Childhood experiences can influence how people see themselves, relate to others, respond to stress, and navigate emotions long after childhood has ended. While some difficult experiences are remembered clearly, others may leave a lasting emotional impact even when the memories themselves feel incomplete, distant, or difficult to explain.

For some adults, unresolved childhood trauma may appear as anxiety, low self-esteem, difficulty trusting others, fear of rejection or abandonment, strong emotional reactions, avoidance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or a persistent sense of being unsafe. A person may understand intellectually that an experience happened years ago while still reacting emotionally or physically as though the threat is present.

EMDR therapy for childhood trauma is one therapeutic approach that may help adults process distressing experiences from earlier in life and reduce the emotional intensity associated with them. EMDR Therapy, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, focuses on helping the brain process memories and experiences that continue to cause distress in the present.

At Thrive Psychotherapy, EMDR may be incorporated into an individualized treatment plan based on a person’s history, current symptoms, treatment goals, readiness, and clinical needs. Therapy is not about erasing the past or changing what happened. The goal is to help troubling experiences become less emotionally disruptive so they no longer have the same power over present-day thoughts, feelings, relationships, and reactions.

What Is Childhood Trauma?

Childhood trauma can result from experiences that overwhelm a child’s ability to understand, manage, or cope with what is happening. Trauma is not defined only by the event itself. A child’s age, developmental stage, available support, sense of safety, relationship with caregivers, and circumstances surrounding an experience can all influence how it is processed. Some childhood trauma results from a clearly identifiable event, while other forms develop through repeated experiences or ongoing environments in which a child does not consistently feel safe, protected, supported, or emotionally secure.

Experiences that may have a traumatic impact during childhood can include:

• Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
• Emotional or physical neglect
• Loss of a parent, caregiver, sibling, or other important person
• Witnessing domestic violence or other frightening events
• Growing up with unpredictable or unstable caregivers
• Parental separation, abandonment, or prolonged absence
• Serious illness, injury, hospitalization, or medical procedures
• Bullying, humiliation, or social rejection
• Exposure to substance misuse or significant instability within the home
• Accidents, natural disasters, or other frightening events
• Repeated criticism, intimidation, or emotional invalidation

Not everyone who experiences adversity during childhood develops trauma-related symptoms, and two people can experience similar circumstances but be affected very differently. The effects can also change over time. Some people recognize the connection between their childhood experiences and present difficulties relatively early, while others may not begin making those connections until adulthood, particularly when relationships, parenting, major life changes, loss, or other stressful events bring earlier emotions to the surface.

How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Adults Years Later

Childhood may be over, but the ways a person learned to protect themselves during childhood can sometimes continue into adult life. Children depend heavily on the people and environments around them for safety and emotional regulation. When a child experiences frightening, painful, unpredictable, or chronically stressful circumstances, the mind and body may adapt in ways that are useful for surviving that environment. Those adaptations do not automatically disappear when circumstances change.

An adult who grew up around unpredictable anger, for example, may become extremely sensitive to changes in another person’s tone of voice. Someone who experienced repeated rejection may anticipate abandonment in relationships, while a person who learned that mistakes resulted in criticism or humiliation may develop perfectionistic behaviors or intense anxiety surrounding failure. These responses can sometimes feel disproportionate to what is happening in the present because part of the reaction may be connected to earlier experiences.

Unresolved childhood trauma may contribute to difficulties such as:

• Anxiety or persistent worry
• Strong reactions to criticism or conflict
• Difficulty trusting other people
• Fear of rejection or abandonment
• Low self-worth or negative beliefs about oneself
• Difficulty establishing or maintaining boundaries
• People-pleasing or excessive concern about disappointing others
• Perfectionism or fear of making mistakes
• Emotional numbness or difficulty identifying feelings
• Avoidance of certain situations, conversations, people, or memories
• Difficulty feeling safe even when there is no immediate danger
• Relationship patterns that feel difficult to change
• Shame, guilt, or self-blame connected to past experiences
• Physical tension or emotional reactions triggered by reminders of the past

A person does not need to experience every one of these concerns to benefit from exploring whether earlier experiences are influencing current patterns. For some people, the connection is obvious. For others, it may initially seem puzzling why a particular situation causes such a strong reaction even when they know they are safe. Understanding where a reaction originated can be helpful, but insight alone does not always change the emotional response. This is one reason some adults explore EMDR for childhood trauma after recognizing that past experiences continue to influence their present lives. When anxiety is a primary concern, Thrive Psychotherapy also explains how this treatment may be used in EMDR for Anxiety.

