EMDR Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety, and Attachment Wounds
Serving Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Portland, and California – Online
Do You Recognize Yourself in This?
You worry. All the time. And it does not make sense. People say you’re smart and capable. They trust you to handle stuff. On paper, your life looks good. You are ‘successful’. You know you are good at achieving. It’s what you were taught to do. Achieve. Fix. Repair. Rescue others.
But inside, you are always second-guessing. Did I say something dumb? Did I do it right? Are they secretly disappointed in me? The emotional hang over of being worried what others will think.
This has been with you as long as you can remember—dread around people, feeling anxious, insecure, never quite safe. You grew up not talking about feelings: with self-centered parents, who only cared about if you behaved properly, or listened to all of their problems. You learned to take care of others, run for cover, or walk on eggshells, but you were never really seen.
You do okay when you’re alone —back in school, at work, even at home. But you’re lonely. Even when you’re with people, you feel separate. You wonder if they’ll leave once they really know you. And sometimes, they do. Especially if you set boundaries, or ask for what you need.
You tell yourself you should be different: less weird, less emotional, less insecure, less… you. You keep striving, but it’s never enough. You achieve things, but it doesn’t land. You still feel like a failure waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Sometimes you wonder if it will ever change. If you’ll ever feel safe in your own body, or good enough just as you are.
If This Feels Familiar, You’re Not Alone.
Many of my clients arrive with these same worries: the spirals of self-doubt, the loneliness even in connection, the exhaustion of never feeling “enough.”
This isn’t weakness. And it isn’t failure. It’s your nervous system still carrying old survival patterns from relationships and environments that didn’t give you what you needed.
This is where Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) — especially when it’s attachment-focused — can bring lasting change.
What Is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based treatment that helps your brain and body reprocess trauma, anxiety, and painful memories so they no longer run the show. Instead of endlessly talking about your story, EMDR helps your nervous system resolve it at the root — creating new pathways for safety, resilience, and self-worth.
When EMDR is combined with an attachment focus, it doesn’t just address traumatic memories. It helps heal the earliest wounds of not feeling seen, safe, or fully accepted. That’s why so many of my clients finally feel like they can step into life authentically — with more trust, connection, and self-compassion.
EMDR therapy can be profoundly effective for people struggling with:
PTSD and complex trauma
Panic attacks and chronic anxiety
Childhood trauma and attachment wounds
Emotional abuse or neglect
Depression linked to unresolved trauma
Grief, loss, or loneliness that never seems to shift
Relationship patterns of codependency, people-pleasing, or fear of abandonment
Hi, I’m Marca, I’m Not Your Average Trauma Therapist. And That’s On Purpose.
Healing trauma requires more than technique — it requires safety, atunement, and someone who is seasoned in helping you creatively hold the full weight of your story, without judgment.
I'm an LMFT and registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in trauma, crisis, and integrative healing. I’ve worked as an EMT and RN, including in emergency rooms and ICUs. I am a deeply trained Nonviolent Communication practitioner. Because of this I am hands on, and I’ve led people in their deepest trauma healing as a therapist for over 15 years, holding space for first responders, therapists, veterans, artists, and seekers.
I can handle your story, no matter how traumatic, with deep compassion and without getting “wow-ed” or overwhelmed, so we can focus on your healing. With over 20 years in the study of Nonviolent Communication and meditation, I have a deep capacity to create safety so you can go to the root of what hurts most. I am an artist who also helps heal through creativity and imagination.
I completed my EMDR training at the Native American Health Center of San Francisco, a program deeply grounded in cultural humility and trauma-informed care, and a spiritual practitioner with the lived experience of being a “wounded healer”.
This Isn’t About Repeating Old Stories, It’s About Repatterning Your Nervous System
With attachment-focused EMDR therapy, we work together to gently shift those patterns at a deep level—so that you can finally feel safer in your own skin, more connected in your relationships, and freer to live the life you’ve already worked so hard to build.
My clients often experience profound shifts:
Breaking cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, or addictive behaviors
Ending toxic family or relationship patterns
Developing self-compassion and confidence
Reconnecting to creativity, rest, joy, and healthy boundaries
Building more authentic and sustainable lives
What EMDR Therapy with Marca Looks Like
🌐 Safe & Confidential Online Therapy Only for Residents of Oklahoma, Oregon, and California
All sessions are HIPAA-compliant and held virtually, so you can do this deep work from the safety and privacy of your own space.
🌀 Attachment-Focused EMDR
A specialized approach that combines the power of EMDR with the understanding that healing happens in relationship.
💰Session Fees & Insurance
Sessions are $250 each. I do not accept insurance directly, but I provide superbills that many clients successfully submit for out-of-network reimbursement.
Take The First Step
You don’t have to keep living with the pressure, loneliness, or self-doubt that’s followed you for years. EMDR therapy can help you finally move from survival mode into a life where you feel free, connected, and fully yourself.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to explore whether EMDR therapy with me feels like the right fit — for both of us.