Frequently Asked Questions
What is EMDR therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a research-supported psychotherapy approach designed to help people heal from trauma, distressing life experiences, and deeply held negative beliefs. EMDR works by helping the brain reprocess memories that are “stuck,” allowing them to be integrated in a way that reduces emotional charge, body activation, and present-day triggers.
EMDR is effective for PTSD, chronic trauma, anxiety, panic, grief, performance blocks, and many stress-related symptoms—even when traditional talk therapy hasn’t helped.
What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a parts-based therapy that views the mind as made up of different “parts,” each with its own role, intention, and history. Rather than trying to eliminate symptoms, IFS helps you understand and work compassionately with the parts of you that are stuck in protective or reactive patterns.
IFS is especially helpful for trauma, attachment wounds, shame, inner criticism, anxiety, depression, and relational struggles. It supports deep healing by strengthening access to your core Self—the part of you that is calm, grounded, and capable of leading internal change.
What is IFIO, and how is it used in couples therapy?
IFIO, or Intimacy From the Inside Out, is an IFS-based approach to couples therapy. It helps partners understand the protective reactions that take over during conflict and communicate from a calmer, more open place.
How is couples therapy different from individual therapy?
Individual therapy focuses on your own experiences, patterns, and relationships. In couples therapy, the relationship is the focus, and both partners work together to understand and change the cycle between them.
What can I expect in my therapy sessions?
Sessions are flexible and shaped around your specific goals.
In individual therapy, EMDR and IFS helps you understand protective patterns, process painful experiences, and create change without overwhelming your system.
In couples therapy, the focus is on the patterns between you—slowing down conflict, understanding what each partner is reacting to, and building more clarity, connection, and access to Self-led communication.
The work is always collaborative, practical, and paced with care.
Do you work with relationship and attachment issues?
Yes. As humans, much of our trauma came from and shows up in relationships. I work extensively with relationship-related concerns, including attachment injury, chronic conflict, emotional disconnection, and patterns of reactivity in close relationships.
In addition to EMDR, my work is informed by:
IFS and IFIO (Intimacy From the Inside Out) to understand how each partner’s parts interact
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to support emotional safety, responsiveness, and secure attachment
This approach helps clients recognize how past experiences shape current relational patterns and develop new ways of navigating conflict, boundaries, and emotional closeness.
Can trauma therapy help with conflict and interpersonal challenges?
Yes. Many relationship struggles are rooted in unresolved trauma and protective survival strategies rather than communication deficits alone. Trauma-informed therapy helps clients understand what gets activated during conflict, slow reactive cycles, and respond with greater clarity and self-leadership.
Clients often report improved emotional regulation, clearer boundaries, and more satisfying connections—both in romantic relationships and other important areas of life.
Is online EMDR and IFS therapy effective?
Yes. EMDR and IFS can be safely and effectively provided via telehealth when adapted thoughtfully. I am trained in delivering trauma therapy online and carefully assess readiness, stability, and fit before beginning trauma processing.
Telehealth allows clients throughout Colorado to access specialized trauma-informed care without the limitations of geography.
Do you accept my insurance?
Spring Creek EMDR is primarily a self-pay practice. I accept Original Medicare for individual therapy.
What are the benefits of paying directly for therapy?
Paying directly allows for greater flexibility, privacy, and choice in the focus and structure of therapy.
Where can I find rates for services?
Current rates are listed on the individual therapy and couples therapy pages.
Do you work with other therapists or provide professional consultation?
Yes. Therapists hold a great deal- for their clients, their families, and often everyone around them. Therapy can offer a place to set some of that down and make room for your own trauma history, burnout, relationship patterns, or the emotional weight of clinical work.
Professional consultation is also available to support your clinical work. Individual and small-group consultation draws from IFS, EMDR, and attachment-based approaches, with a super practical focus on complex trauma, relational work, clinical stuck points, and using these models in thoughtful, adaptive ways.
How is professional consultation different from therapy services?
Professional consultation is designed specifically for clinicians and focuses on case conceptualization, skill development, and integrative use of modalities such as IFS, EMDR, IFIO, and EFT. While it is not psychotherapy, we will give your system the support it needs to do your best work without taking on things that are not yours.
Where are you located, and who do you serve?
Spring Creek EMDR is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, and provides psychotherapy via secure telehealth to clients throughout Colorado. Consultation and training services for are available to therapists in the U.S. and Canada.
How do I get started?
The first step is scheduling an initial consultation. This allows us to explore your goals, answer questions, and determine whether working together feels like a good fit.