Freedom to Breathe Trauma Therapy for Adults & Couples Therapy

07/07/2025

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?

EMDR may sound technical...
But at its core, it’s simple and deeply human.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 - EMDR just supports the process by helping you reprocess stuck memories in a way that feels 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: Together, we notice the images, emotions, sensations, and beliefs - often carried by younger or protective parts of you.

Using bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping), EMDR activates your brain’s natural rhythm of healing.

🔄 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The emotional charge starts to fade.
🔄 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠: The memory shifts - it’s still there but no longer feels overwhelming or defining.

💡 And often, the pain didn’t start with you. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.

EMDR gives us space to heal the deeper roots - personal and intergenerational.

This work is 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐩, including:
• Past trauma wounds
• Current emotional triggers
• Future goals and how you want to feel

As the parts of you that once held pain begin to soften, something new can take root: 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭.

✨ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 - 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.

07/07/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲?

𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 (𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy that helps you heal from trauma and distressing experiences by reprocessing stuck memories - not just in the mind, but in the nervous system.

Through bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping), 𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 that may have taken on roles to help you survive — the younger, protective, or burdened parts.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬, EMDR also honours the pain that may not have started with you. Patterns of fear, shame, or silence can be inherited through generations when trauma goes unspoken.

EMDR is a 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬.

15/06/2025

🌿✨ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 ✨🌿

Not all healing fits neatly into a 60-minute weekly session.

Some stories run deep, and some wounds need space—uninterrupted, held, and fully met.

𝐈 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐌𝐃𝐑 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 because I’ve seen the power of what happens when we give trauma the focused time and care it deserves.

In this 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, we’re not rushing.

We’re not squeezing decades of pain into a single hour.

Instead, we 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 to go deep, integrate, and shift.

These intensives are for those 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 —who are seeking clarity, resolution, or a reset.

Whether it's for long-standing trauma, relationship patterns, or a desire to reconnect with your inner strength, intensives offer a 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 to do this work deeply and effectively.

If you're feeling stuck, or if weekly therapy hasn't felt like enough, this may be a different way forward.

🌿 Trauma-informed
🌿 Deeply supported
🌿 Focused and embodied healing

✨𝐈’𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

09/06/2025

✨ Feeling stuck in weekly therapy? Ready to explore a deeper path?

EMDR Intensives offer a grounded and compassionate way to heal — helping you move through what holds you back, with greater ease and depth. 🌿✨

If you feel called to this work, please reach out — email is where you’ll find me:
rachael@freedomtobreathe.com.au

08/06/2025

Hello again - it’s been a while since I’ve posted here.

Over the past couple of years, my work has continued to evolve weaving together EMDR, Schema Therapy, Systemic & Intergenerational approaches, and embodied practices through yoga.

Offering EMDR Intensive Programs and Couples Immersive Therapy.

I support people who are ready to move beyond weekly therapy toward deeper healing, integration, and relational growth.

I am also a Senior Clinician and a Systemic EMDR Consultant supporting other EMDR Therapists.

If you’re called to deepen your own healing – Reach out!!

Email is where you’ll find me — it’s my preferred way to connect.

I look forward to reconnecting and sharing more here soon. 🌿

👉rachael@freedomtobreath.com.au
👉 www.freedomtobreathe.com.au

17/07/2023

EMDR Intensive Program at Freedom to Breathe.

EMDR intensives are a move away from the traditional weekly or fortnightly sessions.

This is an immersive experience to heal the wounds of trauma at a faster pace. This will still be a nurturing, safely held, and compassionate therapeutic relationship. I am deeply passionate about this work and ensuring this is a positive experience for you.

With intensives we are removing the need to extend therapy across several months, saving both time and money BUT most importantly helping you to feel whole or integrated - calmer, connected to your body and wanting to be more connected with others in your life.

Through EMDR intensives the primary goal is moving towards healing faster, using a more concentrated way of working with you and accelerating your therapeutic journey.

Learn more about EMDR Intensives at Freedom to Breathe https://www.freedomtobreathe.com.au/emdr-intensives

17/07/2023

I'm writing a series of poem's relating to "parts of the self or they could be called "parts of you or parts of us".

These are moment to moment fluctuating emotional states that dominate a persons thoughts, feelings, and behaviours at any given moment.

When parts are activated, they are in the driving seat and our "healthy adult" can be off line or hard to reach.

We all have different parts of our personality, modes or "parts of self" that develop in childhood due to unmet needs.

I am beginning with poetry from "parts" that I can relate to from my own lived experience; parts of self that have been on their own healing journey but can still be present in my life.

Now I can re-connect with my healthy adult with greater ease to soothe those parts and my partner can regulate with me. We have learnt together what our different parts need to hear in order to feel safe, and for healthy adults to be back in the driving seat.

Poetic "parts of self" - the voice of the over-controller

*Content warning - some people may find this poetry triggering, as it may connect with your own story. Please go gently with yourself.

https://www.freedomtobreathe.com.au/blog/poetic-parts-of-self-the-voice-of-the-over-controller

14/06/2023

My name is Rachael.

I am the therapist behind Freedom to Breathe.

I’m passionate about supporting others to heal their traumatic wounds. I’m not only talking about traumatic events but also childhood experiences that we may call attachment wounds, unmet emotional needs, or developmental trauma. These wounds can significantly affect our relationship to ourselves and with others.

I love being part of people’s growth. Witnessing the befriending of all parts of a person through our therapeutic relationship. I am so proud of the way I practice and the therapy I offer.

I ask people to be vulnerable with me every day and these posts are an offering into my own vulnerability; being more visible, and showing more parts of myself, as a person and a therapist.

In a bid to be more open, I will be adding posts that include poetry to connect with the voice of what "parts of self" may sound like for me, for you and for others.

**Trigger warning - some people may find this poetry emotionally triggering, as it may connect with your own story. Please go gently with yourself.

Poetic “parts of self” - The Voice of the Pleaser https://www.freedomtobreathe.com.au/how-does-emdr-therapy-work/poetic-parts-of-self-the-voice-of-the-pleaser

Learn more about me & Freedom to Breathe https://www.freedomtobreathe.com.au/rachael-jolly-trauma-and-couple-therapist

13/11/2020

Family Therapy at Freedom to Breathe Counselling - Please visit freedomtobreathe.com.au for further information about Family Therapy or contact to make a time for a free consultation.

08/11/2020