You are not broken. You are overwhelmed. There is a difference.

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LAURIE PELS-ROULIER‍, LMFT, LPC

‍Therapy to Reclaim Your Life

The Life You Built Does Not Feel Like Yours Anymore.

You are burned out and tired every single day. Not the kind of tired that sleep fixes. The kind that lives in your bones. You used to have things that were just yours. Hobbies, interests, pieces of yourself that had nothing to do with anyone else's needs. Now the day ends with dinner, cleaning up, and climbing the stairs to bed. That's it. That's what's left. And in the quiet of that, you wonder how you got here. You are not lazy. You are not ungrateful. You have been carrying too much for too long, and your nervous system is telling you, loudly, that something has to change.

Why Therapy with Laurie Pels-Roulier may be for you.

I use EMDR therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Somatic Therapy because these are not talk-only approaches. They work at the level where the exhaustion and anxiety actually live: in the body, in the nervous system, in the parts of you that learned long ago that you had to keep going no matter what.

Clients tell me that working together has given them the strength to feel proud of themselves again. They return to their work not just functioning but thriving. They reconnect with their bodies and reclaim their health in ways they had stopped believing were possible. Not because I handed them a formula, but because they finally had space to come back to themselves.

 
More About Laurie

EMDR Therapy in Manchester, CT

Specializing in EMDR and Anxiety Therapy for Burned out Professionals

Frequently Asked Questions

  • EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a clinically researched therapy that helps your brain finish processing experiences that got stuck, usually because they were overwhelming or happened before you had the words or resources to handle them. During EMDR sessions, you will work with Laurie to gently revisit difficult memories or feelings while using bilateral stimulation, often eye movements or tapping, to help your nervous system process and release what has been held there. Many clients are surprised by how much shifts without them having to talk through every detail of what happened.


  • That is a fair and important question, and it comes up often. Traditional talk therapy can be incredibly valuable, but for some people and some experiences, talking alone does not get to the root of what is happening. EMDR therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Somatic Therapy work at the level of the nervous system and the body, not just the mind. Many clients who felt stuck in talk therapy find that these approaches create movement in ways they did not expect. If you have tried therapy before and felt like something was missing, it may be worth exploring whether a body-based or parts-based approach might fit differently

  • Yes, and in fact many of Laurie's clients look exactly like this from the outside. High-functioning does not mean you are fine. It often means you have become very skilled at managing the appearance of being fine while quietly running on empty. The exhaustion you feel is real. The panic you wake up with is real. And it does not have to stay this way just because you are still showing up to your life. EMDR therapy, IFS and Somatic Therapy are different and can help in ways where traditional talk therapy doesnt because you focus on what your body is telling you in real time. Rather than the old negative storylines you have told yourself. You start to believe in yourself because it is coming from deep within.

  • Laurie's work is built on the understanding that the women she sees have often spent years being strong for everyone else and have very rarely had a space that was entirely theirs. There is no judgment here for how you feel, what you have done, or how long it has taken you to reach out. The fact that you are here, reading this, is already a form of courage.