EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can help if you’re dealing with cancer, chronic illness, or grief—whether you’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, caregiving, or coping with loss and long-term emotional fallout. It supports processing the heavy stuff: fear, trauma, side effects, and the ongoing challenges that come with illness or loss.

“Desensitization” means turning down the fear, anxiety, and distress tied to these experiences. “Reprocessing” is about rewiring how your brain relates to them—shifting the thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that keep you stuck.

Sometimes, when facing illness or grief, your brain doesn’t fully process the painful or scary moments. Those memories can get stuck—along with all the body sensations, emotions, and beliefs tied to them. That’s when anxiety, flashbacks, feeling disconnected, or intense reactions in relationships appear, leaving you exhausted and overwhelmed. EMDR can help you get unstuck and regain a sense of control.