EMDR & Trauma Therapy for Professionals | Washington, DC – Telehealth

Appts Available: (843) 259-8349

Trauma-Informed Therapy for High-Stress and High-Responsibility Professionals in Washington, D.C.

When you carry significant responsibility, performance matters.

Many of my clients are capable, disciplined, and highly functional. They manage demanding roles where steadiness, discretion, and clarity are essential. From the outside, they usually appear composed. Internally, they may remain constantly “on,” struggle to power down, contend with sustained tension, experience abrupt surges of stress, disrupted sleep, heightened vigilance, or responses shaped by prior high-impact experiences.

And insight alone hasn’t shifted this.

If you are operating at a high level but sense that something underneath is still working against you — especially in specific environments, relationships, or high-pressure contexts — this work is designed for you.

The aim is not simply to discuss stress.
The aim is measurable, sustainable stability under pressure — so your internal state supports the level at which you operate.

Sessions are conducted via secure telehealth from a private clinical setting outside the D.C. region.

For Professionals in Roles Where Steadiness, Clarity, and Performance Are Essential

This work is designed for individuals who operate in environments where steadiness and effectiveness are not optional.

It may be a strong fit for:

Professionals in high-pressure roles
Leaders and decision-makers responsible for complex outcomes
Military, former military, and professionals in operationally demanding roles
Individuals who maintain composure outwardly while managing significant internal pressures
Those integrating intense life experiences or high-impact events
Individuals who understand their patterns intellectually, yet find the same automatic or counterproductive responses repeating under pressure

This work builds steadiness, clarity, and effectiveness in the environments where you lead and live.

In more direct clinical terms, this work often addresses anxiety, panic attacks, phobic responses, trauma, and post-traumatic stress — particularly when these patterns persist beneath otherwise strong executive functioning.

A Results-Oriented, Integrative Approach

This work is trauma-informed, neuroscience-grounded, and experiential.

Lance may incorporate:

EMDR
Somatic and mind-body therapies
Clinical hypnosis
Parts therapy (including Internal Family Systems)
Heart–brain coherence training and structured breath-work
Dream integration methods
Meditation-based regulation techniques

This is active, collaborative work.

In our work together, we focus on strengthening:

Clear thinking and sustained attention
Clear-headed steadiness under pressure
The ability to recover quickly after stress
Restorative sleep and the ability to power down — to shut it “off” at night
Emotional flexibility without loss of control
Steadiness in high-stakes environments and relationships

Insight alone is rarely enough.
What changes outcomes is shifting how you respond when it matters.

Calm, Structured, Confidential

Many high-responsibility professionals are used to being the steady one in the room. Therapy becomes the place where you do not have to perform steadiness — you build it from the inside.

Sessions are:

Direct and grounded
Structured without rigidity
Private and discreet
Focused on durable change

You do not need to fall apart for therapy to be effective.
You need an approach that works.

Practical Details

Secure telehealth services available throughout Washington, D.C.
Services provided from a private clinical setting outside the D.C. region
Noon appointments available
Limited Evening and Saturday availability
Extended appointments (90 to 120 minutes) available
Serving adults

To schedule an initial appointment, please call directly.

📞 (843) 259-8349

M. Lance Garland, MA

Licensed Professional Counselor

With more than 17 years of clinical experience, Lance works with high-responsibility professionals who are accustomed to carrying significant pressure while maintaining composure.

His work is trauma-informed, neuroscience-grounded, and structured. He is trained in EMDR, clinical hypnosis, parts therapy, somatic approaches, and mind–body methods, and integrates these approaches in a practical, results-oriented way.

Over the years, he has worked with military personnel, former service members, and individuals in high-clearance and operationally demanding roles. He understands the culture of responsibility, discretion, and performance that these environments require.

His style is direct, steady, and grounded. Sessions are collaborative and focused on measurable change. He does not over-interpret or over-complicate the work — he helps clients shift patterns in ways that translate into real-world functioning.