Now Accepting New Telehealth Only Clients for Oregon Residents.
Healing is possible
Denise A. Lucas
LPC – Licensed Profesional Counselor
Certified EMDR Trauma Theripist
Adjunct Professor
EMDR Therapy for Trauma, PTSD, Anxiety, and other Stress-Related Disorders
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, symptoms of trauma, or just not feeling well? Are these issues significantly impacting your daily functioning or relationships? Are you looking for answers to discover things about yourself, others, and the world around you? Therapy can help!
My name is Denise A. Lucas, LPC, EMDR Certified Trauma Therapist, licensed and serving residents in the state of Oregon. My focus is treating trauma and other related mental health issues.
My approach is that I believe that humans are unique and complex beings consisting of many layers. My role is to walk with you as you uncover and discover what makes you the unique individual you are while helping you to learn new things about yourself, your relationships, and the world. Our stories are important and I will hold for you a safe confidential space for you to tell your story.
I am currently accepting telehealth-only patients for Oregon Residents
Somatic and Attachment-Focused EMDR (S.A.F.E. EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
How is EMDR Therapy Different From Other Therapies?
EMDR therapy is designed to resolve unprocessed traumatic memories in the brain. EMDR therapy does not require talking in detail about the distressing issue or completing homework between sessions. EMDR therapy, rather than focusing on changing the emotions, thoughts, or behaviors resulting from the distressing issue, allows the brain to resume its natural healing process.
How Does EMDR Therapy Affect the Brain?
Our brains have a natural way to recover from traumatic memories and events. This process involves communication between the amygdala (the alarm signal for stressful events), the hippocampus (which assists with learning, including memories about safety and danger), and the prefrontal cortex (which analyzes and controls behavior and emotion). While many times traumatic experiences can be managed and resolved spontaneously, they may not be processed without help. Stress responses are part of our natural fight, flight, or freeze instincts. When distress from a disturbing event remains, the upsetting images, thoughts, and motions may create an overwhelming feeling of being back in that moment, or of being “frozen in time.” EMDR therapy helps the brain process these memories and allows normal healing to resume. The experience is still remembered, but the fight, flight, or freeze response from the original event is resolved.
Who Can Benefit From EMDR Therapy?
EMDR therapy helps children and adults of all ages. Therapists use EMDR therapy to address a wide range of challenges.
I am currently accepting telehealth-only patients for Oregon Residents