EMDR Therapy for Trauma Anxiety & Stress
In Wellington Somerset and Online across the UK.
£100 per 50 minute session
£150 per 90 minute session
EMDR Therapy: When Understanding Isn't Enough
You may understand your difficulties logically, yet still feel stuck emotionally.
EMDR is a structured therapy that can help process distressing or overwhelming experiences that continue to affect how you feel and respond today.
It may be particularly helpful if you tend to push through, overthink, stay in control or find it difficult to feel safe enough to relax.
Is EMDR Therapy Right for You?
EMDR may help if you:
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Feel stuck despite understanding your difficulties logically
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Have anxiety that doesn't respond to reassurance
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Are caught in perfectionism or overthinking
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Struggle to switch off, relax or feel safe
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Carry the effects of difficult childhood experiences
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Notice people-pleasing, hyper-independence or self-criticism in your relationships
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Feel exhausted from always being the strong one
EMDR is often used for trauma and PTSD, childhood trauma, anxiety and panic, burnout, perfectionism, low self-esteem, attachment wounds and persistent shame. Many of my clients have spent years coping successfully on the outside while privately carrying anxiety, burnout or trauma.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM EMDR
EMDR focuses on how memories are stored in the brain and body. It can help to:
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Reduce the emotional distress linked to past experiences
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Ease symptoms such as hypervigilance or shutdown
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Loosen beliefs like "I have to cope alone" or "I'm not safe to rest"
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Support your system in moving out of survival mode
Sessions are collaborative and paced to your nervous system. We work in stages, and processing never starts until you're ready:
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Assessment and planning: understanding your history, current difficulties and goals, and checking EMDR is right for you
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Preparation: building safety, resources and regulation skills (never rushed)
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Processing: working with target memories using bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps or sounds)
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Integration and closure: grounding after sessions and reviewing progress
You don't forget what happened, but for many clients it loses its emotional "sting"
Prefer a more concentrated approach? See EMDR Intensives
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
EMDR Therapy
"Eve has changed my life - though I'm sure she would argue that I've changed my life, she's only supported me in the process. I do things with ease now that seemed impossible a couple of years' ago. And I have confidence that I will concur the things I still find challenging. I no longer live in permanent fight or flight, and most days my OCD and PTSD feels manageable. I would never have believed that I'd be here, finding such joy in life, with where I was at in 2022. Eve helped me find, hold onto, and achieve hope. I will never know how to properly thank her. "
January 2026
Fees
£100 per 50-minute session or £150 per 90-minute session. Sessions are weekly. I recommend 90 minutes where possible, with 50 minutes available if that feels more manageable.
FAQs About EMDR
1. What is EMDR therapy? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps the brain process distressing or overwhelming experiences. Rather than repeatedly talking through difficult events, it helps memories feel less emotionally intense and have less impact on daily life.
2. Do I need to have experienced a major trauma? No. EMDR can also help with less obvious but deeply impactful experiences, such as emotional neglect, criticism, bullying, attachment wounds or growing up feeling responsible for others. These can shape how you see yourself, relate to others and cope with stress as an adult.
3. Can EMDR help with anxiety? Yes. Anxiety is often linked to earlier experiences that taught the nervous system to stay alert and prepared for danger. EMDR can address those underlying experiences, helping you feel calmer, more grounded and less overwhelmed.
4. Can EMDR help with perfectionism and hyper-independence? Often, yes. Perfectionism and hyper-independence commonly develop as protective strategies. EMDR can help process the experiences that shaped these beliefs, reducing the pressure to perform and making it easier to trust others and ask for support.
5. What does an EMDR session involve? EMDR follows an eight-phase approach and processing is only one part of it. We begin with history-taking and preparation, so you feel safe before any memory work. Reprocessing uses bilateral stimulation and is followed by installing more helpful beliefs, a body scan, closure and review. All eight phases are EMDR therapy, and the pace is always collaborative.
6. Is EMDR available online? Yes. I offer online EMDR across the UK using secure technology designed for EMDR. Many clients find it effective and easier to fit around busy lives.
7. Do you offer EMDR in Somerset? Yes, from my practice in Wellington, Somerset, and online throughout the UK. You can choose whichever feels most comfortable and practical.
8. How do I know if EMDR is right for me? If past experiences continue to affect your confidence, relationships, anxiety, self-worth or wellbeing, it may be. We can explore this in your free introductory appointment.