Why Childhood Trauma Can Be Difficult to Process

Adults often look back at childhood experiences through an adult perspective. This can sometimes lead people to minimize what happened because they now understand circumstances that they could not have understood as children. Someone might think, “It wasn’t that bad,” “Other people had it worse,” “My parents were doing the best they could,” or “That happened a long time ago.” A person may also believe that because they are safe now, they should no longer be affected by something that happened years earlier. These thoughts can coexist with genuine emotional distress.

A child processes experiences with the emotional and cognitive abilities available at that stage of development. When something frightening, painful, humiliating, confusing, or overwhelming happens, a child may form conclusions about themselves or the world that make sense within that situation. These may include beliefs such as:

• I am not safe.
• I don’t matter.
• It was my fault.
• I can’t trust anyone.
• I have to keep everyone happy.
• I’m not good enough.
• I have to be perfect.
• I am powerless.

Although an adult may consciously recognize that these beliefs are inaccurate, certain situations can still activate the emotions and physical responses associated with them. Childhood trauma may also involve more than one isolated memory. Some people can identify a specific event that continues to cause distress, while others remember a collection of experiences, repeated interactions, or an overall environment rather than one defining moment.

This distinction becomes particularly important when considering EMDR therapy for childhood trauma in adults. Treatment does not necessarily depend on finding one perfect memory that explains everything. A trained therapist can work with the individual to identify relevant memories, triggers, beliefs, emotions, and patterns that may be appropriate targets for processing.

How Can EMDR Therapy Help With Childhood Trauma?

EMDR is based on the understanding that some distressing experiences may not have been fully processed and can continue to influence a person’s reactions in the present. During EMDR therapy for childhood trauma, the therapist and client may identify earlier experiences connected to a current problem, along with the thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and beliefs associated with those experiences.

For example, an adult who becomes intensely distressed by criticism may discover that present-day criticism activates emotions associated with repeated humiliation or rejection during childhood. Someone who experiences significant anxiety when another person becomes upset may connect that response to growing up in an unpredictable environment where anger signaled danger. EMDR provides a structured way of working with these connections between earlier experiences and current emotional responses.

Rather than attempting to erase a memory, EMDR aims to reduce the distress associated with it and support more adaptive ways of understanding the experience. The person still knows what happened, but remembering it may no longer produce the same level of fear, shame, helplessness, or emotional activation. As processing progresses, an earlier belief such as “I was powerless” may begin to shift toward an understanding such as “I survived,” “I have choices now,” or “I can protect myself.” This does not mean replacing a difficult experience with a positive story. The goal is to help the memory become less disruptive in the present while allowing the person to understand it with the perspective and resources they have today.

EMDR has also been studied and used as a trauma-focused psychotherapy for distressing experiences. The EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) provides additional information about EMDR therapy and childhood trauma, including the potential impact of adverse childhood experiences and the use of EMDR with trauma-related concerns.

For a complete explanation of the therapeutic process and the different phases involved, Thrive Psychotherapy’s guide to How Does EMDR Therapy Work? provides a more detailed look at EMDR treatment. Here, the focus is specifically on how EMDR may be applied to childhood experiences that continue to affect emotions, beliefs, relationships, or reactions in adulthood.

Childhood Experiences That May Be Addressed With EMDR

There is no single type of childhood experience that determines whether someone may benefit from EMDR. Some adults seek therapy because of a specific event they remember clearly, while others are affected by repeated experiences that shaped how they learned to view themselves, relationships, safety, or emotional closeness. EMDR treatment is individualized, and a therapist may help identify earlier experiences that appear connected to current symptoms or patterns rather than assuming that every difficult childhood memory needs to become a focus of treatment.

Childhood Abuse

Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during childhood can affect a person’s sense of safety, trust, self-worth, and control. Even years later, reminders of these experiences may contribute to fear, shame, avoidance, difficulty with intimacy, or strong reactions to situations that resemble aspects of what occurred. EMDR for childhood abuse may focus on particular memories or experiences that continue to cause distress, along with negative beliefs involving safety, responsibility, trust, worth, or the ability to protect oneself.

