
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed? Are you struggling to manage your emotions? Maybe you’ve been living with emotional pain or experiencing intrusive thoughts and memories that are affecting your ability to live life fully? These feelings can make life even more challenging!
Welcome, my name is Joanie Lemmon Bella, LCMHC (she/her). I believe the counseling process is a journey towards healing, one in which happens in relationship with others. Holding space with compassion, creating a safe environment in which to explore, and being with what arises in the present moment allows for the light to shine within those dark places. It is then that the transformation of pain and suffering becomes possible.
I offer both in-person and telehealth sessions in New Hampshire and telehealth sessions in Vermont.
I am now offering Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) Intensives
An EMDR Intensive is a focused, transformational approach to therapy that helps you make significant progress in less time.
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, evidence-based therapeutic approach that helps the brain process and heal from traumatic or distressing experiences. Developed by Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation—such as eye movements, tapping, or auditory tones—to activate the brain’s natural healing mechanisms. This process allows unresolved memories to be reprocessed so they become less emotionally charged and no longer activate distress in the present. Originally created to treat PTSD, EMDR has since proven effective for a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges.In simple terms, EMDR helps you heal from life experiences that feel “stuck” in your nervous system, allowing you to move forward with greater clarity and resilience.
EMDR doesn't erase memories — instead, it helps you remember them without the intense pain or overwhelm. Many clients report a noticeable reduction in painful emotions, intrusive thoughts, and disturbing images. EMDR has been shown to be highly effective in treating PTSD, trauma, anxiety, panic, grief and loss, depression, and somatic complaints (physical symptoms related to emotional pain).
An EMDR Intensive is a focused, transformational approach to therapy that helps you make significant progress in less time.
What Makes EMDR Intensives Different?
In a traditional 50-minute EMDR session, much of the time may be spent processing events from the past week, grounding, and preparing for reprocessing. This often leaves only about 30 minutes for targeted EMDR work. While this pacing works for many, others may benefit from a more immersive and sustained experience.
EMDR Intensives offer several hours of dedicated therapeutic work in a single day—equivalent to a month of weekly sessions. This extended format allows for more expansive and effective processing, often leading to transformational breakthroughs that may take weeks or months to achieve in standard therapy.
And for those whose schedules don’t allow for consistent weekly sessions, EMDR Intensives are a flexible alternative. While the upfront investment may be greater, the overall duration of treatment is often shorter, resulting in both time and cost savings.
Supportive, Integrated Modalities
To enrich your experience, I offer other healing modalities that can be woven into your Intensive, including:
Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Mindful Self-Compassion
SoulCollage®
Creative and expressive therapies customized to your needs
Not sure if an EMDR Intensive therapy session is for you? I offer a free 20 minute consultation to explore if this is the right fit for you.
"The past affects the present even without our being aware of it."
- Dr Francine Shapiro -
Additional Offerings
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA
Expressive Arts
Mindful
SELF-COMPASSION
Internal Family Systems

SoulCollage
SoulCollage® is a creative and intuitive collage process in which you create cards using images that represent the many different aspects of yourself. The process of making and working with your SoulCollage® cards assists in increasing insight, self-awareness, and connecting with your own inner wisdom and knowing. The resulting deck of cards will have personal meaning and can deepen your understanding of yourself and your Soul. No artistic experience is needed to create a beautiful and life affirming deck of cards!
“It’s by honoring and naming each of our parts that we become a new whole.”
- Seena Frost - Founder of SoulCollage® -
“the wound is the place where the light gets in”
- RUMI -
