Heal in days, not months. EMDR Intensives for busy professionals.
The Worthiness EMDR Intensive
You Were Always Enough
Your mind knows it, but does your body?
EMDR Intensives for spiritually-oriented high achievers ready to bring their body into alignment with what their mind knows is true.
You've done all the healing work. So why don't you feel healed?
You've been to therapy. Multiple therapists, probably.
You've read the books - Brené, Bessel, Gabor.
You journal, you meditate,
You can name your attachment style
Explain your childhood wounds.
You identify your triggers in real-time.
You KNOW you're worthy. You KNOW you're enough.
You can say it out loud.
And genuinely believe it... in your mind.
But you're watching yourself repeat patterns you KNOW are unhealthy.
That's because that wounded part of you - the one who learned love was earned through achievement, perfection, being helpful, staying small:
she's still running the show.
You still:
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Overwork and burn out, then feel guilty for resting
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Say yes when you mean no, then resent begins
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Feel like an imposter no matter how much you accomplish
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Understand your worth cognitively but don't feel it in your bones
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Give and give and give, terrified of being "too much" if you actually receive
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Achieve the next thing hoping THIS will finally make you feel enough
The deeper truth you're living:
You're exhausted from self-improvement.
Your spiritual practice opened doors but didn't complete the healing.
Weekly therapy helped but hit a ceiling.
You're terrified you'll pass this wound to your children despite everything you're doing.
You feel disconnected from your body - it's holding the trauma you can't access cognitively.
And underneath it all, the fear whispers:
"What if I've done all this work and I'm STILL not enough?"
"What if I'm broken beyond repair?"
"What if love really IS conditional and I just haven't earned it yet?"
You're not broken.
You're not stuck because you haven't tried hard enough.
You're stuck because the wound lives in your BODY, not your mind.
And you can't think - or meditate - your way out of what's stored in your nervous system.
What You're Really Saying:
From your head to your heart.
When you say "I want to feel my worth, not just know it" -
What you're really saying is:
"I want to come home to myself."
When you say "I want to stop overworking and set boundaries" -
What you're really saying is:
"I want to stop performing and just BE."
When you say "I want to break the cycle before my child inherits this" -
What you're really saying is:
"I want wholeness NOW, not years from now."
When you say "I want the cognitive work to finally land in my body" -
What you're really saying is:
"I want my body to feel safe."
"I want to stop running from myself."
"I want to meet that little girl inside and bring her peace."
"I want the spiritual truth I KNOW to become embodied reality."
"I want freedom from the 'not enough' voice."
"I want to be seen for who I am, not what I do."
Here's what most therapy misses - and what your spiritual practice couldn't complete:
Your BRAIN knows you're worthy. You've done the cognitive work. You can recite the affirmations. You genuinely understand, intellectually, that your worth isn't performance-based.
Your SPIRIT knows it too. Your meditation practice has shown you this truth. You've touched your divinity. You KNOW you're whole.
But your BODY still holds the original imprint.
The moment that little girl learned she had to be perfect to be loved.
The moment she discovered her needs were "too much."
The moment she realized love was something she had to earn.
That memory lives in your nervous system. In your cells. In the place words - and even spiritual practice - can't always reach.
You can't think your way out of a wound that lives in your body.
You can't meditate away trauma that's stored in your nervous system.
This is the gap between knowing and believing.
And this is why years of talk therapy, while valuable, haven't closed it.
This is why your spiritual practice opened the door but didn't complete the healing.
You've been working at the cognitive and spiritual levels - understanding, meditating, making meaning.
But the wound? The wound is somatic. It lives in your body's memory, in your nervous system's response patterns, in the way your heart clenches when you think about receiving love without earning it first.
The knowing becomes believing when your BODY finally gets the update.
The spiritual truth becomes embodied reality when your nervous system heals.
This is what The Worthiness Intensive offers:
Not another tool. Not another technique.
The actual experience from knowing to believing.
Your Transformation
In The EMDR Worthiness Intensive:
You stop running from yourself.
You meet that younger version of yourself - the one who first learned she wasn't enough - and you offer her what she's been waiting decades to receive: unconditional love.
Through EMDR, we don't just visualize this. We don't just journal about it.
We GO there.
We float back to where it all began. The moment you first learned your worth was conditional.
And you meet your younger self with your adult eyes.
You see the little girl who thought she was "too much."
The child who believed she had to be perfect to be loved.
