Dorothy Moon
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Certified Therapist, Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, Certified Emotionally Focused Individual Therapist
EMDR, Couples, Telehealth
Somatic, EMDR, Couples Specialist
Dr. Dorothy Moon has over 10 years of experience as a licensed psychologist. Dorothy is a highly trained EMDR and couples therapist who provides telehealth therapy and EMDR. Dorothy excels at individual therapy and couples counseling using EFT, EMDR and Somatic approaches. She helps clients improve their relationships, heal from anxiety, overcome depression, recover from trauma, explore racial identity development, and navigate life transitions.
Telehealth EMDR Trauma Therapy, Couples Counseling, EFT, Somatic Therapy
Dr. Dorothy Moon uses her certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help her clients connect with their emotions and heal from trauma. Dorothy brings a somatic, body-centered approach to her work. Clients describe Dorothy as warm, safe, curious, and collaborative. She balances support and challenge, knowing you need support to build trust and challenge to grow.
Dorothy Moon, PsyD: Trauma Healing with EMDR
If you are seeking EMDR therapy to heal from trauma, Dorothy is an excellent fit. In your work together, Dorothy will help you learn to stay in your “window of tolerance,” the zone where you are healing and not overwhelmed. She will go at your pace. She gently helps you approach the topics bringing you to therapy. Dorothy can also dive in quickly. If you are looking to move quickly through EMDR trauma therapy, she offers EMDR intensives to accelerate the healing process. Her skill in EMDR will help you to heal from painful past experiences. EMDR can release you from the grip of traumatic memories.
Making Quick Progress with EMDR
Dorothy offers both traditional weekly EMDR therapy and EMDR intensives. EMDR intensives are a good option if you want to make progress more quickly by meeting for extended EMDR sessions weekly or several times a week. Dorothy uses her specialized training in EMDR Intensives to adapt EMDR to this accelerated model.
Somatic Therapy with Dorothy Moon
Somatic therapy can help you learn to read your body’s signals. Dorothy uses somatic therapy approaches to help you learn to identify and communicate what you are experiencing from moment to moment. If something in therapy starts to feel like it’s too much, Dorothy will help you listen to your body’s signals. Using her somatic therapy and EMDR skills, Dorothy will help bring you back into balance.
Couples Counseling with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Dorothy is a couple’s therapy specialist, certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She supports all kinds of couples. Whether you are married, unmarried, bicultural, LGBTQIA+, interracial, or international she will help you deepen your relationship by repairing and then strengthening your emotional connection. Dorothy builds trust with each of you and then helps you identify and change the patterns that fuel the cycle of fighting that leaves you both disconnected. Once you can see and change those patterns, she will help you build a sense of safety and security in your relationship.
Emotional Support When You Need It Most
Many of us need emotional support at some point in our lives, especially when facing major changes, marital problems, or traumatic experiences. Dorothy knows how to help you see yourself with more compassion and curiosity, helping you let go of shame and pain so you can connect more deeply with yourself and others. She is disarmingly relatable and easy to talk to while having the training and experience needed to help you get through the toughest times of your life.
Dorothy brings her non-judgmental, gentle curiosity to every session, making it easy to feel safe and seen.
If you are looking for a therapist who can hold you in a safe and warm relationship so you can heal, Dorothy will be an excellent fit for you.
Hear from Dorothy
“I see the therapeutic space as a collaborative journey where I walk alongside clients and guide them to (re)connect with their own internal wisdom. I believe that when we are able to befriend our feelings instead of trying to ignore them or will them away, we are able to use them to our benefit. When we understand and appreciate our emotions, we can trust our own experience and approach life with more openness and flexibility. It allows us to deepen our awareness of how we relate to ourselves and impact others. It allows us to send clear messages of what we need in a relationship instead of unclear messages that block connection. It allows us to be our authentic selves and to build deep, meaningful relationships. To achieve this, I help individuals and couples recognize their patterns of behavior that do not serve them, identify and make sense of their emotions, fears, and longings, and effectively communicate and share from the heart with the people they are closest to.
Working with many people who have experienced trauma in their lives, I have been witness to the unburdening and letting go and finally, of processing those events. It is truly an honor to be part of such an important process.”
