EMDR for Couples Work through the Hard Stuff Together
Even when partners love each other deeply, past wounds can shape the way they interact in ways they don’t always understand. We offer EMDR for Couples in the San Francisco Bay Area to help heal alongside your partner
Heal the Past. Reconnect in the Present. Strengthen Your Future.
WHEN PAST WOUNDS GO UNHEALED, THEY DONT JUST STAY IN THE PAST—THEY SHOW UP IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
Maybe you and your partner keep having the same painful arguments, feeling stuck in cycles of blame, withdrawal, or emotional shutdown. Maybe trust has been broken, and no matter how hard you try, it feels impossible to truly move forward. Or maybe one or both of you carry personal trauma—whether from childhood, past relationships, or other life experiences—that makes it difficult to feel safe and secure together.
EMDR for Couples helps you and your partner heal at the root, so you can stop reliving old pain and start creating a healthier, more connected relationship.
Trauma shows up in your relationship. Heres how:
Recurring conflict that never gets resolved – You fight about the same things over and over, but no matter how much you talk, nothing seems to change.
Emotional disconnection – One or both of you feel distant, unseen, or misunderstood, even if you’re physically present together.
Trust issues and betrayal wounds – Whether from past relationships, childhood experiences, or infidelity, trust feels fragile or broken.
Shutting down or withdrawing – One or both of you struggle to express emotions, leading to resentment or loneliness.
Feeling triggered by each other – Small disagreements escalate quickly, and reactions feel bigger than the situation at hand.
Anxiety, PTSD, or personal trauma affecting your relationship – Past experiences make it hard to feel safe, secure, or emotionally available in your relationship.
If any of this resonates, you’re not alone. Your relationship doesn’t have to stay stuck in these patterns. Healing is possible—together.
Unlike traditional couples therapy, which focuses on communication skills, EMDR for Couples works on a deeper, nervous-system level to help both partners:
Reprocess painful memories that keep triggering conflict or disconnection.
Identify and shift automatic reactions rooted in past trauma.
Develop emotional safety so vulnerability and intimacy feel possible.
Strengthen secure attachment and rebuild trust.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help people process and heal from trauma. When applied in couples therapy, EMDR helps both partners understand how past experiences are impacting their present relationship—and reprocess those wounds so they no longer drive disconnection, conflict, or pain.
Your Relationship Deserves Healing
Want to work with Empowered Mind Therapy and start feeling the like couple you know you are? Our caring counselors can work with you to identify unhealthy boundaries in relationships within your life. Get a better understanding of yourself, your needs, and how to communicate them by following these steps:
Contact us to speak with our Client Care Coordinator
Get connected with an understanding counselor
Start feeling confident as you set healthy boundaries
Other Therapy Services we Offer in the San Francisco Bay Area
At Empowered Mind Therapy we specialize in therapy for women of color both in person in Walnut Creek and online throughout California. This includes anxiety treatment, depression treatment, and trauma therapy.
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