You have been holding it together for years.
Let's actually heal what is underneath.
EMDR therapy and intensive retreats in Tampa and New Port Richey, for adults who are quietly exhausted by anxiety, fear, and trauma responses that nobody around them can even see.
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
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Author of Empty Nest, Full Heart
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Featured on WFLA's Bloom Tampa Bay
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Private practice serving adults across Florida
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EMDRIA Approved Consultant ✴ Author of Empty Nest, Full Heart ✴ Featured on WFLA's Bloom Tampa Bay ✴ Private practice serving adults across Florida ✴
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This might be familiar…
You are the person everyone counts on.
You hold the schedule. You hold the family. You hold the team. From the outside, you are doing well. On the inside, something has been off for a long time. Anxiety that does not match what is happening. Sleep that does not restore. A low hum of dread you cannot trace. A sense that you have been performing the version of you everyone needs, while the real you is somewhere underneath, tired.
You have done the work. And you are still stuck.
You are not new to therapy. You have read the books. You know your patterns. You can name where things started. And still, certain things have not shifted, no matter how much insight you bring to them.
You are ready to feel different. Not eventually. Now.
You have managed long enough. You are ready for a therapist who works at the level your nervous system actually needs, who does not waste your time, and who has the clinical depth to take you somewhere new.
If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.
EMDR works with what the body has stored and the mind remembers.
Talk therapy is valuable. For some experiences, it is enough.
For others, it is not. The mind understands. The body has not caught up.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is one of the most researched trauma therapies available. It is recognized by the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association. It works by helping the brain finish processing memories that got stuck the first time.
For many of my clients, EMDR moves what years of insight could not.
This is not slow-burn therapy. It is structured, paced, and designed to go deep without overwhelming your system. Most clients tell me they feel different within the first few sessions.
You can heal what happened.
When weekly therapy is not enough.
EMDR intensive retreats at The Hacienda. Two to five days. Six hours of focused therapy per day. The pace your nervous system has been waiting for.
If you have been in therapy for years and something still is not moving, the issue may not be the work. It may be the format.
A 50-minute weekly session opens something meaningful and then closes it again. You carry it through the week. You come back and open it again. For some experiences and some nervous systems, that rhythm is not enough continuity for deeper processing to actually unfold.
An EMDR intensive holds the door open.
Over three to five days, working six hours per day, your nervous system has what it rarely gets in weekly therapy. Enough time. Enough continuity. Enough space for the work to move forward instead of circle.
Many clients move further in three days at The Hacienda than in three years of weekly work.
About The Hacienda
Our intensives are held at The Hacienda, a restored 1920s hotel on the Cotee River in downtown New Port Richey, Florida. Quiet historic streets. Riverfront walking paths. A private suite. Salt therapy sessions. Optional bodywork between processing sessions.
Every detail is designed to reduce demand on your nervous system so your attention can stay with the work.
Weekly EMDR therapy in South Tampa and New Port Richey.
For clients who are looking for ongoing weekly support, I offer 60-minute EMDR sessions in person at my South Tampa office or my New Port Richey office. Online sessions are available across Florida.
The work is the same: nervous-system grounded, trauma-informed, and paced to go at the rate that is right for you.
Is this the right fit?
If you are not sure where you fall, the consultation is the place to find out.
This is for you if:
You are a professional, parent, or partner who has been functioning well on the outside while struggling underneath.
You have done insight work and are ready for a body-based approach that goes deeper.
You want focused, evidence-based therapy with a clinician who will tell you the truth.
You are ready to invest in private-pay therapy that meets you at the depth you need.
This may not be the right fit if:
You are looking for an in-network provider or need to bill insurance.
You are in active crisis and need a higher level of care first.
You are looking for traditional weekly talk therapy without somatic work.
You want a therapist who avoids saying the harder things.
Leslie de Graaf
EMDR Therapist in Tampa
I'm a licensed trauma therapist and EMDRIA Approved EMDR Consultant in Tampa Bay.
I work with high-functioning adults who have been managing anxiety, fear, and trauma responses that nobody around them can even see, and who are quietly exhausted by it. My approach is nervous-system grounded and trauma-informed, which means I work with what the body has stored and the mind remembers.
I am also the author of Empty Nest, Full Heart and a recognized voice on trauma, anxiety, and life transitions in the Tampa Bay media community.
I will not waste your time. I will say what is true. I will go at the pace your nervous system can hold.
That is the work. And the work is possible.
Ready when you are.
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We talk for 20 minutes about what you are working with, what you are looking for, and whether this feels like a fit. No pressure to move forward.
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Weekly EMDR therapy in Tampa or New Port Richey, or a multi-day intensive retreat at The Hacienda. We decide together based on what your nervous system needs.
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With someone who has done this for years and knows the path.
What clients are saying
EMDR Therapy in Tampa & New Port Richey: Frequently Asked Questions
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South Tampa: 4100 W Kennedy Blvd, Suite 322, Tampa, FL 33609. New Port Richey: 6014 US Highway 19, Suite 303, New Port Richey, FL 34652. Online sessions are available across Florida.
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EMDR is effective for anxiety, PTSD, complex trauma, phobias, grief, medical trauma, performance anxiety, and the kinds of nervous system patterns that develop in high-stress lives. If you are not sure whether your situation fits, we can talk about it in the consultation.
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Weekly EMDR is a 60-minute session each week. Intensives are concentrated formats of two to five days, working six hours per day in a private setting at The Hacienda. Intensives are designed for clients who are ready to move further than weekly therapy can take them in the same time frame.
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Yes. EMDR is recognized by the World Health Organization, the American Psychological Association, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a frontline treatment for trauma. It has been studied for over thirty years.
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Tampa EMDR is a private-pay practice. I do not bill insurance. This decision keeps your records private, allows me to work at the depth and pace that is right for you, and removes the limitations that come with managed care. We can discuss investment during your consultation.
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Book a complimentary 20-minute consultation. From there, we decide together whether weekly therapy or an intensive is the right fit.
You can heal what happened.
Our Locations
South Tampa
4100 W Kennedy Blvd, Ste 322
Tampa, FL 33609
(813) 444-3106
New Port Richey
6014 US Highway 19, Ste 303
New Port Richey, FL 34652
(813) 444-3106