EMDR and Trauma Therapy in Ridgeland, MS and Online Across Mississippi
Your body remembers something your life has moved past.
Stillwaters Counseling Group provides trauma-informed counseling and EMDR therapy in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and online for clients located anywhere in the state. Our therapists are trained in EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Brainspotting, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. We work with childhood and attachment trauma, PTSD, betrayal trauma, medical trauma, grief, and complex trauma across children, teens, and adults.
You may be here because you are managing something that will not stay managed.
Maybe you startle at nothing. Maybe you go somewhere else in the middle of a conversation and come back not knowing how long you were gone. Maybe you can describe what happened calmly, in order, and still cannot sleep.
Maybe you have done therapy before and understand your history well. You can explain exactly why you react the way you do, and the explanation has not changed the reaction.
That gap between knowing and feeling is not a personal failure. Trauma is stored differently from ordinary memory. Insight alone often does not reach it, which is why understanding your childhood has not been enough to stop your chest from tightening when someone raises their voice.
Who this helps
Who this is for
Adults carrying childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, or family-of-origin wounds. People with PTSD, panic, or intrusive memories after a specific event. Partners recovering from betrayal. Clients dealing with medical trauma, first responder stress, or sudden loss. Teens and children, with developmentally appropriate approaches.
It is also for people who would not use the word trauma about themselves. You do not need a diagnosis or a story you consider bad enough. If something still has a grip on you, that is enough reason to come in.
Our approach
How Stillwaters approaches trauma
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Stabilization first.
Before processing anything, the work is building enough regulation and safety that revisiting a memory does not simply flood you. Skipping this step is the most common way trauma therapy goes badly.
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EMDR.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing uses bilateral stimulation while you hold a target memory, allowing it to be reprocessed so it loses its charge. You do not have to narrate the event in detail. Therapists on our team are EMDR trained, including advanced applications and intensive formats.
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
A structured approach for children and adolescents, usually including caregivers.
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Brainspotting.
Uses fixed eye position to access where trauma is held somatically, often useful when talking has stalled.
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Cognitive Processing Therapy.
Works with the beliefs trauma installed about safety, trust, control, and self-worth.
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Attachment-based work
, for trauma that shows up in how you relate to people now.
Availability varies by therapist. It depends on which clinician you are matched with and how flexible your availability is. If you need to be seen sooner, say so when you call and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Why specialized trauma care matters
Trauma therapy done in the wrong order can make things worse. Processing before stabilization can leave someone more dysregulated than when they started. Pushing for detail too early can retraumatize.
A trauma-trained therapist watches your nervous system in the room, not just your narrative. They will slow down when you need slowing down, and they will tell you when they think you are ready rather than assuming.
EMDR is also not right for everyone or for every stage. A good EMDR therapist will assess fit rather than starting protocol in session two because that is what you asked for.
Meet your specialist
Therapists who do this work
What to expect
What to expect
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The first call.
Tell us what is happening now. You do not have to tell the story to the intake coordinator, and you should not have to tell it more than once.
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The first sessions.
History, current symptoms, what supports you already have, and what makes things worse. Your therapist will explain how trauma affects the nervous system and start building regulation skills. This phase is the work, not the waiting room before the work.
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Processing.
When you are ready, and only then. Your therapist will explain what EMDR or another approach involves before you begin, and you stay in control of pacing throughout.
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Length.
A single-incident trauma may resolve in a shorter, focused course. Childhood and complex trauma take longer. Your therapist should give you a real assessment after intake and should be checking whether it is working.
Cost and availability
Cost, insurance, and getting in
We work with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare or UMR, and Fox Everett. Participation varies by clinician and by plan, so call us and we will confirm your benefits before your first session.
Availability varies by therapist. It depends on which clinician you are matched with and how flexible your availability is. If you need to be seen sooner, say so when you call and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Some trauma work is scheduled in longer sessions. Your therapist will explain the length and cost of your appointments in advance.
Where we meet
In Ridgeland, and online across Mississippi
Our office is at 197 Charmant Place, Suite 2 in Ridgeland, convenient to Madison, Jackson, Flowood, Brandon, and Clinton.
We are licensed to serve all 82 Mississippi counties, for clients physically located in Mississippi at the time of the session. Some trauma work is well suited to telehealth and some is better in person. Your therapist will tell you honestly which applies to your situation.
Common questions
Not in the way people expect. EMDR in particular does not require narrating the event. Your therapist needs enough to understand the target, not a full account.
You do not have to know which approach you need.
Tell us what is happening and we will match you with a therapist whose training fits.
Availability varies by therapist. It depends on which clinician you are matched with and how flexible your availability is. If you need to be seen sooner, say so when you call and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Stillwaters is an outpatient counseling practice and is not an emergency service. If you are in immediate danger or unable to stay safe, call 911 or call or text 988.