The achiever who learned worth was something you earn.
This is the moment everything shifts.
Not because you convinced yourself intellectually one more time.
Not because you added another healing practice to your routine.
But because you went back to the SOURCE - the actual memory where the wound was formed - and offered that little girl what she never received:
"You weren't too much. They were too little."
"None of that was your fault."
"You were always enough. Always whole. Always worthy - not because of what you did, but because of who you ARE."
We hold her in the light of your divinity - the truth your spiritual practice has shown you.
And your nervous system FINALLY gets the update.
The cognitive understanding you've worked so hard to build finally drops into your body.
The spiritual truth you've touched in meditation becomes embodied reality.
The knowing becomes believing.
And you walk away DIFFERENT.
Not because you learned something new.
But because you came home to who you've always been.
What happens after The EMDR Worthiness Inensive:
What clients experience:
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"I can finally FEEL my worth in my body, not just say it"
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"I set boundaries without guilt for the first time"
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"I can receive compliments without deflecting"
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"I stopped overworking - I can actually rest now"
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"The perfectionism loosened its grip"
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"I show up authentically instead of performing"
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"I'm breaking the cycle - my kids won't inherit this wound"
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"I trust myself again"
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"The imposter syndrome is gone"
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"I can say no without shame"
What's really happening:
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The cognitive belief finally landed in their body
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The nervous system updated
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They met their younger self and offered her unconditional love
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The "not enough" belief dissolved at its source
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They came home to themselves
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They experienced their inherent divinity SOMATICALLY (not just spiritually)
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The gap between knowing and believing closed
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They moved from endless healing to wholeness
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Their body finally feels safe
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They stopped earning and started BEING
Timeline:
The core shift happens IN THE INTENSIVE.
You don't leave and "see how it goes over the next few months."
You walk away DIFFERENT.
Integration continues for weeks after - your nervous system keeps processing, your body keeps integrating.
But the moment you meet your younger self and offer her unconditional love?
That changes everything. Immediately.
Who You Want To Become
You're ready to become:
✨ A woman who BELIEVES her worth, not just knows it intellectually
✨ Someone who can receive love without earning it first
✨ A mother who breaks the cycle and doesn't pass the wound to her kids
✨ A partner who shows up authentically, not performing
✨ A leader who doesn't burn out proving herself
✨ Someone who can REST without guilt
✨ A woman who says "no" without shame
✨ Your most authentic, unapologetic self
✨ Someone who's done healing and ready to live WHOLE
Who This is For:
This Intensive is for you if:
✓You've already done significant healing work - therapy, spiritual practice, courses, books, retreats. You're not new to this journey.
✓ You're a high achiever exhausted by achievement- Successful externally, accomplished, driven... but it never fills the void. You're tired of proving your worth through accomplishment.
✓ You have a spiritual foundation- Whether that's meditation, yoga, faith-based practice, or energy work. You understand there's something deeper than the cognitive mind.
✓ You understand your patterns but still feel stuck - You can name your triggers, explain your childhood wounds, identify your responses... and yet nothing changes at the feeling level.
✓ Your spiritual practice opened doors but didn't complete the healing - You've touched your divinity in meditation. You KNOW you're whole. But your body doesn't believe it yet.
✓ You're self-aware and ready to go deep- You have good insight into yourself. You're committed to the process. You can tolerate discomfort in service of healing.
✓ You want to break the cycle - Especially if you're a mother who doesn't want to pass this "not enough" wound to your children.
✓ You're done with self-improvement - You're not looking for more tools or techniques. You're ready to stop fixing, stop healing, and start BEING whole.
✓ You can invest in concentrated healing - You have the time and financial resources to commit to intensive work. You understand this is an investment in yourself.
✓ You're ready to move from knowing to BELIEVING - From your head to your heart. From spiritual understanding to embodied truth.
This is NOT for you if:
✗ You're looking for quick fixes or simple solutions
✗ You're new to therapy and need foundational stabilization first
✗ You're not ready to feel your feelings or access difficult memories
✗ You're seeking traditional weekly therapy (I specialize in intensives only)
✗ You're in active crisis and need immediate stabilization
**This is not traditional weekly therapy.**
This is for spiritually-oriented high achievers who are ready to bridge the gap between knowing and believing in a matter of days (many times hours!), not years.
