Julie McAllister (She/her)

Trauma therapy helps you process what happened so it no longer defines you. Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, healing is possible. I use EMDR and a trauma-informed approach to help you move from survival mode to a place of clarity, connection, and purpose. You don’t have to keep carrying it alone—we can work through it together.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy that helps process trauma and distressing memories. By using bilateral stimulation (like eye movements), we can rewire how your brain stores painful experiences, reducing their emotional charge. This helps you heal from trauma, reduce anxiety, and create healthier patterns. EMDR is transformative, allowing you to move forward with clarity, confidence, and emotional freedom.

Attachment theory helps us understand how early relationships shape the way we connect, regulate emotions, and see ourselves. Our attachment style—secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized—affects how we approach intimacy and independence. These patterns aren’t flaws but adaptive responses to early experiences. In therapy, we explore these patterns with compassion, so you can build healthier relationships and feel more secure, both with others and yourself.

Attachment theory helps us understand how early relationships shape the way we connect, regulate emotions, and see ourselves. Our attachment style—secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized—affects how we approach intimacy and independence. These patterns aren’t flaws but adaptive responses to early experiences. In therapy, we explore these patterns with compassion, so you can build healthier relationships and feel more secure, both with others and yourself.

Using EMDR, I help clients process the distressing memories and emotions associated with PTSD. By targeting traumatic experiences with bilateral stimulation, we can reprocess those memories, reducing their emotional charge. This allows you to shift from feeling stuck in the past to living more fully in the present. Over time, EMDR helps you reframe trauma, restore emotional balance, and regain a sense of control, so you can move forward with greater resilience and peace.

Using EMDR, I help you address the root causes of low self-esteem by processing past experiences that shaped your beliefs about yourself. Through bilateral stimulation, we rewire negative thought patterns, allowing you to replace self-doubt with self-compassion and confidence. As we work through past wounds, you’ll begin to feel more secure in who you are, trust your worth, and develop healthier, more empowering beliefs about yourself and your abilities.

We’ll begin by exploring past experiences that shaped how you trust and connect with others. As we process these memories using EMDR therapy, you'll start to release old beliefs that have kept you from feeling secure in relationships. Over time, you’ll notice a shift—feeling more confident in yourself and open to forming healthier connections. This work creates emotional safety, allowing you to experience relationships with more ease, trust, and authenticity.