Helping the nervous system heal.
EMDR Therapy in Redondo Beach, CA
EMDR therapy can help you process experiences that continue to feel unresolved, even when you understand them intellectually. By working with the ways experiences are held in the mind, body, and nervous system, EMDR can help reduce the intensity of distressing memories, beliefs, emotions, and patterns that continue to affect you in the present.
In-person in Redondo Beach, CA • Online throughout California
What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR therapy is a structured approach that helps the brain and body process experiences that continue to feel unresolved. Rather than relying on talking or insight alone, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation while you notice memories, emotions, thoughts, and body sensations connected to what you’re working through.
Over time, experiences that once felt highly activating can begin to feel less intense and less connected to the present. EMDR can be used for trauma and PTSD, anxiety, panic, phobias, intrusive thoughts, and other experiences or patterns that continue to affect how you feel and respond.
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Integrated EMDR
EMDR can be incorporated into ongoing therapy, allowing space for preparation, processing, and integration over time. This can be helpful when you want to address specific experiences while continuing the broader therapeutic work you’re already doing.
WHAT EMDR CAN HELP WITH
Some experiences can stay with us long after they’re over.
EMDR can support the processing of experiences, memories, fears, and patterns that continue to feel emotionally or physically activating in the present.
✓ Trauma, PTSD & difficult past experiences
✓ Anxiety, worry & panic attacks
✓ Phobias & persistent fears
✓ Intrusive thoughts & distressing memories
✓ Health anxiety & somatic fears
✓ Grief, loss & difficult life experiences
✓ Relationship & attachment wounds
✓ Experiences that still feel unresolved despite understanding them intellectually
HOW WE APPROACH EMDR
EMDR is more than what happens during processing.
EMDR begins with understanding you, what you’re experiencing, and what your nervous system may need before processing begins. We take time to build a foundation for the work, identify what you want to focus on, and make sure the pace feels manageable rather than rushing into difficult material. During EMDR, we may work with memories, beliefs, emotions, body sensations, or present-day experiences that feel connected to what is keeping you stuck. Bilateral stimulation is incorporated throughout processing while your therapist helps you notice what emerges and supports the process as it unfolds.
Our therapists integrate EMDR with attachment-focused, relational, somatic, and parts-informed approaches when helpful. This allows the work to consider not only what happened, but how those experiences may continue to shape your nervous system, relationships, beliefs, and responses in the present.
Meet Our EMDR Therapists
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Catherine Alvarado
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 134744
EMDRIA Approved Consultant & Clinical SupervisorSupporting individuals with trauma, anxiety, panic, phobias, intrusive thoughts, and experiences that continue to feel unresolved through EMDR and integrative, nervous system-informed therapy.
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Monika Arana
Registered Associate MFT 140548
EMDR Trained TherapistSupporting individuals with trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, and difficult past experiences through EMDR and attachment-focused, nervous system-informed therapy.
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Arielle Harris
Registered Associate MFT 161691
EMDR Trained TherapistHelping clients navigate intrusive thoughts, anxiety, perfectionism, and self-doubt through EMDR and compassionate, attachment-focused therapy.
GETTING STARTED
Wondering if EMDR might be right for you?
You don’t need to know exactly what you want to process or which type of EMDR therapy would be the best fit before reaching out. Share a little about what you’re experiencing and what you’re hoping to work on, and we’ll help you determine whether EMDR may be a good fit and which therapist or format best aligns with your needs.
We offer in-person EMDR therapy in Redondo Beach and online EMDR therapy throughout California, with integrated, intensive, and adjunct EMDR options available depending on what you’re looking for.
When you’re ready, we’re here to help you figure out the next step.
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Beyond the Symptoms
Explore articles on EMDR, trauma, anxiety, nervous system regulation, and the mind-body connection to better understand how past experiences can continue to shape how you feel, respond, and relate.
