let’s lighten your load.
Flash Technique Therapy Online in San Diego and Across California
You’re self-aware. You’ve talked about the past, made sense of it, and learned tools to help you cope. But there are still memories, moments, or feelings that feel too much.
Maybe you can think about what happened, but you feel disconnected or numb when you try to talk about it. Or maybe the opposite happens, your body floods with emotion, and it feels overwhelming to even go there.
The Flash Technique offers a gentle way to begin healing those experiences without diving straight into the pain. It helps your nervous system process distressing memories quickly and safely, without feeling retraumatized or flooded.
You’ve done the work, but some things still feel too hard to touch.
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Flash Technique therapy can help you heal.
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The Flash Technique is a newer, evidence-informed approach that’s often used alongside EMDR. It’s designed to help you process highly distressing or overwhelming experiences without having to relive them in detail.
Instead of focusing on the painful memory directly, you’ll briefly hold it in the background of your mind while we focus on something positive, calming, or neutral in the present moment. This keeps your nervous system regulated and allows your brain to naturally process the memory with ease.
Many clients describe it as a surprisingly gentle process, noticing that a memory that once felt activating or unbearable now feels distant, neutral, or even peaceful.
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The Flash Technique can be especially helpful if you:
Feel emotionally flooded or numb when you try to talk about certain memories
Have distressing experiences that still carry a lot of emotional charge
Struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, or the pressure to hold it all together
Are a highly sensitive person or a mom of an HSP or neurodivergent child
Want to heal old pain but dread feeling retraumatized by going back into it
This technique allows your system to do the healing work without the overwhelm.
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Sessions are calm, supportive, and collaborative. I’ll guide you step by step, helping you keep your focus anchored in something that feels safe and light. While your mind holds the distressing memory quietly in the background, we’ll use the Flash process to help your brain naturally reprocess it without reliving or pushing past your limits.
Most people notice a noticeable softening in how the memory feels. Over time, the emotional charge around that memory continues to decrease, making space for calm, clarity, and peace.
you’ve carried it long enough.
It’s time to feel lighter, calmer, and free to live fully again.
Is flash techique right for you?
Flash Technique may be a good fit for you if…
You’re tired of circling around the same pain but feel too overwhelmed to dive back in.
You’ve done therapy before and want a gentler, more body-aware way to heal.
You identify as highly sensitive and need an approach that honors that sensitivity.
You’re ready to release old emotional pain that logic and talking haven’t touched.
You want to feel calm, steady, and in control while processing difficult memories.
What we’ll work on
With Flash Technique, you can…
Gently release the weight of painful memories without reliving them
Feel calmer and more at ease in situations that once felt overwhelming
Stay grounded and present while your body and mind heal
Notice emotional triggers soften and fade over time
Experience a deeper sense of lightness, clarity, and inner peace
Move through your days with more ease, confidence, and compassion for yourself
It’s time to let go of what’s been weighing you down.
Questions?
FAQs
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The Flash Technique helps your brain gently process painful or overwhelming memories without diving into them directly. During a session, you briefly bring a distressing memory to mind, just enough for your brain to know what we’re targeting, and then shift your focus to something neutral, calming, or even pleasant.
While you focus on the positive, your brain naturally begins to reprocess the distressing memory in the background. This allows healing to happen without reliving the pain, tears, or emotional flooding that can come with traditional trauma work. Many clients are surprised at how quickly a memory that once felt heavy begins to feel lighter, more distant, or even neutral.
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No, that’s one of the things people love most about Flash. You don’t need to describe or re-experience your painful memories for healing to happen. You’ll simply hold the memory lightly in the background of your mind while focusing on something pleasant in the present. Your brain does the work of reprocessing while you stay grounded, calm, and in control.
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The Flash Technique is a new and growing approach, supported by emerging research and used by many trauma-informed EMDR and Brainspotting therapists. Early studies show it can significantly reduce distress around traumatic memories in just a few sessions. Clinical experience and early results suggest that Flash is a highly effective, low-distress way to heal experiences that once felt “too much.”
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Yes. The Flash Technique works wonderfully in online therapy sessions. Whether you’re in San Diego, Los Angeles, or anywhere in California, you can experience the same benefits from the comfort and safety of your own home. Many clients even find that doing this work in a familiar space helps them feel more relaxed and open during the process.
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Many people notice a shift even within the first flash session, the memory or situation that once felt intense begins to feel distant, neutral, or less charged. Others experience gradual changes over several sessions as their nervous system integrates the work. Healing looks different for everyone, but Flash is designed to create relief faster and more gently than traditional approaches.