Because childhood abuse can involve repeated experiences rather than a single event, EMDR therapy for childhood trauma requires individualized treatment planning, appropriate preparation, and careful pacing. The goal is not to force someone to revisit everything that happened. Instead, the therapist and client determine which experiences are appropriate to address and when.

Loss, Separation, and Abandonment

The loss of a parent, caregiver, sibling, or another important person can be deeply distressing for a child. Trauma may also be associated with parental separation, prolonged absence, foster care experiences, sudden changes in caregivers, or circumstances in which a child felt abandoned or left without adequate support. An adult may understand the circumstances surrounding a childhood separation while still carrying feelings that originated much earlier. Present-day experiences involving distance, conflict, or uncertainty in relationships can sometimes activate fears of being left again. When appropriate, EMDR may help process memories associated with these earlier experiences and the beliefs or emotional responses that developed around them.

Bullying, Rejection, and Humiliation

Childhood trauma is not limited to experiences within the home. Persistent bullying, social exclusion, public embarrassment, or repeated humiliation can have a lasting effect, particularly when these experiences occur during important developmental years. Adults who experienced significant bullying may continue to struggle with self-consciousness, fear of judgment, social anxiety, difficulty trusting groups, or negative beliefs about their appearance, intelligence, abilities, or worth. Certain present-day situations may activate memories of earlier rejection even when the current circumstances are different, and EMDR may be used to address experiences that continue to carry emotional intensity.

Growing Up in an Unpredictable Home

Some childhood trauma develops within an environment where a child rarely knows what to expect from one day to the next. Frequent conflict, unpredictable anger, substance misuse, financial instability, repeated disruptions, or inconsistent caregiving can make it difficult for a child to develop a dependable sense of safety. The problem may not be one isolated incident but the cumulative effect of living in circumstances that repeatedly feel uncertain or emotionally unstable.

Children in these environments may learn to adjust their behavior according to what is happening around them. Staying quiet, avoiding attention, anticipating other people’s needs, or trying to prevent conflict may become ways of navigating an unpredictable household. These responses can be understandable adaptations to the environment at the time, even if they later contribute to difficulties relaxing, tolerating uncertainty, or feeling secure in relationships.

When these earlier experiences continue to affect adult life, EMDR therapy for childhood trauma in adults may help identify and process memories or recurring experiences associated with instability, fear, or lack of control. Treatment can also explore negative beliefs that developed during that period and continue to influence how the person responds to uncertainty in the present.

Childhood Medical Trauma

Serious illness, injuries, emergency medical treatment, invasive procedures, extended hospitalization, or repeated medical care can be frightening for children, particularly when they do not fully understand what is happening. The emotional impact of these experiences can sometimes persist into adulthood, and medical settings, procedures, physical sensations, or health concerns may trigger intense fear even when the person recognizes that the current situation is different. When childhood medical experiences remain distressing, they may be considered as potential treatment targets depending on the person’s symptoms, history, and therapeutic goals.

Witnessing Violence or Frightening Events

A child does not need to be the direct target of an event for it to have a traumatic impact. Witnessing domestic violence, severe conflict, accidents, injuries, threats, or other frightening events can affect a child’s sense of safety. Some adults retain vivid memories of these experiences, while others primarily remember the fear, uncertainty, or helplessness they felt at the time. Therapy can explore whether these experiences remain connected to current triggers or beliefs about safety, relationships, control, or responsibility.

How Childhood Emotional Neglect Can Appear in Adulthood

Adults affected by childhood emotional neglect may not immediately connect current difficulties with their early experiences. Instead, they may notice patterns such as difficulty identifying what they feel, discomfort asking for support, minimizing their own needs, feeling guilty about setting boundaries, or assuming that they should handle everything themselves. Some become highly independent because relying on other people never felt dependable, while others become extremely attentive to everyone else’s emotions while having difficulty recognizing their own.

