Getting to know Denise Molina

Therapy is about helping to discover or rediscover the version of you that’s being held back. Whether it be trauma, anxiety, or depression, there is often a blockage in the way preventing you from moving forward. Oftentimes, that obstacle is in an uncomfortable place that no one wants to explore by themselves. If this sounds like you, I am your partner! I have more than 20 years of experience guiding people on their journey, helping them to regain their strength, and I look forward to helping you as well!

Together, we are going to find what’s getting in the way of making it through to the other side, where your aspirational self is waiting for you. We will use a variety of techniques that include EMDR, a specialized, evidence-based therapy that helps your brain heal from painful memories.

Sometimes when something really upsetting happens, the memory can get “stuck” so whenever it comes up, it feels as upsetting as when it first happened. EMDR helps your brain reprocess those memories, so people can heal from traumatic or distressing life events.

By reprocessing painful experiences so they stop feeling so overwhelming, people often experience dramatic symptom relief from EMDR. Even though EMDR is a trauma-focused kind of therapy, it’s been found to be helpful in a variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, performance, and other stress-related issues.

With EMDR, you may notice that triggers are no longer setting off overwhelming worry or panic, your body feels calmer and more regulated, and you experience a greater sense of safety and confidence in everyday life. In short, EMDR helps quiet the racing mind and restore inner peace. Depression and anxiety often have a history—EMDR helps rewrite it. You don’t have to stay stuck in the same cycles. With EMDR, lasting relief and healing are possible.

What should a new client know about working with you?

There are many different kinds of therapy that accomplish different things. The therapies that I practice focuses on helping people to build insight into what’s happened to them in order to help them continue to grow and reach for their potential! If you feel held back by your past, this approach may be right for you. It’s unique in that many kinds of therapy believe that you need to be healed and that there is something wrong with you, that you have an illness. I believe not that we have an injury, but that something is blocking our strength. EMDR and the other therapeutic tools I offer use a strategy that has been backed by more than 38 years of evidence across our field to help this happen consistently. It has a roadmap for us to follow. Although your roadmap will be unique, we will pass the same landmarks that everyone else passes throughout the process. As an experienced guide, I hope to show the way through your past.

For some, it’s not clear how the past may be holding us back, but we know that we keep falling into the same patterns over and over again, and want it to stop. I also have techniques for addressing this as well, it’s part of the roadmap, and our past is usually involved.

Therapy goes through several stages that I’ll guide you through. There are homework exercises to make sure that the stages stick. Rather than thinking of it as being an intimidating, large commitment, try to think of it as a thorough procedure to help you with no corners cut. The end result is that you can walk away from what’s bothered you as someone with the strength to accomplish their goals unburdened.

What is your typical process for working with clients?

I typically work with clients on a weekly basis, especially when using EMDR. The spots that I have available to book are often the spots that clients end up taking as a weekly appointment. If you decide that I’m the right fit for your situation, schedule an appointment, and my office manager will reach out to you with links to fill out intake paperwork and check your insurance if you’re using insurance for the appointment.

During our first appointments, we’ll create a treatment plan together that you can count on to lead us through the therapeutic journey. Though some issues can take longer to work through, I expect our work to follow a plan that we come up with together.