Online EMDR therapy from just $35/session with licensed, EMDR-trained therapists (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT). At Grouport, we offer online individual therapy, online group therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, teen therapy, and virtual IOP options. EMDR is an evidence-based therapy recognized by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a first-line treatment for PTSD, trauma, and trauma-related anxiety and depression.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR does not require you to describe your trauma in detail. Through guided bilateral stimulation, your brain naturally reprocesses disturbing memories so they lose their emotional charge. Many members combine EMDR individual sessions with group therapy for comprehensive support. Research consistently shows that online EMDR is just as effective as in-person EMDR. Schedule a free call to learn if EMDR is right for you.
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At Grouport, EMDR is delivered through our individual therapy program by licensed, EMDR-trained therapists. Many members combine EMDR individual sessions with our other therapy formats for comprehensive support. Whether you need focused trauma processing through EMDR, the shared support of a therapy group, or a combination of both, our therapists will help you build a personalized treatment plan.
Our research-backed online EMDR therapy is delivered by licensed, EMDR-trained therapists through our individual therapy program. Here is how you can get started and begin processing the experiences that are holding you back.
EMDR is delivered through our individual therapy program. You may also choose to complement your EMDR sessions with group, family, couples, or IOP support. Complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will walk you through your EMDR options and any complementary therapy formats best suited to your needs. You'll be matched with a licensed, EMDR-trained therapist and choose session times that work for you.
Attend your weekly online EMDR sessions to work through the structured 8-phase EMDR protocol with your therapist, from history-taking and preparation through desensitization, reprocessing, and integration. Our team will be here to support you at every step.
EMDR is delivered through our individual therapy program. You may also choose to add group, family, couples, or IOP support for a comprehensive plan. Complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will discuss your trauma history, goals, and preferences. They'll walk you through your EMDR options and any complementary therapy formats best suited to your needs. You'll be matched with a licensed, EMDR-trained therapist and choose session times that work for you.
Attend your weekly online EMDR sessions to work through the structured 8-phase EMDR protocol with your therapist, from history-taking and preparation through desensitization, reprocessing, and integration. Our team will be here to support you at every step.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, evidence-based psychotherapy developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s. It is built on the premise that traumatic memories can become "stuck" in the brain, continuing to cause distress long after the event has passed. EMDR helps your brain's natural healing process resume by using bilateral stimulation (guided eye movements, tapping, or audio tones) while you briefly focus on the disturbing memory.
EMDR follows a structured 8-phase protocol: history-taking and treatment planning, preparation, assessment of target memories, desensitization through bilateral stimulation, installation of positive beliefs, body scan for residual tension, closure, and re-evaluation. Unlike talk therapy, EMDR does not require you to describe your trauma in extensive detail, and there is typically no homework between sessions. Many people experience significant relief in far fewer sessions than traditional therapy approaches.
EMDR is recognized as an effective treatment by major organizations worldwide. It has the strongest evidence for treating:
Emerging research also shows EMDR may help with conditions rooted in distressing experiences, including anxiety, phobias, panic disorder, depression, and grief, particularly when these conditions are connected to underlying traumatic or distressing memories. Your therapist can help determine whether EMDR is the right approach for your specific situation.
EMDR does not erase your memories. It changes the way your brain stores them so they no longer trigger the same overwhelming emotional and physical responses. Here is what that shift looks like in real life.
Before EMDR, a sound, smell, or image can instantly transport you back to a traumatic moment as if it is happening right now. After EMDR processing, you can still recall the event, but it feels like a memory from the past rather than a present-tense experience. The emotional charge is gone, and the flashbacks gradually stop controlling your day.
Trauma often disrupts sleep with nightmares, hypervigilance, and racing thoughts. As EMDR helps your brain properly file traumatic memories, many people find that nightmares decrease or stop entirely. Your nervous system can finally shift out of survival mode, allowing your body to rest and recover the way it is designed to.
Trauma can make you withdraw from relationships, struggle with trust, or react disproportionately to perceived threats in social situations. As EMDR reprocesses the underlying memories driving these responses, many people find they can be more present, open, and connected in their relationships without the constant filter of past pain.
Trauma is stored in the body as well as the mind. Chronic tension, headaches, stomach problems, and unexplained pain are common in people with unresolved trauma. The body scan phase of EMDR specifically targets these physical sensations, and many people report significant reduction in somatic symptoms as the underlying memories are processed.
Trauma often leaves people with deeply held beliefs like "I am not safe," "It was my fault," or "I am broken." The installation phase of EMDR actively replaces these negative cognitions with positive, adaptive beliefs. A survivor may shift from "I am powerless" to "I survived and I am strong." These shifts happen organically through the reprocessing, not through forced positive thinking.
Anxiety and hypervigilance keep trauma survivors constantly scanning for danger, unable to relax or enjoy the moment. As EMDR helps your nervous system recognize that the threat is in the past, you gradually regain the ability to be present. Activities that once felt impossible, like going to crowded places, driving, or being alone, become manageable again.