Potential effects may include:

• Difficulty identifying or expressing emotions
• Feeling uncomfortable when receiving care or attention
• Believing personal needs are burdensome
• Excessive self-reliance
• Difficulty asking for help
• People-pleasing
• Fear of disappointing others
• Persistent feelings of inadequacy
• Difficulty setting or maintaining boundaries
• Feeling emotionally disconnected from others
• Harsh self-criticism
• Difficulty believing that feelings are valid
• Feeling responsible for other people’s emotions

These experiences can also affect relationships. A person may want emotional closeness but feel uncomfortable when someone becomes too close, or they may avoid discussing their needs because they expect those needs to be dismissed or fear creating conflict. These patterns are not proof that someone experienced emotional neglect, and they can develop for many reasons. Therapy provides an opportunity to explore the individual’s history and current concerns rather than applying a label based on symptoms alone.

EMDR for Childhood Emotional Neglect

EMDR for childhood emotional neglect may be considered when earlier experiences continue to contribute to distressing beliefs, emotions, relationship patterns, or present-day triggers. Unlike trauma associated with one clearly identifiable event, emotional neglect often develops through repeated experiences of not receiving needed emotional support, reassurance, validation, or responsiveness. Because there may not be one defining incident, some adults initially wonder whether they have specific memories that can be addressed in therapy.

Meaningful experiences do not have to involve a dramatic event. A person may remember being dismissed when they expressed emotion, feeling that their needs were unimportant, receiving little comfort during difficult moments, or repeatedly learning that they had to manage distress on their own. A therapist may also explore present-day situations that activate similar feelings, such as discomfort asking for reassurance, intense reactions to criticism, difficulty trusting emotional support, or guilt when setting boundaries.

When clinically appropriate, EMDR therapy for childhood trauma can be used to explore connections between earlier experiences, present-day triggers, and negative beliefs about worth, emotional safety, relationships, or personal needs. The objective is not to convince someone that their childhood was worse than they remember or to assign blame. Instead, treatment can help determine whether earlier experiences continue to influence current reactions and whether processing those experiences may reduce their impact on the person’s life today.

EMDR for Childhood Trauma in Adults

There is no age by which someone must address the impact of childhood trauma. Adults may seek therapy years or even decades after difficult experiences occurred, including people who have never previously discussed those experiences in therapy. For some, the decision to seek childhood trauma therapy follows a realization that certain emotional, behavioral, or relationship patterns have persisted despite understanding them intellectually. Others begin examining childhood experiences after a major life transition, relationship change, loss, becoming a parent, or another event brings previously manageable concerns to the surface.

EMDR for childhood trauma in adults focuses on the connection between earlier experiences and difficulties that are affecting the person’s life now. Depending on individual needs, treatment may address particular memories, recurring themes across multiple experiences, negative beliefs developed during childhood, or present-day situations that activate unresolved distress. Someone seeking EMDR therapy for childhood trauma in adults does not need to identify every childhood experience before beginning treatment. Part of the therapeutic process involves understanding the person’s history, current concerns, treatment goals, and whether EMDR is an appropriate approach.

The purpose is not to eliminate normal emotions about painful experiences or make someone indifferent to what happened. Instead, treatment may help reduce the extent to which unresolved childhood experiences continue to shape present-day emotional reactions, beliefs about oneself, relationships, and feelings of safety. For adults who have spent years feeling that they “should be over” something because it happened long ago, this distinction can be particularly important. The passage of time alone does not determine how an experience affects someone; what matters clinically is how earlier experiences relate to the concerns the person is experiencing today.

You Do Not Need a Perfect Memory of Childhood to Explore Therapy

Some adults worry that they cannot address childhood trauma because their memories are incomplete. Childhood memories naturally vary in detail, and difficult experiences may be remembered as individual moments, fragments, sensations, emotions, or broader periods of life. Someone might remember exactly what happened during a particular event, while another person may remember the setting, someone’s facial expression, or the emotions they experienced without recalling every detail. Others may remember relatively little from certain periods of childhood.

EMDR does not require someone to reconstruct an exact historical record of everything that happened. Therapy should not be used to pressure a person to recover memories or determine whether something occurred when they do not remember it. Instead, treatment works with the experiences, memories, emotions, beliefs, physical sensations, and present-day difficulties that the client can identify.

This distinction is particularly important when considering EMDR therapy for childhood trauma. The purpose of therapy is not to fill gaps in someone’s memory or create certainty about events that cannot be recalled. It is to address the distress, beliefs, emotional responses, and patterns that are affecting the person’s life now.

