Quincee Gideon (she/her)

I provide EMDR therapy, which is a phased approach to helping you identify your trauma triggers and symptoms and then systematically address those through a unique therapeutic technique. Trauma lives in the body and EMDR can help those that are stuck in talk therapy or those feeling overwhelmed with everyday life tasks in the aftermath of trauma. EMDR can help with low self-image, thoughts, emotions, and body sensations related to your trauma.

I specialize in the treatment of one-time or chronic trauma events. I use a relational approach to help you regain a sense of safety in your body, environment, and the therapeutic relationship before systematically working through trauma narratives that keep you stuck, panicked, and overwhelmed. I focus on elements of post-traumatic growth, which are skills and resources you can use in the aftermath of trauma. Trauma therapy can help you get your life back.

I work within an attachment perspective, which is a theory with strong research backing that helps us understand how humans relate to one another. In the aftermath of trauma, attachment styles and early wounds can flare up. I help you understand how you relate to yourself and others, while also creating a safe place for you to process your traumatic experiences. Safety, relationships, and attachment are necessary in trauma healing. I help provide those essential elements.

The pain of our ancestors being passed along intergenerationally has been validated by research with Holocaust and 911 survivors. I help clients understand how the historical presence of oppression, racism, homophobia and other traumatic experiences can have a big impact on their emotional functioning. By untangling these webbed experiences of our ancestors, we can begin to understand the signals our bodies have been sending us all along.

PTSD can steal so much from a trauma survivor's life. Benign daily events can suddenly feel threatening, overwhelming, or triggering in ways that are hard to describe to our loved ones. This leads to a tricky dynamic where we work to avoid any potential trigger-- which can make life small and limited. Therapy can be a helpful place to recenter yourself, understand your responses to everyday events, and get professional feedback on your symptoms, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

When religious or spiritual communities promise safety, acceptance and support, but are actually full of judgement, rigidity and fear-mongering-- this is a recipe for religious trauma. I work with clients that have experienced spiritual abuse at the hands of an overzealous religious leader or in a rigid, dogmatic church environment. I help you piece back together an understanding of your spirituality apart from the guilt, shame, and fear used against you by the religious community.