Services

psychotherapy & psychoanalysis

The root word in psychotherapy is the ancient Greek word, psyche, which means “soul, breathe or spirit”. Today we might say “mind” instead of psyche. However, here at Analog, we feel that the word “mind” can feel a little cold and lifeless. We like the ideas of walking alongside you and helping you reclaim your soul, breathe and spirit again. We recognize this way of therapy go against the “on demand-ness” of our culture. However, we believe in this, we go to our own therapy as practitioners and we think there is something beautiful that comes from this deep way of being together that makes it worth it. Traditionally, psychotherapy is usually one to two times a week and psychoanalysis is three to five times a week. They are a similar process. The difference is in how often you come to therapy. When you come more often there is a greater intensity and this can help things to go faster.

Here's what you can expect from our therapy sessions:

  • Getting to Know You

    • Initial Conversations: We start by getting to know you—understanding what brings you here and what you're hoping to achieve.

    • Setting Goals: Together, we'll set goals to guide our journey, focusing on what's important to you.

    Understanding Your Experience

    • Exploring Your World: We delve into your experiences and emotions, connecting them with your current situation to uncover deeper insights.

    • Background Insights: Learning about your past helps us understand present challenges, recognizing patterns that may no longer serve you well.

    Deepening Our Work Together

    • Exploring Relationships: Sometimes, the dynamics in our sessions reflect broader patterns in your life. Exploring these moments can unlock powerful insights and lead to significant change.

    • Collaborative Exploration: Our exploration is a joint effort, where both of us contribute to understanding and addressing your needs without judgment.

    Embracing Your Emotions

    • Facing Feelings: We encourage you to gently acknowledge and engage with feelings you might usually avoid, in a safe and supportive environment.

    • Making Meaning: Together, we'll find meaning in your emotions, memories, and dreams, fostering personal growth and self-awareness.

    Nurturing Growth

    • Supporting You: We're here to validate and support your evolving feelings and desires, helping you regain confidence in expressing yourself and making decisions.

Our therapy process is not a straight line; it's a journey with twists and turns, reflective of life's complexity. Through this personalized, caring approach, our hope is for you to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, leading to a more fulfilling and empowered life. Remember, while perfection is not the goal, feeling better and gaining control over your life is within reach.

somatic experiencing®

Understanding Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a gentle, body-focused approach designed to help you overcome the effects of stress, shock, and trauma. Imagine your body like a container for all your life experiences, including those moments when you've felt stuck in a state of high alert, ready to fight, flee, or freeze. SE is here to help you release these tensions, find recovery, and build resilience for life's challenges.

Who It Helps

This method is versatile and beneficial across various fields such as psychotherapy, medicine, coaching, education, and physical therapy. It's a holistic approach grounded in over forty years of practice and research, incorporating insights from physiology, psychology, biology, neuroscience, and traditional healing practices.

The Science Behind It

Trauma can stem from intense stress, whether from a single event or built up over time. It can disrupt our ability to live with ease and resilience. This includes experiencing overwhelming situations like accidents, surgeries, abuse, conflicts, or natural disasters. Somatic Experiencing® addresses these issues by focusing on the body's response to such stress.

How It Works

SE™ helps you complete natural self-protective responses that got stuck in your body during traumatic events. It gently guides you to become more comfortable with difficult sensations and emotions, enabling the release of energy trapped in your body. This process helps turn off the "alarm" signaling danger to your body, restoring a sense of calm and balance.

Dr. Peter A. Levine, the creator of SE, was inspired by how animals in the wild recover from life-threatening situations without lingering trauma. He noticed that animals naturally "shake off" the excess energy from their freeze response. SE applies this understanding to help humans release and move through stuck energy, aiding in trauma recovery through a "body first" healing approach.

By focusing on bodily sensations rather than solely on thoughts and memories, Somatic Experiencing® offers a unique and effective path to address and heal from trauma, aiming to restore your sense of well-being and connection to life.

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, evidence-based psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s to help individuals heal from the lingering effects of trauma, anxiety, and other distressing life experiences. EMDR is distinct from traditional talk therapy in its use of bilateral stimulation—most commonly guided eye movements, rhythmic tapping, or alternating auditory tones—to activate both hemispheres of the brain while recalling emotionally charged memories.

This bilateral engagement supports the brain’s adaptive information processing system, allowing distressing memories to become less emotionally intense and more integrated into a person’s life narrative. Instead of re-living past events or getting stuck in negative self-beliefs (e.g., I’m not safe, It was my fault, I’m broken), clients often experience a shift toward more adaptive, embodied beliefs (e.g., I did the best I could, I am safe now, I am enough).

Numerous clinical studies have shown EMDR to be highly effective for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with expanding evidence for use in treating anxiety, depression, grief, performance anxiety, and even chronic pain (Shapiro, 2017; van der Kolk, 2014). Clients frequently report measurable relief in fewer sessions compared to traditional methods, especially when EMDR is applied to single-incident traumas or specific target memories.

At its core, EMDR is not about forgetting traumatic events—it’s about changing how they are stored in the nervous system, so they no longer evoke the same physiological, emotional, or cognitive distress. Sessions are carefully paced and tailored to each person’s needs, with a strong emphasis on safety, emotional regulation, and somatic awareness.

This approach honors your brain’s innate capacity to heal—working with your nervous system rather than against it. Over time, EMDR can help cultivate greater clarity, resilience, and freedom to live more fully in the present.

Organizational Consulting

At Analog Counseling, our Organizational Consulting services are designed to support the emotional and relational health of your workplace from the inside out. We offer workplace assessments rooted in contemporary neuroscience and systems theory to evaluate stress load, communication dynamics, and team cohesion (Siegel, 2012; Porges, 2011). Our approach includes conflict management, executive coaching, and burnout prevention strategies that are trauma-informed and aligned with the latest research in affective neuroscience and organizational psychology (Maslach & Leiter, 2016; Panksepp, 1998). Whether you're navigating team tension, leadership transitions, or chronic fatigue in your staff, we collaborate with you to develop tailored, sustainable interventions. Services include live trainings, a coming soon 24/7 on-demand training library, and ongoing consultation to foster emotional resilience, authentic leadership, and a culture of psychological safety. Our goal is to help your organization not just survive—but thrive with clarity, empathy, and integrity.