Kristin O'Brien, LCSW

09/18/2025

✨ A recent randomized controlled trial by Miccoli et al. (2024) found that EMDR therapy can significantly reduce symptoms—even when delivered remotely. During the COVID period, many services also turned to online EMDR and reported strong outcomes, further confirming its effectiveness in real-world practice.

The key takeaway: whether in person or remote, EMDR consistently helps people achieve meaningful improvements and greater stability. While some studies were brief or involved smaller groups, the evidence continues to highlight EMDR as a powerful and adaptable approach to healing.

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09/16/2025

✨ What is your mental health toolbox?

Here are a few simple ways to calm your mind and reconnect with yourself:

• Deep breathing – slow down and notice your breath rising and falling.
• Calming colors – picture your favorite soothing shade washing over you.
• Engage your senses – listen to music, look at the sky, or enjoy a calming scent.
• Time in nature – step outside, feel the fresh air, and ground yourself.
• Notice the moment – look around and really take in the details of your surroundings.
• Take a walk – movement clears the mind and shifts your energy.
• Count to 20 on your fingertips – a quick way to bring focus back.
• Butterfly hugs – cross your arms, tap your shoulders gently, and give yourself comfort.

✨ Your toolbox is unique to you—choose the practices that make you feel supported and safe.

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09/10/2025

✨ EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing—a therapy that uses gentle eye movements or bilateral stimulation to help your brain process unresolved memories. It’s effective in treating trauma, anxiety, and emotional blocks, and often works faster than traditional therapy. Many describe EMDR as life-changing—like lifting a weight they’ve carried for years.✨DM me for more info or to schedule a session…….

09/05/2025

✨Trauma impacts us in ways we don’t always realize. It can shape how we show up, how we see ourselves, and how safe we feel in the world.

From childhood experiences to attachment wounds, trauma can leave us stuck in cycles of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. Whether it’s what’s considered a “big T” trauma or a “little t,” both can be equally impactful on the nervous system and our sense of self.

✨ The good news? Healing is possible.
With support, compassion, and the right tools—like EMDR—you can begin to:

✔️ Free yourself from old burdens
✔️ Reconnect with your authentic self
✔️ Build resilience and healthier relationships

Remember: your childhood shaped your story, but it doesn’t have to define your future. You are not broken. You deserved better. And you can break the cycle.

✨ You don’t have to carry these burdens alone. Healing deeply is possible.

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09/04/2025

I can’t say enough about this post. Absolutely true!

good things take time. 🌱
growth isn’t meant to be rushed—
it’s meant to be lived, felt, and trusted.
your pace is enough.

08/30/2025

08/29/2025

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08/02/2023

Love this!

Look around you and breathe deeply…

03/27/2023

10/19/2022

I am so excited to be talking to a group of women about How to Trust Again after Divorce and Healing after DIvorce on 11/9 at 7 PM at Havenly in Norwalk. Please join me!

Psychotherapist Kristin O'Brien will lead an interactive event on healing after divorce and/or trauma.

07/06/2022

I am so excited to announce my new office location in downtown Westport, CT! For those of you who don’t know I am a holistic psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, stress, trauma, health issues, and divorce. I am trained in EMDR, DBT, mindfulness, and CBT. I am currently taking new patients and do both in person and Teletherapy. Please PM if I can be of service to you or someone you know. Peace and light☀️🌙 - Life is an evolution.
Website: www.kristinobrienlcsw.com