Online EMDR & PTSD Therapy in Colorado & Florida | Adam Stanford

EMDR Trauma Therapy for People Who Live Outside the Lines

Online EMDR therapy for trauma & PTSD in CO & FL

Maybe you left the religion. Came out. Unmasked. Or spent years being told you were "too sensitive." You've done a hell of a lot to build a life on your own terms. So why does the past still have such a grip on you? Through EMDR therapy, we'll work through the shame, rejection, old fears, and painful memories that keep showing up, so they don't have to keep calling the shots.

PTSD & TRAUMA THERAPY

A new path out of the same old crap

You've already done the work. So why does it still hurt like this?

An old image flashes. A specific smell. Your body reacts like you have to do something about it right now. You've tried ignoring these memories. Telling yourself they don't matter anymore. Maybe you've already talked about them in therapy. But they still bring up fear or shame.

You might still blame yourself for things other people did, or feel helpless against getting hurt again. People tell you you're safe now. But, something in you just won't accept that, no matter how much you wish it would.

Time by itself doesn't heal everything. Things that happened years, even decades ago, shouldn't still feel this fresh. And if you're dealing with PTSD or lingering trauma symptoms, mindfulness, self-care, and talking about what happened might only get you so far. EMDR therapy helps you process the memories that keep pulling you back into the past, so they don't have to keep running your life.

Specialized trauma treatment for the paths that aren't in the textbook.

Finding a therapist who gets your life is half the battle.

Trauma isn't always one big, obvious event. Sometimes it's years of religious shame, masking who you are, rejection, or relationships where you never felt safe. Whether you're dealing with PTSD or the cumulative weight of those experiences, trauma counseling should make room for your actual life, not just what fits neatly into a textbook.

—LGBTQ+ & Queer Trauma Therapy

It's not all rainbows, sunshine, and cute dildos.

Kids at school saying "that's gay." Being told as a child that who you are means going to hell. Finding your people and realizing some of the same rejection wounds play out there too. That kind of conditioning doesn't just disappear. LGBTQ+ affirming trauma therapy gives you space to untangle the rejection, shame, and conditioning you've carried, and figure out what's actually yours.

—Trauma Therapy for Neurodivergent Adults

When your whole environment blames you for its failures.

Growing up neurodivergent often means being shown, again and again, that your natural way of thinking and functioning is wrong. Effort doesn't consistently lead to success, so you stop trusting yourself. You learn to monitor and suppress yourself just to get through the day, carrying a steady sense of being either too much or not enough. As someone who was blamed and outcast for typical ADHD behaviors, I know how much damage that kind of rejection can do. My approach to neurodivergent-affirming trauma therapy makes room for ADHD, autism, and the ways you've learned to mask just to get by.

—Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse Therapy

Weeding out indoctrination is more complex than we want to believe.

Religious trauma recovery is complicated, especially when you've spent years being taught to doubt your own mind, treat healthy development as sin, and tie your safety and belonging to obedience. Emotions like sadness and anger become spiritual failings. Church hurt contributes to distinct trauma that erodes your fundamental sense of safety and trust (Freund, et al., 2025). We use CBT to replace harmful thinking, EMDR to put painful memories in the past, and existential therapy to build meaning that's genuinely yours. As a gay man raised Mormon in Texas, I help people recover from Catholicism, Mormonism, Adventism, Christian Science, Southern Baptism, Evangelicalism, Islam, and more.

—Trauma Therapy for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)

We evolved like this to benefit all humans, but we also carry the burdens in ourselves every day.

If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP), you feel everything deeply, and sometimes it feels like a curse. When you’ve experienced trauma, your brain gets stuck in a cycle of overstimulation followed by complete emotional shutdown. It is a survival mechanism, not a flaw or a weakness. You might spend days feeling everything intensely, only to numb out entirely because the input is too high. I help HSPs stop apologizing for their sensitivity, regulate their nervous system, and start viewing that depth of feeling as the asset it actually is.

