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Client Testimonials
Traci,
I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you. I was very nervous to try EMDR as you know. I can look back now and say it is the best thing I have ever done. I could not talk about the incident when my ex -husband tried to murder me without crying. No matter how much talk therapy I did with other counselors I never was free of fear and pain. Even when he was caught for another assault of someone else and put in prison for decades, I still was afraid. The EMDR was not easy, but it completely set me free. It accessed a part of my brain that needed to be accessed. Now I can talk about that assault in a cognitive way without the horrible emotion attached. I feel completely free of it. It helped in more ways than the ability to talk about it. I do not have walls up in relationships, I trust people more fully, and I can give more of my heart to others; All of this is without thinking or trying. I can not say enough how grateful I am for this freedom you have helped me achieve. You have a beautiful gift, and I am so glad you used that gift to help me.
My experience with EMDR has been life changing! I had issues from  my childhood that kept getting in my way as an adult! They were interfering in my daily life! I thought I have nothing to loose so why not try EMDR! It took several months of once a week therapy working with Traci Manry and my obsessive thoughts are tucked away in a different place in my brain! I never think about or obsess over my childhood issues! Thank  you Tracy for working your magic with me!
I am a wife and mother of three girls. My husband suffered cardiac arrest while driving with my 5-year daughter in the car. It was miraculous my daughter had relatively minor physical injuries. The emotional wounds of what she witnessed were far worse. Traci agreed to come into our home the day after the accident. My daughter who was in the car during the accident was afraid to talk to her when she came. She expertly asked her older sister if she was willing to talk. All the children needed to talk about the grief of just losing their father. They were all heartbroken, but the youngest who was in the car was not being herself. She was not playing and interacting normally; I knew her trauma was severe. Traci did a therapy called EMDR which was explained as a therapy for acute trauma, which can be done within a couple days after the trauma. She explained it as the therapy they did for firemen/women and police officers after the 911 attack. My oldest daughter spoke to Traci first, she was brave for her sister. She spoke of her pain when she found out her father passed. Traci did EMDR therapy with her, then with my middle child. Finally, my 5-year-old had the courage to do EMDR after seeing her sisters do it. The day of the accident she told us exactly what happened. She detailed how her daddy lost consciousness then crashed. But the very next day she could not remember anything. Traci probed her memory by asking her to picture the inside of the car and bringing up benign things that she knew may renew the memories. My daughter then dropped the EMDR buzzer in her hand and ran to me. I believe her memory came to her. I held her silently and the only thing said was that we could stop, and it was her decision. She bravely went back to chair a few minutes later completely on her own decision. She remembered everything perfectly. She said the same things that she said the day before. That daddy’s head went back, and his mouth opened and then they crashed. She said the doctors pulled out daddy from the car and worked on him. She is too little to know they were paramedics. She said a man pulled her from her car seat. She then described her dad going to heaven in detail. We looked at each other in awe. The most reassuring part was the joy she described that her daddy felt within the kingdom of heaven. I know she saw her daddy go to heaven and it brought all of us comfort. Losing my husband and their father was the hardest thing, but I know it is Gods plan. He could have taken my daughter but with her dad, but it was not her time. God knew he needed her to let us know her daddy was in heaven and full of Gods joy and love. We knew God was with her and protecting her. It was hard she witnessed her dad die and that memory she will always have but she also has one of the best memories and that was watching God walking her daddy through the gates to his throne in heaven. When the EMDR was over, we saw her return. She was no longer behaving unlike herself. She went upstairs and started playing with her sisters. Talking about this event with the help of rtap technique brought her emotionally back to normal. Traci was so kind to come the day after my husband passed and volunteer this help to us. All of my daughters were given a chance to talk about how they felt. She was patient and skilled. I only hope my story encourages others to know God. I know he has given Traci a tremendous purpose and ability.
We first met Traci Manry when my daughter started in an Intensive Outpatient Program that Traci facilitated. Â Upon completion, my daughter started private session with Tracy that included EMDR (among other modalities). Â We are not new to counseling as my daughter had done traditional CBT sessions for 8 years previous. Â Over the last 2 years with Traci, our daughter has found hope. Â Hope in growing up, going to school, making friends and becoming an adult. Â Behind that hope are real life changes and strategies for getting there. Â We had all but given up before meeting Traci (countless meds, counseling and in-patient treatment) because the anxiety was overwhelming. Â Now we are in a season of med decreases, high school graduation, part-time jobs and planning for college. Â We are so grateful for Traci!
