Trauma can affect emotions, relationships, sleep, concentration, your sense of safety, and the way your body responds to reminders of what happened. Transformations Counseling offers EMDR and other trauma-informed approaches in Rockford, Lake in the Hills, and through telehealth throughout Illinois.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a structured therapy that can help people process distressing experiences and the memories, thoughts, emotions, and physical responses connected to them.
EMDR is more than talking about what happened; treatment includes preparation, identifying targets, bilateral stimulation, processing, and reevaluating progress.
Learn more about EMDREMDR therapy incorporates preparation, guided processing, and ongoing evaluation to help address distressing memories and their emotional impact.
Trauma can affect people in different ways. Trauma-informed therapy may help you work through difficult experiences, emotional responses, and challenges that affect everyday life.
Support for post-traumatic stress and the effects of prolonged or repeated traumatic experiences.
Help processing difficult childhood experiences and their effects on life today.
A supportive setting for addressing the emotional impact of abuse or neglect.
Support with distressing experiences connected to loss, grief, and difficult life changes.
Explore difficult relationship experiences and concerns involving safety and trust.
Work through distress connected to accidents, medical procedures, or other frightening events.
Trauma-informed support for difficult experiences connected to military or first-responder service.
Address anxiety connected to past experiences, distressing memories, and emotional triggers.
Explore feeling constantly on guard, emotional numbness, avoidance, and concerns about safety or trust.
Connect with a clinician whose areas of focus and location align with your needs. Our intake team can help you explore the available options.
MSEd, NCC, LPC
PTSD & complex trauma, EMDR, anxiety, IFS, and ACT.
Rockford
Accepting New Clients
MA, CCMHC, LCPC
Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, veterans, adults, teens, and children.
Rockford & Lake in the Hills
Accepting New Clients - Waitlist
MSEd, NCC, LCPC
Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, children, and adolescents.
Rockford
Accepting New Clients
These clinicians also have trauma-related areas of focus. Contact our intake team to discuss clinician fit and availability.
MA, LPC
Focus: Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, and anxiety.
Location: Rockford & Lake in the Hills
MSEd, NCC, LPC
Focus: Trauma, EMDR, anxiety, and depression.
Location: Rockford
MSW, LSW, PEL
Focus: Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, adolescents, and adults.
Location: Lake in the Hills
MA, LPC, CADC
Focus: Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, children, teens, and adults.
Location: Lake in the Hills
Get answers to common questions about EMDR, the therapy process, and telehealth treatment.
EMDR is a structured therapy that helps you process distressing memories and the thoughts, emotions, and physical reactions connected to them. During parts of EMDR, your therapist may ask you to focus on aspects of a memory while engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements or alternating tapping. Preparation comes first: understanding symptoms, identifying goals, and building strategies for managing distress.
No. EMDR does not necessarily require you to describe every detail of a traumatic experience out loud. You will need to share enough information for treatment to be guided safely, but processing can occur without giving a detailed verbal account of everything that happened.
No. EMDR is well known for trauma and PTSD, but it may also be used when distressing experiences contribute to anxiety, fears, negative beliefs, grief, or other emotional difficulties.
No. The goal is not to erase a memory. You may still remember what happened, while the intensity and emotional impact connected to the memory may change.
There is no universal number. Treatment length depends on the experiences being addressed, current symptoms, goals, history, and whether treatment is focused on one event or more complex and repeated experiences.
Working with distressing memories can bring up uncomfortable emotions, thoughts, dreams, or physical sensations. That is one reason preparation and pacing are important parts of trauma treatment.
No. During EMDR you are awake, aware of where you are, and able to communicate with your therapist throughout the process.
Yes, EMDR can be provided through telehealth when clinically appropriate. Transformations Counseling offers telehealth to clients located throughout Illinois.
No. Eye movements are only one part of a larger structured treatment that includes history-taking, preparation, identifying targets, processing distressing material, strengthening adaptive beliefs, monitoring responses, and reevaluating progress.
You do not have to navigate difficult experiences alone. Our intake team can help you explore EMDR and trauma-informed therapy options that fit your needs.
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