EMDR Therapist Santa Monica
In-Person or Telehealth, 20 Minutes Away
If you’re searching for an EMDR therapist Santa Monica can reach easily, Susan Quinn’s Brentwood office is about a 20-minute drive away, and encrypted telehealth is available for anyone who’d rather skip the commute entirely and work from home in Santa Monica.
Emotional Balance
Mind and Body Focus
Anxiety, Stress
Emotional Targets
Acupressure Points
Structured Tapping Sequence
Anxiety Therapist Santa Monica Telehealth Built for a Busy Schedule
As an anxiety therapist Santa Monica clients often reach via telehealth, sessions happen without a commute at all – useful for chronic anxiety, panic, or hypervigilance work where consistency matters and a 40-minute round trip can be the difference between keeping a weekly session or letting it slide.
Emergency Notice: If you are experiencing an acute mental health crisis, please call or text 988, or call 911 immediately.
Trauma Therapist Santa Monica: Single-Incident and Complex Trauma
As a trauma therapist Santa Monica residents work with, both single-incident trauma (accidents, medical events, assault) and complex, developmental trauma are part of the practice – standard EMDR fits the former well, while Attachment-Focused EMDR is often used for relational and developmental wounds without one clear starting memory.
PTSD Therapist Santa Monica Telehealth Works the Same Way
As a PTSD therapist Santa Monica clients can work with entirely by telehealth, the core mechanism doesn’t change – virtual bilateral stimulation tools, including on-screen light bars, alternating audio tones through headphones, or guided self-tapping, engage the same neurobiological process as in-person sessions.
Who This Fits and How It Starts
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 tied to 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 Santa Monica.
- Most clients work weekly for a season, not indefinitely.
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 Santa Monica
If EMDR therapist Santa Monica, anxiety therapist Santa Monica, or trauma therapist Santa Monica 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.
Signs Talk Therapy Alone Hasn't Fully Resolved Something
A common reason people search for an EMDR therapist after years of talk therapy is a specific, frustrating pattern: they understand their history intellectually – they can explain where a fear or a pattern came from – but the understanding doesn’t change how their body reacts in the moment. Insight and regulation are different things, and talk therapy is generally stronger at building the former than the latter.
Other signs include a trigger response that feels disproportionate to the present situation (a tone of voice, a specific kind of conflict, or a sensory cue that sets off a reaction bigger than the moment calls for), a pattern of insight without behavior change (know what you should do, can’t seem to actually do it consistently), or a sense of being “stuck” describing the same core issue across different therapists or years of work without it fully shifting.
None of this means talk therapy failed or was a waste of time – often it did meaningful work building self-awareness and a therapeutic relationship, which becomes useful groundwork for EMDR rather than being replaced by it. For Santa Monica clients specifically, the practical shift is usually about adding a different tool to address what talk therapy touched but didn’t fully resolve, not starting over from scratch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an EMDR therapist Santa Monica clients can see without a long commute?
Santa Monica is about 20 minutes from the Brentwood office, and telehealth is also available for anyone who’d rather not commute at all.
Does an anxiety therapist Santa Monica offer evening or flexible session times?
Telehealth sessions from Santa Monica offer flexible scheduling since there’s no commute involved – ask during the free consultation call what times are currently available.
Is a trauma therapist Santa Monica able to work with single-incident and complex trauma both?
Yes – both standard EMDR (well suited to single-incident trauma) and Attachment-Focused EMDR (for complex, relational trauma) are part of the practice.
Does a PTSD therapist Santa Monica require in-person sessions, or is telehealth equally effective?
Telehealth is clinically effective for EMDR – virtual bilateral stimulation tools (on-screen light bars, alternating audio tones, guided self-tapping) work through the same neurobiological mechanism as in-person sessions.
How do I start with an EMDR therapist Santa Monica search led me to?
Book a free 20-minute consultation call first – no commitment, just a chance to discuss what you’re carrying and whether it’s a good fit.
Is there a cost difference between in-person and telehealth sessions from Santa Monica?
Session logistics and pricing questions are best confirmed directly during the consultation call, since specific rates aren’t the focus of this page.
Does starting EMDR mean my previous therapy didn't work?
No – EMDR is often most useful as an addition to prior therapeutic work, addressing what talk therapy identified but couldn’t fully shift on its own.
How do I know if what I'm dealing with is a good fit for EMDR specifically?
The free 20-minute consultation call is designed exactly for this – a chance to describe what’s going on and get an honest read on whether EMDR is likely to help.
Still Deciding?
If you’ve been thinking about reaching out to an EMDR therapist Santa Monica 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. Whether EMDR therapist Santa Monica searches led you here today or you’ve been sitting on this for months, the same door is open.