Mended Heart Family Counseling & Trauma Recovery Center

04/23/2026

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03/05/2026

EMDR Consultation for Therapists Working Toward Certification

If you’ve completed EMDR Basic Training and you’re ready to take the next step towards certification, I’d love to support you.

What I help with:
* Case conceptualization for complex trauma
* Stuck points, looping, dissociation, dysregulation
* EMDR phase competency, resourcing, and strategy
* Therapist confidence, blocks, “Am I doing this right?” moments
* Consultation hours tracked and aligned with EMDRIA standards

Credentials
* Certified EMDR Therapist
* EMDRIA-Approved Consultant-in-Training (CIT)
* Specializing in complex trauma, dissociation, and DID

Consultation Options
* Individual, $125, 60 minutes
* Small group (2–4), $85/person, 60 minutes

Virtual, nationwide.

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Virtual EMDR consultation for therapists working toward EMDRIA certification. CIT offers up to 10 hours, case support, phase review, and dissociation help.

02/23/2026

If you and your partner keep having the same fight, the tone escalates fast, and you both walk away feeling unheard, shut down, or misunderstood, it can be exhausting, even when you still love each other. Constant conflict often is not about one person being “the problem,” it is usually a stuck pattern, one person pursues, the other withdraws, defensiveness builds, and connection gets lost. At Mended Heart Therapy, we support couples who want to improve communication, reduce reactivity, and rebuild a sense of emotional safety, using practical tools, guided conversations, and skills you can use outside of session. Therapy can help you slow things down, understand what is happening underneath the fight, and create new ways to handle disagreement without damage. If you are ready to break the cycle, schedule a consult or submit an inquiry through our website.

02/20/2026

If you are deconstructing your faith, questioning what you were taught, or feeling grief, fear, or guilt as you step away from a high control religious environment, you are not alone, and nothing is wrong with you. Many people carry religious trauma in the form of shame, scrupulosity, anxiety about punishment, people pleasing, or feeling unsafe trusting their own inner voice. At Mended Heart Therapy, we provide trauma informed care that respects your beliefs and your autonomy, we help you untangle fear from faith, rebuild self-trust, and process the emotional wounds that can show up in the body and nervous system. Therapy can be a steady place to sort what you want to keep, what you want to release, and how you want to live now, without pressure or judgment. If you are ready for support, schedule a consult or submit an inquiry through our website.

Mended Heart Therapy – Jennifer Starlight, LMFT, provides online trauma therapy, EMDR intensives, and spiritual counseling in California. Compassionate support for anxiety, trauma, and healing.

02/19/2026

If you are recovering from narcissistic abuse and you keep second guessing yourself, replaying conversations, or feeling anxious when you try to set a boundary, it makes sense. Gaslighting and chronic invalidation can train your brain to doubt your reality, and your body to stay on alert. At Mended Heart Therapy, we help clients rebuild self trust, strengthen boundaries without guilt, and process the trauma patterns that keep pulling you back into fear, overexplaining, or people pleasing. We take a steady, structured approach, and when appropriate, we may use EMDR adapted for complex trauma to help reduce triggers and restore a sense of safety in your mind and body. If you are ready to feel clear and grounded again, schedule a consult or submit an inquiry at https://wix.to/eh2b9Wf

Guiding soul-led healing for women & teens through trauma recovery, EMDR, & spiritual exploration. At Mended Heart Counseling, I help you awaken to your inner light, reclaim peace, and remember who you truly are.

02/18/2026

Blanks, memory gaps, zoning out, feeling unreal, or feeling detached can be signs your nervous system is protecting you. You are not broken, and you do not have to white knuckle it. At Mended Heart Therapy, we start with stabilization, safety, and nervous system support, then move at a pace your system can handle. We treat trauma and dissociation with approaches like EMDR adapted for complex trauma, along with grounding, parts informed support, and practical coping tools. We offer structured online sessions for high masking autistic and ADHD clients, and neurotypical adults, across California. If you are ready for support, reach out for a consult or submit an inquiry. https://wix.to/UGzzTK8

02/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed at big, noisy events is okay, you’re not alone. Plan short exits and pauses ahead of time, it’s part of self-care. Mended Heart Therapy offers trauma-informed, paced support for dissociation and PTSD. If you’d like a confidential intake, schedule a consult or submit an inquiry at https://wix.to/vodyaJI

02/04/2026

Feeling like you’re functioning on the outside but falling apart inside is real and you’re not alone. Common signs of dissociation include spacing out, losing time or having memory gaps, feeling emotionally numb, or like you’re watching yourself from the outside.

Jennifer Starlight has advanced experience supporting people with dissociation and DID; at Mended Heart we focus on paced, safety-first therapy so you can build steady progress without rushing. If this resonates, reach out for a confidential intake to learn about specialist care. Schedule a consult or submit an inquiry at https://wix.to/p9pbTNt

Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Orange County — we’re here for you.

02/03/2026

Feeling overwhelmed, numb, or like you’re holding everything together on the outside? A single EMDR session at Mended Heart Therapy is paced so you feel safe and in control. Here’s what it can look like: 1) Intake & stabilization: your safety, grounding, and coping tools come first. 2) Brief bilateral stimulation demo: we show you how it feels with a short, optional exercise. 3) Paced processing: we work step-by-step, monitoring any dissociation and pausing as needed. We specialize in trauma-focused EMDR for adults and teens, including neurodivergent clients, and focus on steady, trauma-informed progress, not quick fixes. Ready to talk? Schedule a consult or submit an inquiry: https://wix.to/NFIbx5J

01/31/2026

Feeling overwhelmed, numb, or stuck after trauma? You’re not alone. Our new blog post, “Mended Heart: Trauma Support,” offers a gentle, steady guide to understanding trauma and finding compassionate support on the path to healing. Read practical steps, signs to watch for, and how to reach out for help. https://wix.to/3IdFlUz

When you feel overwhelmed, emotionally numb, or like you’re just barely holding it together, it’s important to know you are not alone. Trauma can leave you feeling stuck in survival mode, triggered by everyday moments, or disconnected from yourself and others. Healing is possible, but it takes t...

01/31/2026

Feeling like you’re surviving but not really living is exhausting, and it’s okay to want steady, gentle support. Try these three short stabilization practices between sessions: 1) Safe place visualization: picture somewhere you feel calm for 1–2 minutes and notice details. 2) Paced breathing: inhale 4, exhale 6, repeat for a few minutes to ease overwhelm. 3) Grounding anchor: name 5 things you see, 4 you can touch, 3 you hear to return to the present. These techniques are trauma-informed and paced for clients who dissociate or are neurodivergent. Jennifer Starlight, LMFT, and our clinic use small, consistent practices to help you feel steadier between appointments. If you’re ready, schedule a consult or submit an inquiry to learn how we can support your recovery.

01/29/2026

Real results: an anonymized client found measurable relief from anxiety after EMDR and complementary care—less panic, better sleep, and improved daily functioning. Jennifer Starlight’s certified, virtual-only model made specialist care accessible across Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and Orange County. Read the full client journey and outcomes on our site: https://wix.to/6xHFbsh 💙🔒

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