What Happens During EMDR Therapy for Childhood Trauma?

EMDR therapy for childhood trauma begins with understanding the concerns that are affecting the person now and how earlier experiences may be connected to them. Treatment does not necessarily begin by immediately revisiting the most difficult childhood memory. A therapist first learns about the client’s history, current symptoms, emotional resources, treatment goals, and factors that may influence how therapy should proceed. This preparation helps determine which experiences may be appropriate to address and how treatment can be paced for the individual.

When working with childhood trauma, the experiences selected for processing may vary considerably. One person may have a specific memory that continues to cause distress, while another may recognize a series of similar experiences that contributed to a recurring belief or emotional response. For example, repeated criticism throughout childhood may be associated with a belief such as “I’m not good enough,” while experiences of abandonment or inconsistent caregiving may be connected to fears about safety, trust, or being left by others.

During EMDR therapy for childhood trauma, the therapist may help the client identify a relevant memory or experience along with associated emotions, physical sensations, and negative beliefs. Bilateral stimulation, often involving guided eye movements or another form of alternating stimulation, is then used as part of the EMDR process. Readers who want additional background on the therapy and its underlying approach can learn more by reading What Is EMDR? The specific procedures used and the pace of treatment depend on the individual and should be guided by a clinician trained in EMDR.

An important distinction with EMDR for childhood trauma is that treatment may involve connections between past experiences and present-day triggers. A difficult interaction in adulthood, for example, may activate emotions associated with something that happened much earlier. Therapy can explore these connections without assuming that every current difficulty originates in childhood or that every childhood memory requires processing.

As treatment progresses, memories that once produced significant distress may become less emotionally intense, and negative beliefs associated with those experiences may begin to change. A person may still remember what happened, but the experience may feel more clearly situated in the past rather than continuing to produce the same level of emotional activation in the present. The response to EMDR varies from person to person, and progress should be evaluated according to the individual’s symptoms, goals, and overall treatment plan.

For a more detailed explanation of the phases and mechanics of treatment, Thrive Psychotherapy’s guide to How Does EMDR Therapy Work? explains the broader EMDR process. For someone considering EMDR therapy for childhood trauma, the important point is that treatment is individualized and does not require processing every difficult childhood experience at once. A therapist can help determine which memories, beliefs, triggers, or recurring themes are most relevant to the concerns that brought the person to therapy.

Do You Have to Talk About Childhood Trauma in Detail During EMDR?

One concern some people have before beginning EMDR therapy for childhood trauma is whether they will be expected to describe every painful experience in detail. EMDR does involve identifying memories, emotions, beliefs, and physical responses connected to distressing experiences, but treatment does not necessarily require the same level of detailed verbal retelling that may occur in some other forms of trauma-focused therapy.

The amount a person discusses depends on the individual, the therapist’s approach, the clinical situation, and what is needed to identify an appropriate treatment target. A client may provide enough information for the therapist to understand the relevant experience without recounting every detail of what happened. During EMDR for childhood trauma, the focus may include the memory or experience itself and the emotions, physical sensations, or beliefs associated with it. For example, someone may identify an experience connected to a belief such as “I am not safe” or “I am not good enough” without providing an extensive narrative of every related event.

This does not mean that talking has no role in EMDR therapy for childhood trauma. Discussion remains important for understanding current concerns, relevant history, treatment goals, progress, and reactions that arise during therapy. However, EMDR is not based on requiring a person to repeatedly recount traumatic experiences in extensive detail. Concerns about disclosure, pacing, privacy, or emotional intensity can be discussed with the therapist before and throughout treatment.

For adults who have avoided childhood trauma therapy because they fear having to relive or explain everything that happened, understanding this distinction may make the treatment process feel more approachable. A qualified EMDR therapist for childhood trauma can explain what participation involves, answer questions about the process, and determine whether EMDR is appropriate based on the individual’s needs and circumstances.

How Long Does EMDR Therapy Take for Childhood Trauma?

There is no standard number of sessions required for EMDR therapy for childhood trauma. The length of treatment can vary depending on the person’s history, the nature and number of experiences being addressed, current symptoms, treatment goals, emotional readiness, and whether other concerns are being treated at the same time. A person working through one specific childhood experience may have different treatment needs than someone addressing repeated or prolonged experiences that occurred over many years.

