you throughout the healing process. I provide EMDR therapy for adults in our Dallas office and online throughout Texas.
LMSW, EMDR Trained, Under Supervision by Michelle Spurgeon, LCSW-S
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EMDR Therapy Pricing
Krista’s Rates & Availability
50 minute sessions $150
90 minute sessions $ 250
Weekly sessions scheduled daytime, late afternoon, evening
Krista is an out-of-network with insurance.
Curious about EMDR? Watch to learn more
FAQs about EMDR
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Before we jump into talking about the traumatic experience, we will develop trust and understanding. Your therapist will get a good understanding of what memories or symptoms we are targeting, and help you get used to the mechanics of EMDR while gaining some positive coping strategies through EMDR Resourcing.
During sessions we jump into the reprocessing work, your therapist will ask questions about what image comes to mind, what negative belief about yourself, others or the world comes up, what belief you would like to have instead, what emotions you feel, what you notice in your body, and how intense the distress feels. The therapist will then use eye movements, or alternating handheld buzzers, taps, or sounds. We use whichever works best for you. You will quietly notice whatever comes up for short periods of time, and then your therapist will ask what you noticed. There are often changes in memories, thoughts, emotions, body sensations throughout the process. We continue this process until the distress is resolved. There is no homework in EMDR and we contain the distressing information at the end of sessions. Your focus is on your daily life and caring for yourself after sessions. Plan to be gentle with yourself after EMDR sessions and not go immediately into something stressful.
We are thorough in getting at the layers of experiences that need care and relief. EMDR is a past, present, and future-oriented therapy and we reduce distress in the past, present experiences of the symptoms, and strengthen your ability to cope well with future experiences that may trigger this experience.
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We understand wanting to know how long before you feel better! This varies for each person and based on the experiences we are treating. For most clients coming for recent events that they haven’t experienced before, they experience significant relief in one 90 minute session. Others experiences may take 6-12 sessions. For more complex trauma (repeated experiences throughout life, relational trauma, etc) the treatment length is longer.
EMDR Intensives are an option for folks wanting to make quicker strides in reducing symptoms. You can schedule 3 or 6 hour treatment blocks over one or multiple days to make headway faster. Learn more about Dallas EMDR Intensives at Steady Healing
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Steady Healing offers 50 or 90 minute weekly or biweekly session for EMDR. In addition EMDR intensives are an option for clients who want to make progress faster or avoid weekly scheduling.
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EMDR is the most well-researched therapy for treating trauma and the results are positive. Multiple respected institutions recognize EMDR therapy as an effective treatment including: The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the US Dept of Veterans Affairs/Dept of Defence, and the World Health Organization. EMDR International Association has great information about learning more through videos or research studies.
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EMDR can be an adjunct to your current therapy and you continue to meet with your established therapist. You can also choose to pause regular therapy while you focus on EMDR therapy. Some folks only see the EMDR therapist if they aren’t already established with another therapist. You and you therapy team can talk about what supports you best. We have seen success in collaborating with your current therapist, and also in being your primary therapist.
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You want to receive EMDR therapy from a licensed mental health professional who has completed EMDR basic training and consultation. Our therapists are EMDR trained and specialize in trauma therapy.
Krista is a Licensed Master Social Worker supervised by Michelle Spurgeon, LCSW-S, trained in EMDR, and working towards EMDR Certification.
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Krista is an out-of-network provider. Krista’s fee is $150 per session.
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EMDR International Association is a great resource to learn more about EMDR through videos, articles, and research studies posted.
