Why Therapy Hasn’t Worked Yet
When Therapy Hasn’t Worked Yet
If you’ve been in therapy before and still feel reactive, shut down, anxious, or exhausted, you’re not alone—and you’re not broken.
Many people who find their way here are thoughtful, self-aware, and deeply committed to healing. They understand their history. They can name their patterns. And yet, their body keeps responding as if the danger is still happening.
Why Talk Therapy Sometimes Plateaus
Traditional talk therapy is excellent for insight, support, and understanding your story. But trauma doesn’t live only in thoughts—it lives in the nervous system. The right hemisphere in your brain is where you store your emotions, trauma, and general perception of the world. Studies have found that your right hempishere is non-verbal. There is only so much progress that can be made through talking alone---
For many people, this means:
You’ve invested so much time and effort into feeling better, but still feel stuck
You know why you feel the way you do, but symptoms persist
Your reactions feel automatic or out of proportion
What’s Different About Trauma-Focused, Experiential Work
Modalities like EMDR and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy work directly with how the brain and nervous system process threat and memory.
Instead of retelling your story, this work focuses on:
Equipping the brain with new and healthy neural connections
Reprocessing traumatic experiences at a deeper level
Creating lasting change rather than coping around symptoms
Many clients come to this work after years of therapy—not because therapy failed, but because they need a different entry point.
Who This Work Is For
This approach may be a good fit if:
You’ve plateaued in traditional talk therapy
You feel “stuck” despite doing everything right
You want relief, not just understanding
You’re open to structured, focused trauma work
What Working Together Can Look Like
I offer several ways to work, depending on your needs:
Weekly virtual EMDR sessions (insurance and private pay options)
EMDR intensives for focused, accelerated progress
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR intensives for deeper healing