EMDR follows a structured 8-phase protocol. Your first sessions focus on building a foundation before any trauma processing begins. Here is what that looks like.
Your therapist will learn about your background and the experiences that brought you to therapy. Together, you will identify the specific memories and triggers that will be targeted during EMDR processing. You do not need to share every detail of your trauma at this stage.
Before processing begins, your therapist will teach you self-regulation techniques like deep breathing, grounding exercises, and a "safe place" visualization. These tools ensure you feel stable and in control before, during, and after EMDR processing sessions. Building this foundation of safety is essential.
When you are ready, your therapist will help you identify the specific memory to process, along with the negative belief it created (such as "I am not safe"), the positive belief you want to install in its place ("I am safe now"), the emotions and body sensations connected to the memory, and your current distress level.
This is the core of EMDR. While briefly holding the target memory in mind, your therapist will guide you through sets of bilateral stimulation (following their finger with your eyes, tapping, or listening to alternating tones). Between sets, your therapist will check in on what you are noticing. The memory gradually loses its emotional charge and becomes a neutral recollection rather than a present-tense experience.
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EMDR is specifically designed to help your brain reprocess traumatic and distressing memories. Here are the types of trauma and distress where EMDR has the strongest evidence.
EMDR is considered a first-line treatment for PTSD by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It helps survivors reprocess traumatic memories so they no longer trigger flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and avoidance. Studies have found 84-90% of single-trauma survivors no longer meet PTSD criteria after just three 90-minute sessions.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, bullying, or witnessing violence can shape your brain development, attachment patterns, and core beliefs about yourself and the world. EMDR helps reprocess these early memories, replacing beliefs like "I am not safe" or "I am unlovable" with adaptive ones. Many adults seeking therapy for anxiety, depression, or relationship difficulties discover that unresolved childhood experiences are at the root.
Complex trauma results from prolonged or repeated distressing experiences, such as ongoing childhood abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or prolonged captivity. Unlike single-incident PTSD, complex trauma often affects your sense of identity, ability to trust, and emotional regulation. EMDR helps process these layered memories one by one, gradually restoring your sense of safety and self-worth. Treatment typically takes longer than for single-incident trauma, often 12 or more sessions.
Car accidents, falls, surgeries, life-threatening diagnoses, ICU stays, and other medical events can leave lasting psychological impacts. EMDR is particularly effective for these single-incident traumas, helping to process the fear, helplessness, and body memories associated with the event so you can move forward without being controlled by what happened.
Acute stress disorder occurs in the days and weeks immediately following a traumatic event, before PTSD is formally diagnosed. Symptoms include dissociation, intrusive memories, avoidance, and heightened arousal. Early EMDR intervention during this window can help prevent acute stress from developing into chronic PTSD by processing the memory before it becomes deeply entrenched.
Sexual assault, physical abuse, domestic violence, combat, robbery, and other acts of violence often leave deep psychological wounds including shame, self-blame, and a shattered sense of safety. EMDR helps survivors shift from feeling defined by what happened to them ("I am broken") to reclaiming their strength ("I survived and I am strong"). The structured protocol means you do not need to describe every detail of what happened to heal from it.
Every Grouport EMDR therapist is a licensed, accredited mental health professional with specialized EMDR training and extensive clinical experience in trauma treatment and evidence-based interventions.
Our therapists typically have over a decade of clinical experience across diverse settings, with specialized expertise in trauma treatment, EMDR, anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, grief, and a wide range of evidence-based interventions. Our EMDR therapists have completed specialized EMDR training beyond standard licensure, as required by EMDRIA guidelines.
We continually evaluate outcomes through internal studies and outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne.
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of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
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of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
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EMDR is effective across a wide range of conditions rooted in traumatic or distressing experiences. Our licensed therapists are experienced in treating all of these challenges and more.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based psychotherapy developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s. It helps people heal from trauma and other distressing life experiences by using bilateral stimulation (guided eye movements, tapping, or audio tones) while you briefly focus on a disturbing memory. This process helps your brain reprocess the memory so it loses its emotional intensity and becomes a neutral recollection rather than a source of ongoing distress. EMDR is recognized as an effective treatment by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Grouport provides online group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, teen therapy, intensive outpatient program (IOP), all held virtually over video chat. We also offer a DBT self-guided program. EMDR is delivered through our individual therapy program, and many members combine EMDR with group therapy for comprehensive support.
Yes. Our EMDR therapists are licensed mental health professionals who have completed specialized EMDR training beyond standard licensure. Our network includes:
✅ Licensed Psychologists (PhD, PsyD)
✅ Licensed Social Workers (LCSW)
✅ Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC)
✅ Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists (LMFT)
EMDR requires specific training in the 8-phase protocol and bilateral stimulation techniques. Our therapists have this specialized training and extensive clinical experience. Learn more about the therapists.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR does not require you to discuss your trauma in extensive detail or do homework between sessions. Instead, it uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or audio tones) to help your brain naturally reprocess disturbing memories. The insights you gain come from your own accelerated intellectual and emotional processing, not from the therapist's interpretation. Many people find EMDR produces significant results faster than traditional talk therapy, with some single-trauma survivors completing treatment in as few as 3-6 sessions. EMDR can also be combined with other approaches like CBT or DBT for comprehensive care.
