IFS EMDR Therapy Group

11/21/2025

Hi, nice to meet you. 👋

I’m Katy Levine, a licensed clinical social worker, an EMDR trained, and IFS-informed therapist. I specialize in helping women heal from CPTSD, anxiety, perfectionism, overfunctioning, and dysfunctional family dynamics.

Therapy with me might help address things like:

-You're functioning, but it doesn't feel like you're living.
-You have insight, maybe from previous therapy, but you know there's deeper, embodied healing to be done.
-Trying to be perfect is exhausting, but you can't figure out how to do it any other way.
-You take care of others, but struggle to take care of yourself.

If any of this resonates with you, we might be a fit! Reach out here to schedule a free 15-minute video call with me: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us
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📍Katy sees clients virtually in these states: Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland.

11/19/2025

You’ve done therapy. You’ve gained insight. But your body still holds the story.

An EMDR Intensive is a 3-5 day immersive experience designed to help your system release old patterns and move toward lasting change — in a fraction of the time of weekly therapy.

🌀 You might be ready if:
– You feel stuck in weekly sessions
– You want deeper healing and momentum
– You can set aside time for focused inner work

If this resonates, it may be time for a deeper approach.

Read more in our most recent blog: www.ifsemdrtherapy.com/blog
💫 Book your free 30-minute discovery call to explore whether an EMDR Intensive is right for you: www.ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

11/15/2025

Not all trauma looks the same — and not all trauma treatment should either.

PTSD often develops after a single overwhelming event — something sudden and life-threatening.
Complex PTSD (CPTSD) develops over time, often from chronic relational trauma — the things that happened and the things that didn’t: safety, attunement, repair, and consistent care.

CPTSD can include dissociation, emotional numbing, and deep shame, and it requires a different kind of healing process.

In EMDR + IFS-informed therapy, we take more time to build safety, connection, and internal capacity before reprocessing trauma. Healing complex trauma isn’t about rushing through memories — it’s about rebuilding trust with your own system.

If you’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t feel like enough, you might not be broken. The approach might need to fit your nervous system.

📆Schedule your free consultation today to learn more about EMDR + IFS Intensives.
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11/13/2025

Ever catch yourself thinking…

“I’m not good enough.”
“I’m unsafe.”
“There’s something wrong with me.”
“I’m a failure.”

You’re not alone—these are what we call negative cognitions in EMDR therapy. They’re the beliefs your mind once created to help you survive something painful. But now, they might be keeping you stuck.

✨ EMDR therapy helps your mind and body rewrite those old stories—so instead of “I’m not enough,” you begin to feel, “I am worthy.”

If you’re curious how this works or want to experience it yourself, head to our website to learn more about EMDR: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/

You deserve to feel safe inside your own mind. 💛

11/08/2025

Healing doesn’t mean feeling only one thing at a time.
You can be both strong and scared, grateful and grieving, functioning and falling apart—and it’s all valid.

Our work is about making space for your whole experience—the parts that feel confident, and the ones that are just trying to hang on.

If you’re ready to meet yourself with compassion instead of pressure, EMDR + IFS Intensives can help you come back to center.

✨ Schedule your free consultation today to learn more: www.ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

11/06/2025

Trauma might be the hard things that happened to you, but it also might be the things that didn’t happen for you or that you didn’t get consistently enough. As children, our parents or caregivers may not know how to give us the things we need for a healthy relationship with ourselves.

This can include failing to give us:

◼ Attuned responses
◼Warm affection
◼ Encouragement
◼ Reassurance
◼ Rupture and repair
◼ Loving correction
◼ Good boundaries
◼ Respectful interactions
◼ Freedom to individuate
◼ Unconditional acceptance
◼ Help soothing painful emotions
◼ Help processing grief and loss

EMDR and IFS can help to offer our younger selves what they needed back then but just didn't have access to. To learn more about EMDR, find us here: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

Now taking new clients for trauma therapy intensives and weekly sessions.

Reach out to schedule a free consultation for IFS EMDR Therapy in weekly or biweekly sessions or a 3-4 day trauma healing intensive. Compassionate, personalized, support for deep emotional healing.

11/04/2025

900 of you.

900 people who care about doing the deep work — healing trauma, reconnecting with self-energy, and learning how to live your life from a more grounded place.

When I started sharing about IFS-Informed EMDR and the power of multi-day trauma therapy intensives, my hope was to make this kind of healing feel accessible, human, and real.

Your engagement, messages, and reflections remind me every day that healing doesn’t happen in isolation — it happens in community. 💫

If something you’ve seen here has resonated, share it with someone who might be ready to take their next step too.

Thank you for being part of this growing space for healing, reflection, and transformation. 🌿

11/01/2025

As an IFS-Informed EMDR Therapist, I’ve learned when I feel overwhelmed by the big dysfunctional systems around me, I turn to my own inner one — a breath of air, sunlight on water, a few quiet seconds in nature.

It doesn’t have to be long. Just a moment to come home to myself — to find center again — so I can bring that self-led energy back to the people, communities, and actions that matter most.

Even a minute of regulation creates ripples.

✨ If you’re ready to take some extended time for you, we’re now scheduling IFS-Informed EMDR Intensives for January 2026 and beyond.

📅 Schedule your free 30-minute Discovery Call today — www.ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

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10/30/2025

Feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re not capable — it means your nervous system is working overtime to protect you. 💛

When everything feels too much, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why learning to slow down, ground yourself, and take one small step matters more than “pushing through.”

Here are a few tools that can help:

🌀 Box breathing
🌀 Externalizing the overwhelm — name it, then write down what is too much right now
🌀 Spend time in nature
🌀 Taking sensory breaks — listen to soothing music, wrap up in a comfy blanket
🌀 Asking for help is a skill of co-regulation - you don’t have to mange overwhelm alone
🌀 Body-based calming (like yoga or shaking it out)

Interested in better learning what works for you, and the why behind the overwhelm? We'd love to support you. Reach out to to learn if therapy with us is a good fit: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

10/28/2025

Sometimes healing isn’t a breakthrough moment.
It’s a quiet evening, a steady breath, a moment of silence, a regulated nervous system.

It’s okay to be normal.
To not be “glowing” or “transforming.”
To simply be regulated, grounded, and connected.

That’s what deep healing feels like.

💫 Our IFS-Informed EMDR Intensives are designed to help you access that peace — the kind that lasts beyond the session.

✨ Gift yourself the grounded sense of normal you’ve been craving.

🔗www.ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

10/26/2025

✨Perfectionism isn’t about being perfect — it’s about feeling safe.✨

If you’ve ever felt like you have to get everything just right, it might be more than high standards. For many, perfectionism is a trauma response — a way to avoid criticism, shame, or rejection.

In therapy, we gently explore the roots of these patterns and work toward self-compassion, not self-criticism. 💛

If this resonates, we’re here to support you. 📲 Reach out to us here: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/contact-us

10/19/2025

Trauma can disconnect us from our sense of safety, identity, and even our bodies. But healing is possible, and it often begins with learning to exist within the body again.

Through somatic work and compassionate support, we help clients reconnect with themselves and reclaim what trauma once took away.

You don’t have to do it alone.
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📲To learn more about us and how we support our clients, head to our website: https://ifsemdrtherapy.com/

✨We have openings for weekly support and EMDR intensives. Reach out to us to see if we'd be a good fit!