Helping Athletes, Creatives, and Professionals Break Through Blocks and Build Confidence
When most people hear Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), they think trauma therapy. While EMDR is highly effective for trauma, it has also become a powerful tool for improving focus, reducing anxiety, and breaking through performance blocks. At Cartwright Counseling, we offer performance enhancement therapy in Noblesville to help athletes, students, professionals, and creatives perform at their best — both mentally and emotionally.
But EMDR is more than trauma work. Research shows it can also be a powerful tool for reducing performance anxiety, addressing mental blocks, and enhancing confidence. This is known as the EMDR Performance Enhancement Psychology Protocol (EMDR-PEP).
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How EMDR Performance Enhancement Works
EMDR helps your brain reprocess experiences that may fuel anxiety, self-doubt, or fear of failure. Through bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or tones), EMDR Performance Enhancement Psychology Protocol (EMDR-PEP) focuses on today’s challenges and tomorrow’s goals, not just the past.
How EMDR can help:
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Reduce fear of failure, procrastination, and perfectionism
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Reframe self-defeating beliefs
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Improve focus and concentration under pressure
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Recover after setbacks, injuries, or mistakes
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Boost confidence before competitions, auditions, or presentations
Who Can Benefit?
Performance enhancement therapy isn’t just for professional athletes. Our clients include:
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Athletes preparing for competition, recovering from injury, or pushing through performance slumps
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Performing artists facing audition stress, stage fright, or creative blocks
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Students & professionals who struggle with test anxiety, public speaking, or leadership roles
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Anyone in transition—career changes, new responsibilities, or major life shifts
A Simple Example
Take “Alice,” who wanted to start exercising but felt anxious about going to the gym. She worried about being judged. Through EMDR, she:
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Reprocessed past memories that triggered fear.
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Targeted her current gym-related anxiety.
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Installed positive beliefs like “I am strong and capable.”
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Rehearsed a “future template” of confidently going to the gym.
Alice’s fear decreased, her confidence increased, and she began reaching her goal. Everyone’s story is unique, but EMDR often helps people move forward more quickly than talk therapy alone.
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Why Choose Cartwright Counseling?
At Cartwright Counseling, we combine EMDR with positive psychology strategies and practical performance tools to help you:
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Identify and build on your strengths
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Replace negative self-talk with empowering beliefs
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Develop skills for calm focus under pressure
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Create mental “future templates” for real-life performance
Our office in Noblesville, Indiana is conveniently located for clients from Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, and the greater Indianapolis area.
Take the Next Step
If performance anxiety, procrastination, or self-doubt are holding you back, therapy can help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
👉 Schedule your free 15-minute consultation and discover how EMDR for performance enhancement can help you reach your goals.