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EMDR Group Therapy for Therapists: Reclaiming Yourself Without Telling the Whole Story
A New EMDR Group Therapy Experience for Helpers on the Edge of Burnout
Therapists such as psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals are often taught how to hold space for others—but not always how to hold space for themselves.
Between increasing caseloads, deep emotional labour, and the weight of others’ pain, it’s no surprise that so many helpers experience symptoms of burnout, compassion fatigue, and a quiet disconnection from the very work they once loved. You might still be showing up for your clients, your team, your family—but internally, you’re running on empty.
What if there was a way to reconnect with the parts of you that brought you here in the first place—without needing to unpack every detail of your own trauma?
What if healing didn’t require a breakdown—but instead started with a breath?
Introducing: The EMDR Empowerment Path – An EMDR Group for Therapists
This 3-session group therapy experience is designed specifically for mental health professionals, psychotherapists, social workers, and helpers who are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally fatigued, or disconnected from their purpose.
Using EMDR-informed bilateral stimulation techniques, nervous system regulation, and resourcing practices, this group provides a safe space for therapists to:
- Reconnect with meaning and purpose
- Regulate a taxed nervous system
- Rebuild internal safety—without retraumatization
- Access the brain’s natural healing capacity
- Leave each session feeling lighter, clearer, and more resourced
You do not need to share any personal trauma or stories to benefit from this group.
The EMDR Empowerment Path is non-disclosing, strengths-based, and grounded in your nervous system’s natural rhythm of repair.
How the EMDR Group Therapy for Therapists Works
This is a three-session group, each lasting 2 hours, facilitated by an experienced trauma therapist trained in EMDR therapy (and EMDR Group Therapy). It blends EMDR-compatible techniques, somatic grounding, and metaphor-based healing (think: guided visualizations and integration techniques).
💬 Session Themes:
1. Reconnecting to Why You Started
Explore what originally drew you to this work. Engage in bilateral stimulation with positive, resourcing memories of connection and meaning. Strengthen the adaptive information through the group’s collaborative sharing of positive experiences.
2. Gathering Strength
Access internal resources and nervous system anchors. Slow down, breathe, and rewire stress patterns with gentle, non-verbal processing.
3. Facing the Challenge
Engage in trauma processing to reduce distress and build new adaptive networks —without sharing the memories aloud.
4. Claiming Power
Visualize the version of yourself you want to carry forward—grounded, resilient, and whole. Leave with an integration plan and renewed clarity about your needs and next steps.
Who Is This Group For?
- Therapists who feel emotionally depleted or on the edge of burnout
- Helpers who want to feel connected to their purpose, power, and presence again
- Anyone who feels that their nervous system is “stuck on”
- Professionals who want to process without disclosing personal trauma
- Those curious about EMDR, Flash Technique, or resourcing-based intensives in a group format
You don’t need to be trained in EMDR to participate. Just bring yourself—and your willingness to pause.
Why EMDR Group Therapy Works?
EMDR intensives and group formats are often reserved for trauma processing. But when adapted, they also work beautifully for burnout recovery and empowerment. By bypassing the need to share content, the brain is allowed to do what it does best: reorganize, integrate, and heal.
This group:
- Uses bilateral stimulation to reduce overwhelm and increase clarity
- Builds internal capacity and stabilization
- Helps restore the connection between your body, brain, and values
You don’t have to unravel your story to reconnect with yourself.
Upcoming Dates & How to Join
- Next Group Start: October 27, 2025
- Duration: 3 sessions, 2 hours each
- Format: In Person at our Burlington Office Location
- Fee: $100 per 2 hour session
- Facilitators: Christina Janiga, BSc, MACP, RP (Certified EMDR Therapist & Consultant) & Ashira Gobrin (Certified Brainspotting Practitioner)
Free pre-screening intake call available to see if this group is the right fit.
Final Words
You’re not alone in this.
Burnout doesn’t mean you’re broken.
You deserve a space to heal, too.
Let this group be your invitation to pause, reset, and remember:
You still have a resource. You always have.
Book a free 15 minuted consultation call.
If you are interested in join a Group EMDR Therapy for Therapists we encourage you to reach out to us for a free 15-minute consultation. During the consultation, we will answer any questions you have about our EMDR Empowerment Path and our psychotherapists/facilitators, and help you determine if we are the right fit for you.
About The Author
Christina Janiga, BSc, MACP, RP is a registered psychotherapist providing in person and virtual psychotherapy and therapy intensives in Burlington, ON and across Ontario. She is a Certified EMDR therapist and a EMDR Consultant. She is trained in multiple modalities of trauma-focused healing to best support individuals who are looking to feel better faster.