EMDR Therapy in New Hampshire & Massachusetts

EMDR therapy that helps you surrender & release to the things holding you back.

Still feeling stuck after years of talk therapy? EMDR helps your brain process what's really underneath, so the memories stay, but the charge fades. Specialized EMDR care for trauma, anxiety, PTSD, and more, across New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

100+ EMDR-trained therapists
Same-week appointments
20+ insurance plans
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Healing is possible. We're here to help you move forward.
10+
Years of Trusted Care
10,000+
Clients Helped Since 2015
25+
Passionate Therapists
4
Communities Across NH & MA
How EMDR Works

Your brain already knows how to heal. EMDR helps it let go and move forward.

When experiences are overwhelming, your brain can get stuck in survival mode. Those unprocessed memories keep your nervous system on high alert, shaping how you react, what triggers you, and the patterns you can't seem to break.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) uses gentle, bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, tapping, or tones, to help your brain reprocess what feels stuck. The memory remains, but the emotional charge fades so you can respond with more choice, clarity, and calm.

The memory stays.
The emotional charge fades.

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Rooted in neuroscience

EMDR is grounded in decades of research and works with your brain's natural ability to heal and adapt. It doesn't force change, it supports the process that's already inside you.

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Goes deeper than talk

Talking helps you make sense of things. EMDR helps your brain actually process them. It reaches the root of distress so you can feel the shift, not just understand it.

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Built for breakthrough

Our goal isn't endless therapy, it's lasting momentum. Most clients complete EMDR and move forward with more freedom, resilience, and confidence.

What can EMDR help with?

EMDR helps treat more than trauma. It helps release what your nervous system has been carrying.

EMDR is best known for treating trauma and PTSD, but it can also help with anxiety, panic, stress, grief, phobias, low self-worth, emotional triggers, and patterns that keep repeating even when you're ready for them to stop.

At CARE, we use EMDR to help kids, teens, and adults get to the root of what's driving their symptoms, so they can feel calmer, clearer, lighter, and more in control.

Anxiety & Stress

When your mind won't slow down, your body feels on alert, or everyday life feels heavier than it should.

Trauma & PTSD

For painful experiences, distressing memories, or events that still feel emotionally charged long after they happened.

Panic Attacks

When fear comes on fast, your body feels out of control, or you avoid situations because you're afraid it will happen again.

Grief & Loss

For losses that still feel stuck in your body, your thoughts, or your ability to move forward.

Childhood Experiences

Because what happened early in life can still shape how you feel, react, connect, and protect yourself today.

Phobias & Fears

When fear feels bigger than logic and starts limiting your choices, confidence, or freedom.

Low Self-Worth

For beliefs like "I'm not good enough," "I'm too much," "I'm not safe," or "something is wrong with me."

Emotional Triggers

When your reactions feel bigger than the moment and you can't figure out why it hits so hard.

Research-Backed Results

EMDR is recognized as a leading treatment for trauma and PTSD.

Endorsed by leading health and mental health organizations and supported by decades of rigorous research.

WHO

World Health Organization

Recommends EMDR as an effective treatment for PTSD.

APA

American Psychological Association

Supports EMDR as an evidence-based treatment for trauma and PTSD.

VA

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Recognizes EMDR as a recommended treatment for veterans with PTSD.

SAMHSA

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Includes EMDR in resources for trauma and co-occurring mental health conditions.

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Decades of Research Over 35 years of studies confirm EMDR's safety and effectiveness.
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Often Effective in 6–12 Sessions Many clients experience meaningful relief in just 6 to 12 sessions.
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Used for Trauma and Beyond Supports healing from trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and distressing memories.
How it works

Your EMDR journey at CARE.

EMDR follows a proven 8-phase protocol, but we've distilled it into what you'll actually experience, step by step.

1

We learn what's been weighing on you

Your first session is an in-depth conversation. Your therapist identifies the memories, beliefs, and body sensations driving your symptoms, and builds a treatment plan with measurable goals.

2

We target the root memories

Through focused EMDR sessions using bilateral stimulation, we reprocess the specific memories fueling your symptoms. You don't have to keep retelling the story, your brain does the work.

3

The charge fades, and stays faded

As processing completes, confidence, calm, and clarity replace the emotional weight. What used to trigger you stops triggering you. Not temporarily. Permanently.

4

We end treatment and you move on

Most clients complete EMDR and don't need to come back. That's our goal. You leave with the tools, clarity, and freedom to live the life you want, without us.

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You don't have to know exactly where it started. That's what EMDR helps uncover. Together, we identify what's keeping your nervous system stuck and help your brain finally process it differently.
Why CARE for EMDR

Not all EMDR therapy is created equal.

Many therapists complete a basic EMDR training and add it to their list of offerings. At CARE, we treat EMDR as a specialty, which means our therapists invest in extensive training each year in advanced EMDR techniques, study European-style approaches that the U.S. is still catching up on, and collaborate as a team on complex cases.

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Advanced training, always

Extensive training each year in advanced EMDR and European-style techniques, far beyond the basic certification most practitioners stop at.

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A collaborative team of 25+

Complex cases benefit from the collective expertise of our entire team. You get the skills of a specialty practice, not one solo therapist.

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Focused on finishing

We don't believe in therapy that goes on forever. Every session has a purpose. Every treatment plan has a finish line.

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Intensive EMDR options

For clients ready to move fast, we offer intensive EMDR packages, 8 hours of focused work over 1 to 4 weeks, often completed in evenings or weekends.

EMDR Therapy Near You. Four New Hampshire & Massachusetts locations.

Looking for mental health therapy near you? Every CARE location delivers the same standard of transformational counseling, with in-person and virtual appointments available across NH and MA. Pick a location, pick a time, and we'll meet you there.

New Hampshire CARE Counseling therapy office in Manchester, New Hampshire offering EMDR, anxiety and trauma counseling

Manchester

New Hampshire
In-person appointmentsVirtual appointmentsSame-week availability
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New Hampshire CARE Counseling therapy office in Concord, New Hampshire offering counseling for anxiety, depression, and trauma

Concord

New Hampshire
In-person appointmentsVirtual appointmentsSame-week availability
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New Hampshire CARE Counseling therapy office in Nashua, New Hampshire offering EMDR and mental health counseling services

Nashua

New Hampshire
In-person appointmentsVirtual appointmentsSame-week availability
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Massachusetts CARE Counseling therapy office in Haverhill, Massachusetts offering therapy, EMDR, and counseling services

Haverhill

Massachusetts
In-person appointmentsVirtual appointmentsSame-week availability
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EMDR Therapy Reviews. What leaving lighter feels like.

These aren't marketing lines. They're words from real CARE clients who walked in carrying something heavy and walked out different.

★★★★★
"With every session I felt as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I'm now happier, less stressed, and achieving life goals thanks to the progress I made."
SK
CARE Client
EMDR Therapy
★★★★★
"Left feeling much lighter than I felt when walking in. The therapy is different from standard therapy. The goal was to work on the root. 10/10 best session I've had with a therapist."
JM
CARE Client
Trauma Therapy
★★★★★
"Counseling at CARE completely changed how I see myself in all relationships and helped me accept and move past so many traumas that were making life in the present a challenge."
AR
CARE Client
Individual Counseling

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Questions about insurance, what kind of therapy is right for you, or whether CARE is a good fit? Drop us a note. A real person from our care team will respond within one business day.

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