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- Located in San Jose, California
Welcome to my website! I’m Dr. Kate Young, a licensed psychologist and EMDR specialist. I love providing expert therapy and seeing my clients make the profound changes that can come from good therapy.
My therapy approach is grounded in rigorous thinking, ethical practice, evidence-based care, collaborative and tailored to your specific needs.
I am confident, energetic, steady, and capable. I am EMDRIA Certified which means that I have advanced education and a demonstrated competence in providing EMDR Therapy.
Depression is not simply a lack of motivation or a personal weakness. Depression can result from experiencing a variety of negative and inescapable life events such as recent traumas, childhood neglect, chronic criticism, emotional abuse, repeated failures, bullying, abandonment, and neglect. These experiences can profoundly shape how you see yourself and the world, and impact how you cope.
EMDR therapy offers an approach to healing that goes beyond managing symptoms. EMDR goes deeper by addressing the memories, beliefs, and nervous system patterns that may be keeping your depression in place. When these events are processed, it is possible to experience a shift in your views, energy, and coping patterns.
People sometimes get depressed after experiencing trauma as adults because the trauma changes everything. It can damage your sense of safety, lead to feelings of helplessness and powerlessness, trigger feelings of grief and loss, disrupt many previously relied upon routines of daily life, severely impact your financial situation, strain your relationships, and exhaust your nervous system.
In addition to adult trauma, research shows that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are strongly associated with depression later in life. ACEs are categorized as abuse, neglect, violence in the household, mental illness and substance abuse in the household, parental separation or divorce, and family members absent due to incarceration. In addition there can be the negative impact of intergenerational trauma and loss including experiences of war and poverty.
For individuals whose depression is connected to trauma, neglect, abuse, or overwhelmingly painful life experiences, EMDR can address the underlying factors that contribute to depression that traditional symptom-focused approaches may not fully reach.
If this seems like an approach that you would be curious about, please reach out to me today.
