Specialized EMDR Therapy & Trauma Relief for Women Navigating Difficult Marriages and Divorce

Break free from constant emotional strain and reclaim your peace through focused 3-Day EMDR Intensives or steady weekly sessions.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.

Now you’re ready to stop reliving it.


Maybe you’ve talked it through, read the books, journaled, or tried to reason your way out of the emotional exhaustion. Yet the fallout of a difficult relationship, betrayal, or post-divorce reset still leaves you anxious, hyper-vigilant, and second-guessing yourself.

You are capable, hard-working, and used to holding everything together for everyone else. But carrying this level of internal stress isn’t sustainable. You don’t need to keep working harder at healing—you just need a therapeutic process that reaches the root of the pain so you can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

CHOOSE YOUR HEALING TRACK
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Three Day EMDR Intensive

The Accelerated Track

Best for: Women who want months of progress condensed into a dedicated, focused weekend.

The Experience: Extended, uninterrupted sessions eliminate the weekly start-and-stop of traditional therapy. You get protected time to process deep relationship wounds, clear nervous system triggers, and gain lasting clarity without stretching the work over six months.

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Ongoing EMDR Therapy

The Steady Track

Best for: Women who prefer a consistent weekly pace and want to integrate healing into their active schedules.

The Experience: Dedicated 50 to 100-minute weekly sessions designed to process trauma, manage anxiety, and rebuild self-trust step by step.

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When the past keeps showing up in the present…

EMDR therapy may be helpful when painful experiences, beliefs, or relationship patterns continue to affect how you feel, respond, and relate today. At Elysian Renewal, EMDR is offered as part of individualized treatment for women navigating concerns such as:

  • Trauma, emotional abuse, or painful relationship experiences
  • Anxiety, hypervigilance, overthinking, or persistent self-doubt
  • Divorce, betrayal, or the end of a significant relationship
  • Religious or spiritual trauma and major identity transitions
  • High-pressure professional roles, burnout, or the strain of always being the strong one
  • Old experiences that still feel emotionally charged, even when you understand them logically

You do not need to decide on your own whether EMDR is appropriate. A consultation and clinical assessment can help determine the safest and most useful next step.

Allyson Dennen EMDR Therapist in Goodyear AZ at Elysian Renewal Counseling and Wellness

Warm, direct, focused therapy.

I’m Allyson Dennen, MC, LAC, an EMDR therapist in Goodyear, AZ. I work with women who are tired of carrying past pain while maintaining a high-functioning life.

My approach isn’t about sitting back and silently nodding. I provide an active, collaborative, practical environment where we focus directly on what keeps you stuck. Whether we work together in an intensive format or weekly sessions, your treatment is built entirely around your specific history and goals.


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Elysian is a Greek word for paradise. It also means a blissful state, setting the tone for our EMDR therapy practice in Goodyear, Arizona. We want you to feel renewal, blissful serenity, and calm as you regain your strength and remember who you once were.
Just as you would have if you had rested and rejuvenated in a paradise setting.



Additional areas of support

EMDR is central to the practice, while treatment may also draw on broader support for the life circumstances surrounding the pain. These are our areas of particular expertise.

EMDR Therapy in Goodyear and Online Throughout Arizona

Elysian Renewal offers in-person therapy from a private office in Goodyear, Arizona, with secure online sessions available to clients located throughout Arizona. The Goodyear practice is conveniently located for clients in Buckeye, Verrado, Avondale, Litchfield Park, and Surprise.

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We do EMDR therapy differently in Goodyear and online throughout Arizona.

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unintimidating intensive work

Scheduling your EMDR sessions can feel overwhelming, but the booking process shouldn’t be. Our interactive forms, warm therapist, and the opportunity to start with a free consult call make it much easier and stress-free!

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real therapist

Allyson is an authentic human who has been to therapy herself. She has dealt with some of the issues she specializes in treating, so you know that when you are digging deep in therapy, she will not judge you and knows how to genuinely support you.

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real results

Therapy can and should change your life. Our experienced provider has conducted hundreds of sessions with people just like you. She does not just sit and nod but provides the tools and skills you need to start creating the life you want, including offering unique intensive opportunities for healing.


Questions clients often ask about EMDR Therapy and EMDR Intensives

EMDR is a structured psychotherapy approach used to help people process distressing experiences and the beliefs, emotions, and body responses connected to them. Treatment includes preparation and is paced according to your needs and readiness. Read more HERE.

An EMDR Intensive condenses months of traditional weekly therapy into 3 continuous days. By removing the standard start-and-stop of 50-minute sessions, we maintain momentum and process trauma more efficiently. Weekly EMDR offers the same evidence-based framework delivered in steady, regular appointments over time.

Yes. EMDR is highly effective for processing painful relationship dynamics, emotional abuse, and post-divorce anxiety. It helps reprocess memories so your brain stops reacting to present triggers with old fear or self-doubt.

We begin with assessment, preparation, and tools to help you feel grounded. During processing, you may focus on a memory, belief, emotion, or body sensation while using eye movements, tapping, or another form of bilateral stimulation, with regular pauses to notice what is changing. You can read more about EMDR HERE.

No. EMDR does not require you to recount every painful detail aloud. The process focuses on how your brain and body store the experience, allowing effective healing without re-traumatizing detailed retellings.

Intensives and weekly sessions are held at our private office in Goodyear, Arizona, serving clients from Buckeye, Litchfield Park, Verrado, and the Phoenix area. Secure online therapy is available to residents across Arizona, and out-of-state clients frequently travel to Goodyear for intensives.

Ready to stop circling the same pain?

Work With Me

You don’t need to know exactly which therapy format is right for you before reaching out. During a free consultation, we can talk about what you are experiencing, what you hope will change, and whether ongoing EMDR therapy or a focused three-day Intensive may fit your needs. Elysian Renewal works with clients in person at its Goodyear office or through secure virtual sessions throughout Arizona. If you’re interested in an Intensive but aren’t in Arizona, you can travel to Goodyear or anywhere in Arizona to work with our therapist.