I started therapy in 2018 with Traci at my lowest. It’s 2022 now and I'm the happiest I've ever been. I in no way shape or form think i’d get to this point, of course without the help of Traci. Started off with group IOP and moved into individual therapy with just Traci and I. Countless days during the week going through intensive debriefing later deciding to try EMDR and being able to process my thoughts and trauma with the help of my therapist and now today being able to do it completely by myself. Starting off at 3 days a week of therapy, moving to two then one, then every other week, once a month and now being in a spot in my life where I am not in counseling because of the growth I have shown and the support from my therapist. Therapy has changed my life for the good and I wouldn't redo anything. If you are going into counseling because you think your therapist will “give you the answers to your problems' ' you are wrong and I promise you that it won’t be effective if you go in that way. You have to put in the time to not only yourself but your therapist at all and you will soon learn how to cope and learn about your problems in ways you wouldn’t imagine. I will forever be grateful for Traci and just because i’m not seeing her now, i know she’ll always be there for me when i need it. Traci has a special way of making connections with people like no other and building trust in an appropriate manner. I would recommend her to anyone who came to me asking for help. Traci has helped me become the woman I am today and taught me so much I have and will bring into what the world throws at me.
Traci Manry's technique of administering EMDR has revolutionized my emotional life. She helped me confront my trauma with patience, realness, and encouragement; these were painful memories I never dreamed I'd be able to face, much less reprocess, and eventually conquer. Throughout the process, I was able to love myself and give myself tremendous grace. All the mysteries of why I behaved the way I did and sought the relationships I did were answered and redirected toward healthier narratives. I feel healed, not perfect, but healed and I am calmer, less anxious, and less angry. I feel like the person I was meant to be before trauma entered my life.
Traci,
EMDR has been an incredible part of my healing journey. I grew up in a home where the relationship between my parents was very hostile. I became hypersensitive to other people’s emotions which manifested into a need for control and crippling anxiety. I believe that this played into my many years of struggling with an eating disorder in my teens. After my parents divorced when I was 20, I realized that a lot of the self-sabotaging tendencies that I developed as a child were still taking hold of my life as a young adult, especially in my relationships with others. I came to Traci as a highly anxious, overly-agreeable young woman wondering if I could ever experience true happiness or a healthy relationship. After getting the opportunity to reprocess the darkest memories from my childhood through EMDR, I was able to find peace with my past and struggles. I can now openly communicate my needs with others and face conflict head on. I am no longer repeating the unhealthy behaviors that were once modeled for me. Overall, I have gained such a great perspective on life which has transformed the way that I think, feel, and react. I would highly recommend Traci as a provider as well as EMDR as a treatment for anyone looking to let go of their past experiences and break unhealthy cycles.
In my continued quest for relief from the traumatic events that occurred in my life over the past 40 years, I kept hitting dead ends. Although this was discouraging, I never gave up. My search for an approach that would treat the underlying sources of low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and not feeling good about my life and the world changed when I met Traci. Her incredible knowledge and effective application of EMDR was evident immediately. After the first EMDR session, I felt the emotional and mental “chains” start to break free and this was the beginning of my emotional liberation. Her professional approach through goal setting and follow-up ensured that I was making progress and stayed on track, guaranteeing success. If you are one who struggles with physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that were caused by traumatic events, I encourage you to see Traci. She makes returning to a life of happiness and fulfillment easy by using the EMDR approach.
I cannot thank Traci enough for guiding me throughout my EMDR process and self healing. I have tried counseling multiple times throughout my past and was never comfortable or able to heal from past traumas. I felt as if my family trauma had a hold on me each and every day and all of my emotions. I felt that I was in a constant cycle of pain that consisted of highs and lows. Traci introduced me to EMDR which I had never experienced before. Going to the root and core memories of past traumas and being able to express memories that I have not expressed in years has completely helped me emotionally, physically, and spiritually. With processing the memories and changing my feelings geared towards them, I feel healed from my past pains. I feel stronger and more confident in my future relationships that I engage in. I am able to grow and enjoy my family as we move forward. I feel comfortable being able to establish healthy
boundaries for myself and I finally found my self-worth. I'm excited for my new journey and am thankful to Traci’s help and guidance.
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