EMDR Therapist Pacific Palisades
In-Person or Telehealth, 20 Minutes Away
If you’re searching for an EMDR therapist Pacific Palisades residents can reach without a long drive, Susan Quinn’s Brentwood office is about 20 minutes away, with encrypted telehealth also available for Pacific Palisades clients who’d rather work from home.
Emotional Balance
Mind and Body Focus
Anxiety, Stress
Emotional Targets
Acupressure Points
Structured Tapping Sequence
Anxiety Therapist Pacific Palisades Balancing Family and Career Pressures
As an anxiety therapist Pacific Palisades clients often seek out while balancing family responsibilities and career demands together, the practice works with high-functioning adults broadly – people managing a lot outwardly while carrying anxiety or emotional overwhelm internally.
Emergency Notice: If you are experiencing an acute mental health crisis, please call or text 988, or call 911 immediately.
Trauma Therapist Pacific Palisades: A Range of Trauma Histories
As a trauma therapist Pacific Palisades residents work with, both single-incident trauma and complex, developmental, or relational trauma are part of the practice – the specific history and starting point are worked out together, not assumed in advance.
In-Person or Telehealth From Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades sits close enough to Brentwood that in-person sessions are genuinely practical, while telehealth remains available for anyone who’d rather skip the drive – many clients start with whichever is most convenient and adjust later if preferences change.
Who This Fits
This tends to fit high-functioning adults – steady at work, successful on paper – who feel anxious, emotionally alone, or stuck in patterns they understand but can’t seem to shift, often rooted in earlier emotional neglect, inconsistency, or lack of attunement.
How It Starts
- A free 20-minute call to discuss what you’re carrying and whether it’s a good fit.
- An intake session covering your history and goals – not trauma processing yet.
- EMDR at your pace, in-person in Brentwood or by telehealth from Pacific Palisades.
- Most clients work weekly for a season, not indefinitely.
Privacy, Regardless of Where You’re Coming From
The Brentwood office is designed as a quiet, discreet space for every client, not just those from any one neighborhood – the same standard of privacy applies whether you’re driving in from Pacific Palisades or working by telehealth.
Credentials and Approach
Susan Quinn is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT, License No. MFC28220), licensed since 1991 and EMDRIA-certified since 2003.
In Short: EMDR, Anxiety, and Trauma Therapy for Pacific Palisades
If EMDR therapist Pacific Palisades, anxiety therapist Pacific Palisades, or trauma therapist Pacific Palisades is what you searched, the recap is simple: a 20-minute drive to Brentwood, or telehealth from home, with the same clinical process either way.
Working With Family- of-Origin Patterns
A significant portion of Attachment-Focused EMDR work involves family-of-origin patterns – the dynamics, expectations, and emotional climate a person grew up within, which often continue shaping adult relationships and self-perception long after leaving that original environment. This isn’t about assigning blame; it’s about identifying where certain reflexive patterns (over-functioning, difficulty trusting, chronic self-doubt) actually originated.
This work often surfaces for people who, on paper, had a “fine” or even privileged upbringing, which can create additional internal conflict – a sense that they shouldn’t be struggling given how good things looked from the outside. Emotional neglect, inconsistency, and lack of attunement don’t require visible dysfunction to leave a lasting mark; they can occur within families that otherwise functioned well by external standards.
For Pacific Palisades clients specifically, this pattern – a stable, resourced upbringing alongside real, unresolved internal struggle – comes up often enough to be worth naming directly rather than assuming struggle only makes sense in the context of obvious hardship. Attachment-Focused EMDR is built specifically for this kind of quieter, harder-to-name developmental wound.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an EMDR therapist Pacific Palisades residents can reach easily?
Pacific Palisades is about 20 minutes from the Brentwood office, with telehealth also available for anyone who’d rather not make the drive.
Does an anxiety therapist Pacific Palisades work with clients managing family and career pressures together?
The practice works with high-functioning adults broadly, including those balancing family responsibilities and career demands alongside anxiety or emotional overwhelm.
Is a trauma therapist Pacific Palisades able to help with grief-adjacent or loss-related trauma?
Trauma work here covers a range of experiences, and grief-adjacent material can come up as part of a broader trauma or attachment history – it’s worth discussing specifics during the free consultation call.
Can Pacific Palisades clients start with telehealth and switch to in-person later?
Yes – many clients start however is most convenient and adjust format later if their preference or schedule changes.
What's the quietest way to start therapy from Pacific Palisades?
A free 20-minute consultation call, with no paperwork or commitment required before that first conversation.
Still Deciding?
If you’ve been thinking about reaching out to an EMDR therapist Pacific Palisades has access to but haven’t yet, the free 20-minute call is designed to remove the pressure from that decision – it’s a conversation, not a commitment. There’s no wrong time to make that call, whether today or after more time has passed.