I absolutely love being a therapist.

I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and practice through an attachment based and Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) lens. EMDR has become well known as an effective trauma therapy, but research and practice shows it effective for addressing many of the issues that bring clients to therapy—anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, childhood attachment wounds, perfectionism, shame, and burnout. I have extensive specialty training in using EMDR to addressing trauma associated with pregnancy and childbirth, attachment ruptures, preverbal trauma, and the deep, sometimes amorphous “something’s not quite right but I’m not sure exactly what it is” feelings that often prompt people to seek therapy. EMDR is not just eye movements; it’s a framework for the entire therapeutic process, helping us understand why we get stuck and supporting us along the path to deep healing. In addition to EMDR, I’m trained in Brainspotting, a modality related to EMDR shown to support deep processing, Somatic Experiencing, which focuses on nervous system regulation and the ways our bodies store trauma, and am well-informed in incorporating Internal Family Systems therapy with these modalities. One thing I enjoy so much about my work is it allows me to be creative with the tools I have, integrating these powerful modalities to support whatever you in whatever you bring to the room.

My passion is in relational, longer-term therapeutic work practiced away from the medical model. While I spent many years in the medical model early in my career and value the foundation this provided, as I’ve practiced, I’ve become less interested in pathologizing my clients’ pain and more interested in my clients’ unique experiences and adaptations. I hold a lot of respect for my clients’ resilience and the ways they have found to move through life. This is just as important in therapy as the problems that are often the catalyst for therapeutic work.

Personally, I have two elementary aged children, play ice hockey (a relic from my childhood in central Alaska), ride my road bike when I can, grow too many flowers, am an avid reader, have a 25 year old very imperfect yoga practice, and will forever fall into the trap of thinking it’s a good idea to cut my own bangs five minutes before I need to head out the door.

I look forward to meeting you.

Kate Sedinger, LCSW, PMH-C