EMDR often produces results faster than many other therapy approaches. Studies have found that 84-90% of single-trauma survivors no longer met criteria for PTSD after just three 90-minute sessions. A Kaiser Permanente study found that 100% of single-trauma and 77% of multiple-trauma survivors no longer met PTSD criteria after six sessions. For complex or multiple traumas, treatment typically takes 6 to 12 sessions. At Grouport, 70% of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks.
Yes. Research confirms that online EMDR is just as effective as in-person EMDR for most conditions. All Grouport sessions are held via secure, HIPAA-compliant video chat. Your therapist will guide you through bilateral stimulation techniques adapted for the virtual setting, which may include following a moving dot on screen, self-administered tapping (butterfly hug), or alternating audio tones through headphones.
EMDR is delivered through our individual therapy program:
✅ Individual Therapy (EMDR): Averages $103/session ($448/month)
Many members combine EMDR individual sessions with group therapy for additional support:
✅ Group Therapy: Averages $32/session ($140/month)
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You can cancel anytime, and your membership will remain active until the end of your current billing period. After that, your plan will not renew, and no further payments will be charged. To cancel, email us at support@grouporttherapy.com and we will send you a quick cancellation form to fill out. You can view more information on our Recurring Billing Policy.
Our therapy outcomes are backed by outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne.
80% of members start with moderate to severe symptoms.
70% see clinically significant reduction within 8 weeks.
50% achieve remission levels within 8 weeks.
EMDR has the strongest evidence for treating PTSD and trauma-related conditions, and is recognized as a first-line treatment by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It is also increasingly used for anxiety disorders, phobias, panic disorder, depression, and grief, particularly when these conditions are rooted in traumatic or distressing experiences. Research for these non-PTSD applications is growing but still developing.
Grouport is available worldwide for everyone! We serve clients of all ages and backgrounds, with all sessions held virtually over video chat. We offer separate therapy groups for Adults (18+) and Teens & Adolescents (under 18). No matter where you are, you can get the support you need from the comfort of home.
Yes! We want you to feel confident and comfortable with your therapy experience. After signing up, a care coordinator will reach out to understand your needs and match you with an EMDR-trained therapist and schedule of your choosing.
✅ You will be able to choose your therapist.
✅ Most members are placed within a few hours, or within 24-72 hours max.
✅ Flexible options: If you ever want to switch therapists, we can easily make adjustments to ensure the best fit.
EMDR follows a structured 8-phase protocol. During the processing phases, you will briefly hold a target memory in mind while your therapist guides you through sets of bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or audio tones). Between each set, your therapist checks in on what you are experiencing. You may notice changes in the images, thoughts, emotions, or body sensations associated with the memory. Over the course of the session, the memory typically loses its painful intensity. Sessions last 60-90 minutes. You remain fully alert, conscious, and in control throughout. EMDR is not hypnosis.
Yes. EMDR is recognized as a safe and effective treatment by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense. You remain fully alert and in control during sessions and can stop the process at any time. Some people experience vivid emotions or memories during processing, but these are typically brief and are part of the healing process. Your therapist will have taught you stabilization techniques beforehand to ensure you feel safe.
Yes. EMDR works well as a standalone treatment and also combines effectively with CBT, DBT, and other therapeutic approaches. Many Grouport members use EMDR individual sessions alongside group therapy for comprehensive support. Your therapist can help determine the best combination for your specific needs.
Unlike CBT, EMDR typically does not require formal homework assignments. The core therapeutic work happens during the session itself through the bilateral stimulation and reprocessing. Your therapist may ask you to keep a brief journal of any thoughts, feelings, dreams, or memories that come up between sessions, as this can help guide the next session. But there are no thought records, worksheets, or behavioral experiments to complete.
EMDR may be a strong fit if you have experienced trauma or distressing events that continue to affect your daily life, if you find it difficult or overwhelming to talk about your experiences in detail, if traditional talk therapy has not produced the results you want, if you experience flashbacks, nightmares, or intrusive memories, or if you want a structured, evidence-based approach that often works faster than other therapies. If you are unsure, our care coordinators can help you determine whether EMDR, CBT, DBT, or a combination of approaches is the best fit. Schedule a free call to discuss your options.
Whether you are struggling with PTSD, unresolved trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, or other conditions rooted in distressing experiences, EMDR can help your brain heal the way it was designed to. With licensed, EMDR-trained therapists, a structured 8-phase protocol, and secure online sessions, Grouport makes it easy to start processing what has been holding you back. Take the first step toward freedom from your past today.
