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I understand how overwhelming life can be from personal experiences, so together we can navigate your journey....
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I understand how overwhelming life can be from personal experiences, so together we can navigate your journey.
Chardonnay Crabtree is a Resident in Counseling in Virginia with 3 years of experience and a wide range of skills to help tailor treatment best for each client. She has worked with people ages 5-80 with a broad spectrum of disorders. Her areas of specialty are treating trauma with accelerated resolution therapy, as well as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and ADHD.
Chardonnay earned a Master's in Clinical Mental Health and Rehabilitation Therapy from West Virginia University. Her client-centered counseling style provides a compassionate, empathetic, safe, and nonjudgmental climate for the client. She believes that a peaceful mind creates a peaceful life.
Chardonnay welcomes anyone seeking support and guidance. She recognizes that reaching out for help can be scary, but she is here to provide a safe and empathetic space where your concerns are heard and respected. Let us begin this journey so you can gain the understanding and peace you want and have a more enjoyable day.
*Chardonnay does not provide ADHD Evaluations.*
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Having understanding and empathy allows me to help my clients feel comfortable focusing on complex or troublesome areas of their l...
Having understanding and empathy allows me to help my clients feel comfortable focusing on complex or troublesome areas of their lives.
Kristin Rasmussen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 8 years of professional experience working with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitional issues, chronic stress, and more.
Kristin earned her Master's degree in Social Work from Radford University and employs a range of therapeutic approaches, which are used as appropriate for the best care of my clients. Some of these approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, and solutions-focused therapy. She utilizes EMDR for clients who have simple or complex trauma to process and move on from. She is a huge proponent of the benefits of EMDR and each therapy session is tailored to the individual needs of each client.
The driving force in Kristin's therapy practice is empathy. Having understanding and empathy allows her to help her clients to feel comfortable focusing on the areas of their lives that may feel complex and formidable. The therapeutic relationship she strives to develop with her clients is one of warmth, compassion, and trust. Kristin views therapy as a time to allow the client to discuss any issues they would like to grow from or resolve, without judgment.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a specialized psychotherapeutic approach that focuses on assisting individuals in processing traumatic memories, diminishing their emotional intensity, and facilitating the integration of the traumatic experience into their past, enabling them to progress in their lives. This process follows four steps: history-taking, preparing the client, assessing the target memory, and processing the memory and finding an adaptive resolution. After this, Thriveworks EMDR therapists in Blacksburg will continue to help individuals process the memory and evaluate the results of the treatment to ensure its effectiveness.
EMDR is primarily employed to aid individuals who have endured trauma, including those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and who have experienced other distressing life events.
EMDR therapy is generally less suitable for individuals currently experiencing acute trauma or those who have not yet acquired fundamental coping and distress tolerance skills. To engage in EMDR therapy effectively, one must possess a certain degree of distress tolerance.
EMDR tends to be very effective in relieving the negative symptoms associated with trauma. In a study performed by Francine Shapiro called The Role of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in Medicine: Addressing the Psychological and Physical Symptoms Stemming from Adverse Life Experiences (2014), results showed that after just three EMDR sessions, 84% of participants reported a remission of PTSD diagnosis. EMDR will often have a higher success rate for survivors of a single traumatic event than for those who have experienced repeated or multiple instances of trauma when EMDR is performed for the same amount of time. This is due to the increased intensity of the trauma and the need to process multiple events.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
If you’re looking for EMDR therapists in Blacksburg, VA, you’re in luck. EMDR therapy at Thriveworks can be conducted both in person at one of our many offices around the U.S. and online via remote video conferencing. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
Generally, EMDR is a shorter-term therapy, typically encompassing multiple sessions. While some individuals may make substantial progress within just a few sessions, others may opt for an extended treatment period, particularly if dealing with complex or severe trauma or conditions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a type of psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of traumatic life experiences. It is is based on the idea that negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors are the result of unprocessed memories. Studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma.
Many clients feel that their EMDR therapy empowers them by facing and overcoming the very experiences that once held them emotionally captive. Their wounds have not just closed, they have transformed. As a natural outcome of the EMDR therapeutic process, a clients’ thoughts, feelings and behavior often heal to a place of emotional health and resolution of their issues. If you think you could benefit from EMDR therapy, reach out to Thriveworks Blacksburg to schedule your first EMDR therapy session.
Research has established EMDR as effective for post traumatic stress, but many clinicians use and have seen great success using EMDR therapy for panic attacks, complicated grief, dissociative disorders, disturbing memories, phobias, pain disorders, performance anxiety, stress reduction and more.
EMDR is an integrative approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. It is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress.
The amount of time it takes to complete the course of treatment will depend on the history of the client. Treatment involves addressing past memories, present disturbance and future actions. Confronting all these is needed to begin to alleviate the symptoms and achieve successful treatment. The goal of EMDR therapy is to process the experiences that cause problems, and to include new experiences to encourage full health.
Your EMDR-trained clinician will guide you in learning what is useful to you from an experience, and store it with appropriate emotions in your brain, to provide positive outlooks in the future. Conversely, inappropriate emotions, beliefs, and body sensations will be discarded. Your clinician can help you identify negative emotions, feelings and behaviors that are are caused by unresolved earlier experiences, and are leading you in the wrong directions. The goal of EMDR therapy is to leave you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that will lead to healthy and useful behaviors and interactions.
We have clinicians who are trained and certified in EMDR Therapy. We have daytime and evening appointments available for your convenience. We also accept most major insurances, and we get new clients in for their first appointment within the week.
Call 540-376-3348 now to schedule an appointment soon! Our expert, caring counselors are here to help you move on from the things that are preventing you from enjoying a satisfying, fulfilled life. A life where you thrive.
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