Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapists in Merrillville, Indiana IN
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EMDR
Ilyssa Swartout
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I’m Dr. Ilyssa Swartout, a licensed psychologist dedicated to helping adults and couples heal from past wounds and create meaningful change. My approach blends warmth, presence, and evidence-based therapy to help you move beyond old patterns and reconnect with your sense of worth and wholeness.
My background includes over 20 years of mentorship with James Bugental, Ph.D., founder of Humanistic Psychotherapy, and advanced training in EMDR, Brainspotting, Gestalt Therapy, and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS). These approaches support healing from trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties by addressing both emotional and body-based experiences.
As an EMDR Consultant and Certified In-Depth Therapist, I guide clients and other professionals toward lasting transformation and self-understanding.
Therapy is a courageous step toward healing and growth. Together, we’ll create a safe and supportive space for you to explore, recover, and thrive.
25 Years Experience
Online in Merrillville, IN Indiana (Online Only)
EMDR
Andrea Barbour
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, PhD(ABD)
The heart of my clinical focus is on meeting you where you are, creating ways to understand and communicate your human experience in ways that feel authentic to you. I have extensive experience in working with long standing emotional distress, this includes complex trauma and mood disorders as well as dissociative, personality and psychosis related disorders. I integrate my training in neuropsychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and my training as a marriage and family therapist to provide evidence based care.
12 Years Experience
Online in Merrillville, IN Indiana
EMDR
Karen E Hellenberg
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
It is beyond rewarding helping clients reach a breakthrough from the issues that they are experiencing in their lives. Hope, acceptance and guidance are something I strongly believe in when helping my clients reach their healing point. I care about my clients healing and reaching their expectations of what that means and each session strives to ensure the best outcome.
17 Years Experience
Online in Merrillville, IN Indiana
EMDR
Amanda S. Vaught
Psychologist, PsyD
VHA- and Stanford-trained psychologist specializing in trauma, PTSD, anxiety, burnout, and relationship challenges for individuals, couples, veterans, first responders, and healthcare professionals.
14 Years Experience
Online in Merrillville, IN Indiana (Online Only)
EMDR
Stacy Lepley
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, CBC
Choosing to step into therapy is a profound act of courage. If you are arriving here feeling fractured, exhausted by systemic pressures, or disconnected from your own sense of peace, I want to welcome you just as you are. I believe that therapy is an equal, sacred partnership built on radical warmth, deep safety, and authentic human connection. You are the ultimate expert on your own life history; my role is to walk beside you as a grounded, down-to-earth ally, providing the space and the tools you need to find your footing and heal.
My worldview as a counselor is shaped by a deep understanding of the delicate bridge between mind and body. True emotional wellness cannot exist in isolation. You are a whole person whose nervous system, thoughts, and daily stress levels are intimately tied to your unique biology, your past experiences, and the heavy social and economic realities you navigate every day. Because of this, I look at your story through a highly integrative lens. I don't believe in rigid, cold clinical boxes or passive, distant head-nodding. Instead, I bring my full, authentic self to our sessions, blending a gentle clinical perspective with an open heart and an interactive, highly collaborative style.
In our work together, we will move at a pace that feels entirely safe for you. Because everyone processes life and pain differently, I love using creative, visual, and somatic frameworks to help bring what is happening internally into the light, transforming overwhelming or abstract emotions into tangible, manageable steps. Together, we will gently explore the root causes of what is keeping you stuck, soothe your nervous system from old trauma or chronic burnout, and unpack the real-world burdens that demanding environments place on your mind. There is no judgment here—only a dedicated, compassionate space where you can quiet the noise of the world, honor your lived experience, and reclaim your personal agency to build a life of lasting peace and clarity.
7 Years Experience
Online in Merrillville, IN Indiana (Online Only)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapists in Merrillville, Indiana Statistics
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapists in Merrillville, Indiana average 19 years of experience and charge around $191 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (89%), Trauma and PTSD (80%), and Depression (70%).
Average years in practice
19 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$191
Accept insurance
36%
Offer sliding scale
30%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 55% |
In Person and Online |
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| 45% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 89% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 80% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 70% | Depression |
| 52% | Stress |
| 48% | Loss or Grief |
| 41% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 41% | Self Esteem |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 64% | Young Adult |
| 63% | Senior |
| 43% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 59% | Women |
| 41% | Men |
| 36% | LGBTQ+ |
| 27% | Black / African American |
| 23% | Military / Veterans |