Matimba Mental Health
At Matimba Mental Health, a private practice, Helena Cohen provides trauma-informed therapy. She is a licensed mental health provider in both Texas and Washington and is EMDR-certified.
Helena is passionate about not only addressing her clients’ symptoms but also fostering lasting transformation.
Clients
Specialized Mental Health Care for TWO distinct types of clients
1. High-Functioning Professionals or Individuals
You may:
Struggle with Anxiety or self-doubt – “I am not good enough”
Feel the need to constantly prove yourself – “I have to be perfect”.
React with anger or withdrawal when feeling powerless – “I have no choice, I am trapped”
Rely on intellect but feel emotionally numb or dysregulated.
Having difficulty to stay grounded and in your body, when under pressure.
Utilizing EMDR Therapy, by addressing childhood trauma, generational trauma, and/or attachment wounding, my clients move from reactive survival patterns to an expanded, grounded self. More differentiated, knowing they have value and trusting they can keep themself safe. They become less triggered, more discerning (less judgmental), and better able to set healthy boundaries. Free to live from a place of choice having developed a strong Sense of Self.
2. An individual who has experienced or witnessed a Recent Traumatic Event.
If you have recently:
Received a medical diagnosis (i.e. cancer)
Miscarriage or pregnancy loss
Natural Disaster or Mass trauma event
Witness a traumatic event (i.e. suicide)
Loss of a loved one (including loss of a child)
Secondary Trauma in line of duty (First Responder, Judge, Medical Professional, Teachers)
In the first 30-90 days following the traumatic event, the brain is actively trying to integrate what has occurred. This window is critical. It is when EMDR Therapy’s Early Traumatic Intervention Protocols are the most effective to minimize long-term symptoms and prevent a Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) diagnosis by assisting the brain to fully integrate the event. Early intervention can prevent years of unnecessary suffering.
WHY EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a Neuro-Based Therapy designed to:
Addressing traumatic memories by desensitizing and reprocessing the brain’s maladaptive memory network and integrating it with the adaptive memory network.
Change implicit memories (physical sensations, emotions, and behavioral patterns, often triggered unconsciously) to explicit memories (conscious, factual recollections of past events).
Both state (temporary shift in emotional or mental state) and trait (enduring and fundamental shift in personality or way of experiencing the world) changes occurred, resulting in an ability to view past events with no visceral reaction.
Reduce triggers and flashbacks (both sensory and emotional) by having integrated past traumatic events.
Decreased hypervigilance and chronic anxiety.
Repaired a sense of Safety and Value, resulting in an increased Sense of Self.
ABOUT
Helena Cohen, M.A.
With a passion for reducing the impact of trauma and generational trauma on individuals, their children, relationships, and quality of life, Helena is committed to be a change maker as a trauma-informed therapist.
She brings her well-honed analytical, results-driven, and organizational skills to her work as a therapist.
Before psychotherapy, Helena spent 17 years as a systems engineer in Technology holding degrees in both Business and Organizational Psychology.
Her journey and personal transformative work led her to earn a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology to become a changemaker in private practice in 2008. She brings her well-honed analytical, results-driven, and organizational skills to her work as a therapist. Specializing in EMDR therapy, she has been committed to trauma-informed care and certified in EMDR Therapy in 2013.
Helena also completed a 3-year course equivalent to an MBA in Leadership and Communication at the Leadership Institute. She brings this knowledge base frequently to her work with corporate clients.
Her community involvement has primarily focused on disaster preparedness and she has served as a volunteer with MIPD, HAP, and now with the Medical Reserve Corp (MRC).
