Dana Hicks (she/her)

I'm an EMDR certified therapist with seven years of experience treating women with various degrees of trauma from complex to one incident, from attachment based to small t cultural microaggressions. No matter the details, it all leaves a lasting aversive affect on your sense of self, your relationship with others, and your view of/positition/agency within the world. Through my above work laden with art, IFS, and yoga skills, I've seen so many clients reclaim meaning, belonging, and purpose.

Professionally: I’ve focused on trauma specifically as a byproduct of ADHD since 2022 and now have a case load of mostly ADHD identifying clients. Personally: I’ve lived with ADHD my whole life and can relate deeply with living in a world that was not made for my brain. From “just try harder” to public shame for day dreaming to the intense panic at the words “pop quiz”, "timers", and “performance review” among others. Sessions involve empowerment, flexible curiosity, and boundary work.

EMDR certified and specializing in this technique since the spring of 2020, and a member of EMDR International Association since 2/2021. Bilateral stimulation during processing helps clients physically remember the here and now while talking about past events, which helps the unconscious parts of the memory come into the conscious as the missing pieces and meaning from what was, allowing the unhelpful parts of the memory to discharge; the body is then calm while the event is remembered.

Adequate training as part of EMDR CEUs on joining the two approaches. The model provides a succinct, profound, and thurough explanation of Trauma in general when the Fight, Flight, Freeze, Submit, and Attach lenses are explored each in their turn and with their own typical needs and cures that only the here and now (perfect parent) self can provide in its entirety. Empowers clients to notice, validate, and nurture their own selves no matter what part shows up.

Not formally certified but well-informed and fully bought into the idea of emotions having our best interest at heart and that they are always looking out for us. Even and especially the uncomfortable feelings are helpful, wise, and often passionate messengers that just want to share their specific clue to your smoother future. This changes everything when it comes to self-soothing in general, faith in one's inner nature, in the world, and perhaps even in one's infinite future.