🌿 EMDR Therapy for Medical Trauma in Florida

Healing After Life-Altering Medical Events, Injuries, or Loss

Experiencing a serious medical event can change everything — your body, your independence, your sense of safety, and the way you move through the world.

Whether it’s the onset of a disability, loss of eyesight, paralysis, amputation, or another major medical trauma, these events often leave emotional scars long after the body has begun to heal.

At Open Compass Counseling in Flagler Beach, Florida, I help people process and recover from medical trauma using EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). I offer both in-person sessions and telehealth counseling throughout the state of Florida, so healing support is accessible to anyone who needs it.

🩺 What Medical Trauma Can Feel Like

 

Medical trauma can be sudden and overwhelming. It can include experiences such as:

  • Losing vision or another essential ability

  • Becoming paralyzed or losing mobility

  • Undergoing a traumatic medical procedure

  • Losing a limb or experiencing a major injury

  • Chronic illness flare-ups or prolonged hospitalization

  • Unexpected diagnoses that disrupt daily life

Even when doctors say “you’re stable” or “you’re lucky to be alive,” people are often left struggling with:

  • Fear, hypervigilance, or panic

  • Flashbacks or nightmares

  • Avoidance of medical environments or reminders

  • Grief over the body they once knew

  • Identity changes and loss of independence

  • Strain on family and relationships

🧭 How EMDR Therapy Helps Heal Medical Trauma

Medical trauma isn’t “just in your head.” It’s stored in your nervous system, in your emotional memory, and often in your body’s felt sense of safety.

EMDR therapy is a powerful tool for helping people process the fear, shock, grief, and loss associated with sudden or ongoing medical conditions. EMDR works by:

  • Reprocessing traumatic medical memories in a safe, structured way

  • Reducing the intensity of fear, panic, or flashbacks

  • Helping clients reconnect with their body in new, empowering ways

  • Supporting adjustment to life changes with compassion and dignity

  • Strengthening emotional resilience and self-trust

This kind of therapy doesn’t erase what happened — but it can help the trauma lose its grip so life can begin to feel safe again.

🧠 When Everything Changes Overnight

Adjusting to a new disability or chronic medical condition isn’t just a physical process — it’s a deep emotional and psychological journey.

EMDR can support people who are:

  • Adjusting to vision loss or sudden sensory changes

  • Processing spinal cord injuries or paralysis

  • Coping after amputation or physical trauma

  • Navigating life after ICU stays or surgeries

  • Living with chronic pain or illness

This is a space where you don’t have to minimize what you’ve been through. Your experiences are valid, your feelings are real, and you deserve to heal.

🫂 Supporting Loved Ones, Too

Medical trauma doesn’t just affect the person who experienced it. Families and caregivers often carry their own fear, grief, and overwhelm. In therapy, I also help loved ones:

  • Understand trauma reactions and how to support recovery

  • Strengthen communication during an emotionally intense time

  • Reduce their own anxiety, guilt, or helplessness

  • Build resilience together as a family

📍 In-Person and Telehealth Therapy Options

📍 Open Compass Counseling
712 S Ocean Shore Blvd
Flagler Beach, FL 32136
📞 386-259-0557

I offer in-person EMDR therapy in Flagler Beach and telehealth services across Florida, so you can access trauma-informed care whether you’re recovering at home or navigating new changes in a hospital or rehab environment.

🌱 You Deserve to Feel Safe in Your Life Again

Surviving a major medical event is only the beginning. Healing emotionally and mentally afterward is just as important — and absolutely possible.

If you’re ready to begin processing your trauma and rebuilding trust in yourself and your body, I’m here to walk that path with you.

👉 Schedule a consultation or call 386-259-0557 today.
You don’t have to carry this alone.