Hi, I'm Joe.
I help people like you
My focus is helping you feel safe, supported, and equipped to heal.
As a therapist, I don’t hand out band-aid fixes. I help you tap into your strength, face what’s holding you back, and use EMDR to break free from the weight of trauma. I bring the expertise — you bring the grit. Together, we’ll get you moving forward.
Hear me when I say:
Overwhelm is
not a badge
of honor.
Here's how I can help you:
EMDR Therapy
EMDR Consultation
I believe in the importance of allowing people the opportunity to mess up, show vulnerability, learn, and grow.
A bit about me...
I’m a trauma survivor with more than 38 foster care placements and over 20 years in the mental health field. That mix of lived experience and professional training shapes how I show up: transparent, authentic, and deeply committed to safe, unarmored relationships. As an EMDR therapist, consultant, and founder of Real Life Counseling, my passion is helping people heal, grow, and live connected—both with themselves and others.
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EMDR
Consulting
“Sharpen your EMDR practice with real feedback, clear structure, and honest growth.”
Training & Consultation Groups ⟩
Resources to guide the way
For Clients
Articles and information on how EMDR can help you tackle whatever you are facing with the right support.
For Therapists
Additonal information on EMDR and other therapy tools for both clients and professionals.
Trauma can change how you see yourself.
It doesn’t have to define what comes next.
EMDR therapy and EMDR Intensives for trauma, anxiety, depression, and difficult life experiences.
In-person in Sandpoint, Idaho
Online throughout Idaho, Washington & Oregon
Maybe you’ve been carrying this for a long time.
You might understand why you feel the way you do and still find yourself reacting, shutting down, becoming overwhelmed, or repeating patterns you thought you had moved beyond.
Therapy can help your brain and body process what happened so the past has less control over the present.
Trauma • Anxiety • Depression • Grief • Shame • Attachment • Life Transitions
Weekly EMDR Therapy
Ongoing support and EMDR treatment, with time to build trust, develop skills, and work through what’s keeping you stuck.
EMDR Intensives
Focused, extended therapy shaped around your needs. Choose a 4-hour half-day or a customized intensive across 1–3 full days, with additional virtual evaluation and planning sessions.
Not sure where to start?
You don’t have to figure it out alone. In a free 15-minute consultation, we’ll talk about what’s bringing you to therapy and which approach may fit your goals.
FOCUSED TIME. PERSONALIZED SUPPORT.
What if therapy didn’t have to happen one hour at a time?
EMDR Intensives offer extended time for preparation, processing, and integration. Choose a 4-hour mini intensive or half-day ($1,000), or a customized intensive across 1–3 full days ($2,000 per day).
A full day includes four 90-minute sessions, plus 30-minute opening and closing periods in both the morning and afternoon — eight hours of structured therapeutic time, with a lunch break in between.
Preparation includes 1–3 additional 50-minute virtual evaluation and treatment-planning sessions, billed separately at $150 each. Insurance reimbursement for these sessions may be available.
Hi, I’m Joe.
Certified EMDR Therapist • EMDRIA Approved Consultant • EMDR HAP Training Faculty • Licensed in Idaho, Washington & Oregon
As a member of the EMDR HAP training faculty, I help train the next generation of EMDR therapists.
My path to becoming a therapist wasn’t purely academic. I am a trauma survivor. More than two decades of clinical work later, that lived experience still shapes how I practice.
I believe therapy works best when the relationship is real — without judgment, unnecessary clinical distance, or pretending that being human is easy.
01
Schedule a Consultation
We’ll spend about 15 minutes talking about what is bringing you to therapy.
02
Choose the Right Approach
We’ll determine whether weekly therapy or an EMDR Intensive fits your goals.
03
Begin the Work
If we’re a good fit, we’ll develop a treatment plan together.
Insurance & Payment
CareCredit is available for weekly therapy and all EMDR Intensive options.
Weekly therapy: Insurance and private-pay options available. Private pay is $180/session.
4-hour mini intensive / half-day: $1,000.
Full-day intensives: $2,000 per day, with customized 1–3-day formats.
Evaluation & treatment planning: 1–3 additional 50-minute virtual sessions, billed separately at $150 per session. Insurance reimbursement may be available; coverage depends on your plan.
Intensives are private pay, with HSA/FSA and CareCredit options available. Your schedule and total cost are confirmed before you begin.
You don’t have to know exactly what you need before reaching out.
We’ll figure that out together.
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