~ Dr. Dorothy Moon
Journeying Towards Self-Acceptance and Emotional Connection: Navigating Unknown Territory through Avoidant Attachment Style
Understanding Anxious Attachment in Relationships: A Therapist’s Perspective
Premarital Counseling: Setting a Solid Foundation for Your Relationship
Preventive Maintenance: Tending to Your Relationship Before It Hits a Rough Patch
Good Reasons for Your “Bad” Behavior in a Relationship
Could Intensive Therapy Work for Me?
Education
- 2008 Psy.D., Doctor of Clinical Psychology, University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO
- 2006 Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO
- 2003 Honors Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Business, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Advanced Trainings
- February 2024 Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist
- February 2024 Certified Emotionally Focused Individual Therapist
- August 2022 – EMDR Certified Therapist
- July 2021 EFT Booster – Perplexed by Pursuers?, Debi Scimeca-Diaz, LMFT
- May 2021 Engaging Obstacles as Opportunities – Working Through Blocks using EFT, George Faller, LMFT
- April 2021 Emotionally Focused Therapy in a Time of Racial Reckoning, Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT; Bukky Kolawole, PsyD; Paul Guillory, PhD; Yamonte Cooper, LPC
- February 2021 Experiencing and Working with Shame in EFT. By Jim Thomas, LMFT
- January 2021 Moving Through the Tango with Racial and Cultural Attunement, Dr. Sharon Chatkput Lee, PsyD and Dr. James Hawkins, PhD
- September 2020 – Emotionally Focused Therapy, Core Skills Training
- January 2021 EFT Edmonton Community
- July 2020 EMDR Common Stuck Points, Sue Genest, MSc
- June 2019 Sex as a Safe Adventure: Helping Couples Connect Sexually and Emotionally Through Emotionally Focused Therapy
- June 2019 Welcome to the Matrix: Systemic Racism, Brian Shimamoto, MA
- January 2019 Truth to Power: Impact Through Community Voice and Action, The National Multicultural Conference and Summit
- January 2019 Emotionally Focused Therapy, 4-day Externship, Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy Alliant in Conjunction with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
- November 2018 Diversity Summit: Keynote Address – Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, CU Boulder Diversity Summit
- February 2018 From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces, Brian Shimamoto, MA
- December 2017 First Annual Parnell Institute – Innovations in EMDR Conference, 3-day Certificate Conference, Parnell Institute
- December 2017 Vulnerability, Courage, Shame, and Empathy: The Living Brave Continuing Education Course, Brené Brown, PhD, MSW
- November 2017 A Roadmap to Inclusion, Brian Shimamoto, MA
- October 2017 Cultural Dimensions, Brian Shimamoto, MA
- May 2017 Psychological First Aid, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- November 2016 Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Beginners, 8-week Certificate Course, Russ Harris, MD
- November 2016 Developing Intercultural Competence, Brian Shimamoto, MA
- March 2016 Connect: The Healing Power of Relationship, 3-day Certificate Conference, Christian Association for Psychological Studies
- November 2015 Diversity Summit: Building the Roadmap – Diversity and Inclusion at CU, Boulder, and Beyond, 1-day Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
- July 2015 Real World DBT, Mark Carlson, PsyD, LP
- June 2015 Advanced Mindfulness Techniques for Clients, Donald F Sloane, LCSW
- March 2015 Non-Medication Treatment for ADHD, Stephanie M Sarkis, PhD, NCC, MLHC
- March 2015 Wait Your Turn: Recognizing and Interrupting Sexism, Women’s Resource Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
- December 2014 Clinical Implications and Applications of the Adult Attachment Interview, Daniel J Siegel, MD
- April 2014 Working with Shame in Psychotherapy & Psychological Assessment, Stephen E Finn, PhD
- September 2013 On Grief and Grieving, David Kessler
- February 2013 Safe Zone Training, Gender and Sexuality Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
- November 2012 Strength-Based Mindfulness: Interventions for Overcoming Depression and Anxiety Through the Power of Mindfulness, Donald Altman, MA, LPC
- November 2011 Survive and Thrive: Fostering Resiliency When Responding to Major Disasters, Joshua L Miller, MSW, PhD
- September 2011 Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Clinical Training, 2-day Certificate Course, John Gottman, PhD & Julia Gottman, PhD
- April 2011 EMDR Training, 50-hours EMDRIA Approved Certificate Training, Barb Maiberger, MA, LPC
- February 2011 Affect Regulation, Attachment, and Trauma, Patricia Ogden, PhD
- January 2011 Building Awareness, Skills, and Knowledge: A Community Response to the Torture Survivor Experience, Kristen Guskovict, National Partnership for Community Training