What Is EMDR?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) helps the mind work through distressing memories so they stop shaping how you feel and react today. It moves through defined phases, and clients don’t need to recount every detail out loud, which many people find makes the work more manageable.

Why Choose One Mind Health

Our EMDR-trained psychologists think carefully about where you’re starting from. Before any reprocessing begins, we learn your history, your goals and what helps you feel grounded. If something isn’t sitting right, we slow down or change direction. You won’t be placed on a template.

A Private Space Near Home

Our Kingscliff clinic is built for people who want privacy and a quiet room, not a busy waiting area. Whether you live in Kingscliff, Cudgen, Casuarina, Tweed Heads or further along the coast, you’ll find an unhurried place to begin.

EMDR is commonly used to support people working through distressing or overwhelming experiences that continue to affect thoughts, emotions, behaviours, or physical responses.

For example:

• Trauma, including single-incident events (such as accidents, assaults, or medical procedures) and complex or developmental trauma.

• Post-traumatic stress symptoms, including intrusive memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, emotional reactivity, and avoidance.

• Anxiety, particularly when linked to distressing experiences, including panic, social anxiety, phobias, and performance anxiety.

• Persistent effects of adverse life experiences, such as shame, guilt, negative self-beliefs, or feeling "stuck" despite understanding what has happened.

• Difficulties with emotional regulation, feeling constantly on edge, emotionally numb, or unsafe.

• Low self-esteem and negative core beliefs that have developed through earlier life experiences.

• Grief, loss, and significant life transitions where emotional distress remains unresolved.

• Ongoing difficulties that have not fully responded to talking therapy alone, particularly where emotional or physiological responses persist despite insight.

What Sessions Look Like

We move at your pace. Early sessions focus on building a foundation of trust and safety, with processing work introduced only when you're ready. You stay in control throughout.

Ready to Talk?

Book a confidential first session or call to ask any questions before you commit to anything.