The Worthiness Intensive Difference:
🔥 I'm not just an EMDR therapist - I'm a clinician with 16 years as a Registered Yoga Teacher. I integrate Eastern somatic wisdom with Western clinical psychology because I've LIVED that integration. This isn't just talk therapy. This isn't just EMDR. This isn't just spiritual practice. This is mind-body-spirit healing.
🔥 I specialize in ONE specific transformation: Bridging the gap from knowing to believing. From head to heart. From cognitive understanding to embodied truth. I don't treat "trauma" generically - I specifically work with the "not enough" wound in high-achieving, spiritually-aware women who've done all the work but still don't FEEL whole.
🔥 I've healed this wound in myself. I WAS the gifted kid, the high achiever, the "good girl" who did everything right and felt fundamentally wrong. I had a spiritual practice that showed me the truth of my divinity - but my body didn't believe it. I know this journey intimately. I'm not guiding from theory - I'm guiding from lived experience.
🔥 Intensive format = the shift happens NOW, not years from now. Not 6 months of weekly sessions where you ramp up and wind down every 50 minutes. Not years of talking about your childhood. 1-3 days of concentrated, uninterrupted processing that creates lasting change. We stay with the process as long as your nervous system needs.
🔥 I focus on THE MOMENT that changes everything: Meeting your younger self with your adult eyes and offering her what she never received. This isn't abstract inner child work - this is EMDR-facilitated, somatic, transformative encounter with the part of you that's been waiting to be seen.
🔥 I speak to spiritually-oriented women in THEIR language. I honor your spiritual practice. I understand that you've touched your divinity in meditation. I know you KNOW the truth. This work helps your body catch up with what your spirit already knows. I understand the integration because I AM the integration.
🔥 I use trauma-informed, person-centered language. You're not broken. You're not disordered. You're not "too sensitive" or "too much." You're brilliantly responding to what happened. I see your STRENGTH, not your pathology.
🔥 Virtual delivery throughout Texas = accessibility without compromise. You can do this transformative work from your own safe space. No traveling to retreat centers. No time away from your family beyond the intensive days themselves.
Why EMDR Intensives:
Two Words: Faster Transformation.
How?
Concentrated Healing Time:
In traditional weekly therapy, only about 20-30 minutes of each 50-minute session may be spent on actual EMDR processing. With intensive sessions, you have sustained time to go deeper into the work without interruption, leading to more complete processing and faster symptom relief.
Maintained Therapeutic Momentum:
Intensives keep you in the healing process without week-long gaps that can slow progress. Your brain continues processing between sessions within the intensive, maximizing effectiveness and creating lasting change.
Accelerated Results: What might take months in weekly sessions can happen in 1-3 concentrated days. You bridge the gap from knowing to believing in days, not years.
Deep, Uninterrupted Processing:
We can stay with the process as long as your nervous system needs. No stopping at 50 minutes when you're in the middle of profound work. This allows for complete processing cycles and sustainable healing.
What Can EMDR Intensives Help With?
The Worthiness Intensive is specifically designed for:
The "Not Enough" Wound:
- Perfectionism and overachievement that never feels like enough
- Imposter syndrome despite accomplishments
- Difficulty receiving love, help, or compliments
- Chronic guilt about resting or having needs
- People-pleasing and boundary issues
- "Too much" / "Not enough" core beliefs
Breaking Generational Patterns:
- Healing wounds before passing them to your children
- Transforming how you show up in relationships
- Moving from performing to being authentic
Bridging the Gap:
- From knowing to believing
- From spiritual understanding to embodied truth
- From cognitive insight to somatic healing
- From endless healing to wholeness.
Research-Backed Effectiveness
Studies demonstrate that EMDR Intensives are as effective as traditional weekly EMDR therapy sessions, with the added benefit of achieving results in a condensed timeframe. The intensive format is particularly powerful because it allows for complete processing cycles without the interruptions that can occur with weekly sessions, leading to faster symptom reduction and more sustainable healing.
Virtual EMDR Intensive Formats
All sessions are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform, allowing you to participate from anywhere with a private, comfortable space and reliable internet connection.
OPTION 1: SHORT-TERM INTENSIVE (3-Hour Format)
Ideal for: Focused work on a specific belief pattern or core wound
What's Included:
- 90-minute initial consultation and assessment session ($270)
- 3-hour intensive session ($900)
- 60-minute follow-up integration session ($150)
Total Investment: $1,320
This format is perfect if you want to address a specific "not enough" belief, process a particular memory where the wound was formed, or need focused work on one core issue.
