A structured clinical protocol for trauma

EMDR for trauma that talk therapy Alone wasn't built to treat

Most therapy helps you understand your past. This approach helps your nervous system stop reacting to it. The Six-Month Trauma Recovery Protocol is structured, specific, and built for people who are done with insight without change.

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“I'd been in therapy on and off for six years. I understood everything about my trauma and still couldn't function in my relationships. Four months in, I stopped bracing for conflict that wasn't coming. That was new.”

— Sarah M.

A Different kiND of support

Not open-ended.
Not general.
Not another round of talk therapy.

6 mths

Full protocol duration across four defined clinical phases

15 Yrs

Clinical experience focused exclusively on trauma, anxiety, and relational patterns

Common Concerns Impacting Trauma

Complex trauma (C-PTSD)

Single-incident trauma (accidents, assault, medical events)

Childhood emotional neglect

Relational trauma and attachment wounds

Anxiety and chronic hypervigilance

Shame and self-worth disruption

Intrusive thoughts and emotional flashbacks

Grief and ambiguous loss

People-pleasing and boundary collapse

Emotional dysregulation

Sleep disruption linked to trauma history

If therapy hasn't worked, that's not a character flaw

People who haven't improved in therapy are usually not treatment-resistant. They're protocol-mismatched.

The wrong tool:

Most therapy helps you understand your trauma. EMDR helps your nervous system stop treating it like it's still happening. Those are two different things.

The wrong pace:

One hour a week isn't always enough to build real momentum. Progress made in session fades before the next one.

The wrong fit:

When a therapist works across many areas, treatment stays general. Trauma has a specific shape. It needs a specific approach.

The approach

Why the Nervous System Recovery protocol works when talk therapy hasn't

EMDR has 30 years of research behind it. It works by helping the brain do what it does naturally during sleep — process and file experiences so they stop feeling active and present.

When trauma doesn't get processed, your nervous system stays on alert. You know the event is over. Your body hasn't caught up.

“You don't talk about your week. You work.”

This practice uses EMDR inside a structured six-month protocol. Every session has a purpose. You're not starting from scratch each week.

Between sessions, weekly check-ins, messaging support, and audio resources keep the work from stalling.

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Four phases. Six Months. A clear path through

Most therapy has no map. This one does. Four phases, each with a specific clinical purpose and a defined timeline — so you always know where you are in the work and what comes next.

(Weeks 1–6)

Phase 1: Stabilization

Before any trauma processing begins, you build the internal steadiness to do it safely. This phase is foundational — it's what makes the rest of the work possible.

(Weeks 7–9)

Phase 2: Trauma Mapping

Identify and sequence the specific memories, beliefs, and somatic responses targeted for reprocessing. Clinical and deliberate, not open-ended exploration.

(Weeks 10–18)

Phase 3: Active Reprocessing

The core EMDR work. Targeted memories processed session by session using bilateral stimulation. Sessions are structured, not conversational.

(Weeks 19–24)

Phase 4: Integration & Close

Processing is complete. This phase consolidates the work — confirming shifts have held, addressing what remains, and building forward stability. A deliberate close, not a trailing off.

This Is right for you if...

You've done talk therapy

and can articulate your trauma clearly — but nothing has fundamentally shifted.

You want a defined timeline

and a structured process, not open-ended, indefinite sessions.

You're ready to work consistently

for six months, not dip in when things get bad.

You're dealing with...

trauma, anxiety, or relational patterns that you can trace to specific past experiences.

“I came in convinced I was the problem — that I was too much, too broken, too far gone for therapy to work. By month two I noticed I wasn't scanning every room I walked into for threat. By month four my partner said I seemed like a different person in the best way. I don't wake up in fight-or-flight anymore. I didn't think that was possible for me.”

— James T.

Who you work with

Poppy Meadows

MSW

Poppy kept seeing the same pattern in her clinical training. Clients who had done years of therapy. Who understood their trauma completely. Who were still stuck.

The problem wasn't insight. Talk therapy was never designed to process how trauma is actually stored — in the nervous system, not in narrative.

EMDR offered a different path. But only when it's structured. Sequenced and used as a complete clinical system, not an add-on. That's what this protocol is built to be.

“I refer clients to Poppy Meadows when the case requires real precision. She is one of the few clinicians I trust with complex trauma presentations.”
— Dr. Emily Carter, General Practitioner, Wellness Health Center

The investment

One program. One clinician.
A defined end point.

Standard therapy in New York: $150–$250 per session. No defined structure. No timeline. No support between appointments. This is the complete opposite.

Six-Month Nervous System Recovery Protocol

$497/month

Clinical hours are eligible for insurance coverage

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5 in-depth EMDR sessions with a trauma-specialized registered psychotherapist

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Personalized crisis protocol with your early warning signs, regulation strategies, and between-session action plan

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Secure direct messaging to your clinician between visits

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Personalized nervous system regulation audio library built around your specific trauma

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Clinician-designed EMDR self-application guide calibrated to your current protocol phase

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90-day post-protocol maintenance plan with independent skills guidance and booster criteria

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30-minute post-protocol consolidation call with clinical review and integration summary

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Priority re-entry to the waitlist at your original rate for up to 12 months post-protocol

Poppy sees a small number of clients at a time. The protocol is intensive by design — and so is the clinical attention that comes with it.

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Extended coverage note: Psychotherapy services may be covered under extended health benefits plans.
Confirm with your provider.

Four steps to get started

Choose your focus
‍Book a free 20-minute consult. Tell us what's not working. We confirm fit before anything else.

Complete your intake
A clinical questionnaire maps your trauma history and treatment priorities before session one.

Meet your therapist
‍Your first session is an assessment, not a sales conversation. We build the roadmap together.

Begin your protocol
‍Week one of the Six-Month Nervous System Recovery Protocol starts. The work begins.

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Progress tracking

You'll know if it's working

At intake you complete a standardized trauma symptom assessment. The same one runs at the midpoint and at the close. You're not relying on feeling like things are better. Progress is tracked, documented, and reviewed together at every phase.

Serious clinical work deserves serious documentation.

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the research

The Evidence Behind the method

30+

years of published EMDR research behind the protocol

219

EMDR protocols completed in this practice

84%

of people treated with EMDR no longer met the criteria for PTSD at 15-month follow-up. Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress

Your Questions Answered

you've done the work. here's what's next

The work you've been doing in your head has a body-based counterpart. This is it.

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