Hi, I’m Adam,

Growing up queer, ADHD, and Mormon in Texas meant my childhood often felt like survival mode, navigating shame, constantly needing to prove myself, and feeling like an outsider in my own life. My parents loved me, but our family dynamics were complicated, and confidence and emotional safety weren't always easy to find.

The emotional wounds from those years ran deep, keeping me stuck in anxiety and self-doubt with bouts of depression. Doing the work to heal from childhood trauma changed everything: I learned how to stop hiding, let go of the insecurity, and build real emotional safety within myself. Today, I help people unpack their own painful pasts and work through the lasting effects of trauma so they can stop living in fear and start living as their true, authentic selves.

- Adam Stanford, LPC, LAC

Learn More About Adam

Gottman Method I EMDR I CBT I DBT I Licensed Addiction Counselor I Licensed Professional Counselor

Telehealth therapy services online in Colorado & Florida

How I Work

Treatment for PTSD and Trauma that goes beyond the headlining events.

Trauma treatment doesn't have to mean retelling your story on repeat. I combine EMDR therapy to help process painful memories with CBT and DBT skills to manage the fear, shame, and emotional overload that can come with PTSD. We start with stability, work at a pace you can manage, and focus on changes that actually matter outside of sessions.

Rewire the thinking that keeps you stuck.
We identify the harmful thoughts and underlying beliefs fueling your shame, self-blame, anger, and fear, and systematically replace them with patterns that reflect reality instead of old conditioning. It’s not toxic positivity, it’s realistic and constructive thinking.
Build skills for the moments that hit hardest.
Being more present and aware, getting through intense emotions without making things worse, tilting the scales towards more happiness and contentment, and resolving issues between you and other people. Practical tools for riding out panicky moments, managing fear and shame without self-destruction, and holding your ground in relationships without abandoning yourself.
Resolve trauma at the root.
EMDR helps your brain finish processing memories that got stuck when they happened. If you understand your patterns but still feel hijacked by them emotionally, EMDR often provides the missing piece that talk therapy alone can't shift.
Phase 1: Safety & Stability A consistent sense of safety, achieved through nervous system regulation, is key to retraining your neural pathways. Skills from CBT, DBT, and EMDR help you stay grounded and in the present moment.
Phase 2: Remembrance & Mourning EMDR, along with nervous system regulation, helps you safely reprocess and desensitize to any memories that still feel too fresh. This phase can be very helpful, but it is always optional and never necessary.
Phase 3: Reconnection & Integration
Trauma recovery is about more than feeling less afraid of the past. It's about getting your life back. Reconnecting with people, enjoying things that used to make you happy, and figuring out who you are when trauma and PTSD symptoms are no longer calling all the shots. The goal isn't to erase what happened. It's to make sure it doesn't keep deciding what happens next.

FAQ

The real questions people ask before starting trauma work.

Sessions are $225 each (53 minutes). I also offer sliding scale options on a limited basis. I am an out-of-network provider. I prioritize specialized care for my clients, which allows me to work without the restrictions of insurance companies. I provide monthly superbills that you can submit to your insurance for potential reimbursement. I've partnered with Thrizer to handle that process automatically, which typically saves clients around 70% upfront. You can check your benefits in under a minute here.
No. The focus is on processing, not reliving. A central part of effective trauma treatment is making sure you feel safe and in control at all times. We work to lower the distress associated with the memory without going through every difficult detail. You'll learn skills to manage emotional intensity before we address the trauma, so you're never just back in it. One of the great things about EMDR is that you work through trauma quickly and internally. That's completely different from methods that have you talk about it forever.
Trauma is a natural part of being human, and now we finally understand what to do about it. Ignoring your trauma and bottling up the feelings and memories means living with more misery than you need to. You don’t have to change the past to change how it sits with you and continues to impact your life. With the right help, you may be surprised by how much better you can feel.
I won't lie, trauma work doesn't move as fast as people want it to. But you've already spent too much time struggling, and you certainly don't want to spend the rest of your life like this. I make the process easier by providing the structure and guidance to keep you moving forward. EMDR is not only the quickest path out of past trauma, it's also the one clients consistently appreciate the most, because it's easier than they expected.