Treatment length can also depend on how much preparation is appropriate before processing begins and how the individual responds as therapy progresses. Some people may be ready to work with a particular memory relatively quickly, while others benefit from spending more time developing coping strategies, establishing a sense of safety within therapy, or addressing current stressors first. EMDR for childhood trauma should be paced according to the individual rather than according to a predetermined timeline.

When multiple childhood experiences are connected to current difficulties, therapy may involve identifying which memories or recurring themes are most relevant rather than attempting to address every event individually. Progress may also involve changes beyond how someone feels about a particular memory, including reduced distress around triggers, shifts in negative beliefs, or improvements in how the person responds to situations that previously activated strong emotional reactions.

An EMDR therapist for childhood trauma can provide a more individualized perspective after learning about the person’s concerns, history, and goals. Rather than focusing on completing treatment within a certain number of sessions, the more useful question is whether therapy is producing meaningful progress and whether the treatment plan continues to reflect the client’s needs.

Childhood Trauma, PTSD, and Complex PTSD: Understanding the Overlap

Childhood trauma, PTSD, and complex PTSD are related concepts, but they are not interchangeable. Experiencing childhood trauma does not automatically mean that someone has PTSD or complex PTSD, and adults can experience lasting effects from childhood without meeting the criteria for either condition. A qualified mental health professional can assess symptoms, history, and current concerns rather than assuming a diagnosis based solely on what happened during childhood.

PTSD may develop following exposure to traumatic events and can involve symptoms such as intrusive memories, avoidance, changes in mood or thinking, and heightened reactions associated with the trauma. When these concerns are present, Thrive Psychotherapy’s guide to EMDR for PTSD provides more information about how EMDR may be incorporated into treatment. Because that topic is covered separately, the focus of EMDR therapy for childhood trauma remains on how earlier experiences may continue to influence the individual’s current emotions, beliefs, behaviors, and relationships.

Complex PTSD is often discussed in connection with prolonged or repeated trauma, including some experiences that begin during childhood. In addition to trauma-related symptoms, people may experience broader difficulties involving emotional regulation, relationships, or beliefs about themselves. Readers interested specifically in these concerns can learn more in EMDR for Complex PTSD (C-PTSD).

The overlap between these concerns is one reason individualized assessment is important. EMDR for childhood trauma should be based on the person’s experiences, current symptoms, treatment goals, and clinical needs rather than on assuming that every difficult childhood experience leads to the same outcome.

Finding an EMDR Therapist for Childhood Trauma

Finding an EMDR therapist for childhood trauma involves more than simply locating someone who offers EMDR. It is important to work with a licensed mental health professional who has appropriate EMDR training and experience addressing trauma-related concerns. The therapist should also take time to understand the person’s history, current difficulties, treatment goals, and readiness before determining how EMDR may fit into an individualized treatment plan.

Adults seeking EMDR therapy for childhood trauma may want to ask about the therapist’s experience working with adults affected by childhood abuse, emotional neglect, loss, unstable family environments, or other early traumatic experiences relevant to their concerns. It can also be helpful to discuss how the therapist approaches preparation and pacing, particularly when childhood trauma involves repeated experiences or continues to affect relationships, emotional regulation, self-worth, or feelings of safety.

At Thrive Psychotherapy, treatment is based on the individual rather than a predetermined approach to every childhood experience. For someone considering EMDR for childhood trauma in adults, an initial consultation can provide an opportunity to discuss current concerns, learn more about available treatment options, and determine whether EMDR therapy for childhood trauma may be an appropriate part of care.

Frequently Asked Questions About EMDR Therapy for Childhood Trauma

Explore EMDR Therapy for Childhood Trauma at Thrive Psychotherapy

Experiences from childhood can continue to influence emotions, beliefs, relationships, and responses long after the circumstances themselves have changed. If earlier experiences are affecting your life today, you do not have to determine on your own whether they qualify as trauma or which type of therapy you need.

At Thrive Psychotherapy, treatment is individualized according to each person’s history, current concerns, goals, and readiness. Our therapists can help you explore whether EMDR therapy for childhood trauma may be an appropriate part of your care and answer questions about what treatment may involve.

Contact Thrive Psychotherapy today to schedule a consultation and learn more about EMDR therapy for childhood trauma.