OPTION 2: EXTENDED INTENSIVE (1-3 Day Format) *Most Popular*
Ideal for: Deeper processing of complex patterns, longstanding worthiness wounds, or comprehensive healing
Flexible Scheduling Options:
- 1-Day Intensive: 3-6 hours in one day
- 2-Day Intensive: 3 hours per day (total 6 hours)
- 3-Day Intensive: 3 hours per day (total 9 hours)
- Custom multi-day formats available based on your needs Days do not need to be consecutive but should be scheduled closely together to maintain therapeutic momentum.
What's Included:
- 90-minute assessment and preparation session ($270) *(May be eligible for insurance reimbursement)*
- Intensive work in 3-hour blocks at $900 per block
- 60-minute follow-up integration session ($150)
Sample Extended Intensive Costs:
- 1-Day (3 hours): $1,320 total
- 1-Day (6 hours): $2,070 total
- 2-Day (6 hours): $2,070 total -
- 3-Day (9 hours): $2,970 total (Most Popular)
Rate: $300 per hour for all intensive work
Step 1: Free 15-Minute Consultation
We'll talk about your situation, what you're hoping for, and whether intensive work is a good fit for you right now. No pressure. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation.
Step 2: Assessment Session (90 minutes, virtual)
If we decide to work together, we'll spend time mapping out your story, building grounding tools, and creating a clear plan for your intensive.
Step 3: The Intensive (1-3 days)
Concentrated EMDR sessions (3-6 hours each day) where your nervous system can complete healing cycles that have been stuck. You'll be in your own comfortable, private space connecting via secure video.
Step 4: Follow-Up (60 minutes, virtual)
We'll check in 2-4 weeks after your intensive to see how things are integrating and make sure you have everything you need.
Total commitment: 2-4 appointments instead of 20-24 weekly sessions.
How The Worthiness Intensive Works
Investment and Payment
Hourly Rate:
$300 per hour
Sample Intensive Costs:
- 3-hour session: $900
- 6-hour session: $1,800
- 2-day intensive (3 hours/day): $1,800
- 3-day intensive (3 hours/day): $2,700
Payment Structure:
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your intensive dates. This deposit is applied toward your total intensive cost. The remaining balance is due on the first day of your intensive.
Cancellation Policy
Intensives may be rescheduled without penalty up to one week prior to your scheduled intensive date. Cancellations made with less than one week's notice will forfeit the deposit.
Payment Plans Available
50% deposit required to reserve your intensive dates, with remaining balance split over 3-6 months. Specific payment plan options will be discussed during your consultation call.
Insurance and Reinbursement
While I am an out-of-network provider and do not bill insurance directly, many clients are able to receive partial or full reimbursement from their insurance company for out-of-network mental health services.
Superbill Provided
I will provide you with a detailed superbill after each session that includes:
- Diagnosis codes
- CPT procedure codes
- Date and length of service
- Provider credentials and information
You can submit this superbill to your insurance company for potential reimbursement according to your out-of-network benefits.
Checking Your Benefits
To determine your out-of-network mental health benefits, contact your insurance company and ask:
- Do I have out-of-network mental health benefits?
- What is my out-of-network deductible, and has it been met?
- What percentage does my plan cover for out-of-network mental health services?
- Is there a limit to how many sessions are covered per year?
- Do I need pre-authorization for EMDR therapy or intensive services?
- How do I submit claims for reimbursement?
Many clients find that their out-of-network benefits cover 50-80% of the cost after meeting their deductible, making intensive therapy a valuable investment in their wellbeing.
Ready to finally feel home in your body for good?
Part of you has been waiting for permission to stop working so hard to be enough.
Part of you knows the spiritual truth but needs your body to believe it.
Part of you is watching yourself repeat patterns you KNOW are unhealthy - and you're ready for it to STOP.
Part of you is terrified you'll pass this wound to your children.
Part of you is exhausted from self-improvement and ready to just... be.
If you're reading this and something in your body said "yes" - that's not coincidence.
The Worthiness Intensive is that bridge - from knowing to believing, from spiritual understanding to embodied truth, from your head to your heart, from endless healing to wholeness.
This is where the cognitive belief you've built finally lands in your body. This is where your spiritual knowing becomes embodied reality.
This is where you meet the part of yourself that's been waiting.
And you come home.
Next Steps:
Book a free 20-minute consultation call.
