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EMDR for Pain and Symptoms

Your symptoms are real. Your exhaustion is real. And you deserve more than being told everything looks fine.

For many people living with chronic symptoms, the missing piece isn't another medical intervention — it's working directly with the nervous system. EMDR therapy is one of the most effective tools available for doing exactly that.

If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. And you are not imagining it. For many people living with chronic symptoms, the missing piece isn't another medical intervention — it's working directly with the nervous system. EMDR therapy is one of the most effective tools available for doing exactly that.

Why EMDR for pain and neuroplastic symptoms?

Chronic pain and persistent physical symptoms are rarely just physical. Research shows that many chronic conditions involve a nervous system stuck in high alert — continuously generating or amplifying signals of danger long after the original cause has healed, or in the absence of structural damage at all.

EMDR works by helping the brain process and release the memories, emotions, and fear responses fuelling this cycle. The result is often a significant reduction — not just in emotional distress, but in physical symptoms themselves. It is backed by a growing body of research including randomised controlled trials for conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, and other persistent physical symptoms that haven't responded to conventional treatment.

Conditions that may benefit

You may be a good candidate if your symptoms have persisted beyond normal healing time, fluctuate with stress or mood, or have no clear structural explanation.

Pain conditions

Chronic back pain · Chronic neck pain · Fibromyalgia · Migraines & headaches · Pelvic pain · Widespread body pain · Nerve pain (non-structural) · Phantom limb pain · Repetitive strain injuries · Orofacial pain

Fatigue & energy conditions

Chronic fatigue syndrome · ME/CFS · Post-viral fatigue · Long COVID fatigue · Burnout-related exhaustion

Digestive & physical symptoms

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) · Chronic nausea · Abdominal pain · Bladder sensitivity · Interstitial cystitis

Sensory & neurological symptoms

Tinnitus · Dizziness & vertigo · Insomnia · Skin sensitivity · Multiple chemical sensitivity

Not sure if your symptoms fit? A consultation is the perfect place to explore that together.

A uniquely integrated approach

Working with chronic pain and neuroplastic symptoms requires more than knowing an EMDR protocol. It requires a deep understanding of the body, the nervous system, and the relationship between physical experience and emotional history.

My relationship with the body as a site of healing goes back to 1997, through practicing Reflexology, Reiki, Zen Shiatsu, Lomi Lomi Hawaiian Temple Bodywork, and Massage Therapy. I developed a hands-on, somatic understanding of how the body holds stress, trauma, and unprocessed experience.

I am a certified Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) practitioner, and completed specialist training in EMDR for chronic pain with Mark Grant — one of the world's leading researchers in this field. I also bring advanced EMDR 2.0 techniques developed by Ad de Jongh and Suzy Matthijssen, which significantly enhance the depth and efficiency of EMDR processing.

When you work with me on chronic pain or neuroplastic symptoms, you are working with someone who understands your body's experience from multiple angles — not just as a psychological phenomenon, but as something lived, somatic, and deeply real.

What to expect

Sessions are collaborative and carefully paced. We begin with a thorough exploration of your history — not just your symptoms, but the experiences and patterns that may have contributed to your nervous system becoming dysregulated. From there we draw on EMDR processing, somatic awareness, pain education, and nervous system regulation tools — always at a pace that feels manageable, and always with you in control.

Many people are surprised by how much shifts — not just in their emotional relationship to their symptoms, but in the symptoms themselves.

You don't have to keep searching for answers alone.

If you've been living with chronic pain or persistent symptoms that haven't responded to conventional treatment, EMDR may offer a genuinely different path forward. I'd be honoured to explore whether this approach might be the right fit for you.

Book a free 30-minute telephone consultation to get started.