We'll discuss:
- Whether EMDR intensives are right for you
- Your specific goals and readiness
- How this work integrates with your spiritual practice
- Logistics, timeline, and next steps
This is a no-pressure conversation to see if we're a good fit.
Questions? Email me at vanessa@thejourneyhomeroadmap.com
What is EMDR?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) works with how your brain naturally processes information.
Through bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or tones), EMDR helps your nervous system complete processing of experiences that got "stuck."
EMDR is especially effective for:
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Single-incident trauma (car accidents, medical trauma, workplace conflicts, betrayals)
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Anxiety and panic
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PTSDPatterns that keep repeating (people-pleasing, perfectionism, reactivity)
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Feeling on edge or hypervigilant
The research is clear: EMDR works. And when delivered in an intensive format, it works fast.
What To Expect
During/Immediately After:
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Noticeable shift in your nervous system (less reactive, calmer body)
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Physical release (crying, exhaling, feeling lighter)
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The specific memory feels less charged when you think about it
Within 1-2 Weeks:
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Better sleep
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Less reactivity with family and coworkers
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Old triggers don't activate you the same way
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More capacity for presence and focus
Within 1 Month:
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Making decisions you've been avoiding
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Relationships improving (less defensive, more connected)
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Energy returning
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Feeling like yourself again (or for the first time)
Within 3-6 Months:
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Sustained changes in how you show up
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Old patterns (people-pleasing, perfectionism, control) soften naturally
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Deeper trust in yourself and your capacity
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The work is done—you're living the results
Meet Your Therapist
Hi I'm Vanessa!
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in EMDR Intensives for professionals who don't have time for traditional weekly therapy.
My background:
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16 years as a Registered Yoga Teacher (500-hour certification)
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EMDR trained and certified
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Specialization in trauma-focused, somatic therapy
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I blend Eastern somatic wisdom with Western clinical psychology
I was the gifted kid who got straight A's and recognition in academics and sports. The "good girl" who never caused trouble. The high achiever everyone was proud of.
And inside, I felt fundamentally wrong. I learned early that love was something I had to earn through performance, perfection, and managing everyone's emotions but my own.
Even after years of yoga practice, social work school - I KNEW I was enough. I could teach yoga. I could guide meditations. I understood the spiritual truth of my inherent divinity.
But I didn't BELIEVE it in my body.
Until I did the work I now offer you. The work of going back and meeting that younger version of myself. Holding her. Witnessing her pain. And offering her what she never received: unconditional love.
That's when everything shifted.
Not because I read another book. Not because I did another meditation retreat.
Because I went to the source - the memory where the wound was formed - and healed it somatically through EMDR.
Because my nervous system finally got the update my mind and spirit already knew.
Because I finally came home to myself.
This is the work I'm here to do. This is the work I do with my clients everyday This integration of clinical psychology and Eastern somatic wisdom isn't just my training - it's my lived experience.
And if you're reading this, it might be the work you're ready for too.
What my clients have said:
(Anonymous to maintain confidentiality)
EMDR:
"I never heard of EMDR before, but I found Vanessa and I liked her approach and felt a very strong trust at the beginning so I decided to try it. I am so glad I did because my life has completely changed. I was unemployed, depressed and socially anxious. I didn't want to leave the house because I was afraid of getting panic attack in public. Vanessa guided me through EMDR and we uncovered the reasons I felt this way and she helped me process all of the emotions from those memories and experiences. I was scared at first but Vanessa is so kind and knowledgeable, every time I heard her voice I knew it was going to be okay. Now I am employed, helping my family out with bills, going out with friends, and actually having meaningful connections with people. This is the first time I actually know what it feels like to love myself."
-Young Professional, San Antonio, TX
EMDR Intensives:
"I've worked with many therapists before having moved a lot for my job. I had a great EMDR therapist but was needing more intensive therapy, I knew my blocks, I knew my triggers, but I needed to get it all out as soon as possible because of current life events. Vanessa knew exactly how to begin this process. It has been amazing. I have let go of things I held on since I was a child. My body notices the difference too and I feel lighter and less pain overall."
--Generational Cycle Breaker, San Antonio, TX
Working Together:
"Vanessa has taught me how to learn to trust myself. Before this, that was an idea I couldn't even imagine. Now I truly know what it feels like to hear my intuition and trust myself. The self doubt and criticism are gone. Since then I have been having win after win in my life. I am forever grateful for finding Vanessa and working with her."
-Business Owner and Busy Mom, San Antonio, Texas
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