Trauma Expert. EMDR Trainer. Speaker Who Makes Complex Clinical Work Click.
Jessica Zimmerman is an EMDR Trainer, clinical supervisor, and group practice owner with 15+ years of experience translating advanced trauma concepts into practical strategies audiences can use the moment they walk out of the room. She speaks at conferences, trainings, and organizations ready to move beyond surface-level conversations about mental health.
Trusted by conferences, schools and organizations across the country
Why Book Jessica
Clinical depth and warmth, in equal measure.
Most trauma speakers fall into one of two camps: brilliant clinicians who lose the room, or engaging presenters who skim the surface. Jessica is neither. She blends 15+ years of clinical expertise with warmth, humor, and a gift for translation, making advanced trauma science feel accessible without watering it down.
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She Makes Complex
Concepts Click
Trauma, attachment, and EMDR are nuanced topics that can overwhelm audiences or put them to sleep. Jessica has spent over a decade distilling these subjects into relatable, memorable, immediately usable insights. Clinicians leave knowing what to try in Monday's sessions. Non-clinical audiences leave with new language for understanding themselves and the people they serve.
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She Walks the Walk
Jessica speaks from both clinical expertise and lived experience. Having navigated her own trauma recovery while building a thriving practice, she brings an authenticity audiences can feel. Her message is grounded in real healing, not just theory.
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She Tailors Every Talk
Jessica adapts content to the audience in the room. Whether she is addressing EMDR clinicians, school faculty, first responders, or community groups, she customizes examples, language, and takeaways to match your event's context and goals. No templated talks. No recycled decks.
Speaking Topics
Signature talks, tailored to your audience.
Jessica offers signature talks for three distinct audiences. Every topic can be delivered as a keynote, breakout session, half-day workshop, full-day training, or virtual event, with content scaled to fit your format.
Built for therapists, counselors, social workers, and clinical teams. EMDRIA-aligned and grounded in real case examples.
EMDR Extended Resourcing: When and How to Slow Down the EMDR Process
Most EMDR missteps don't happen in Phase 4. They happen in Phase 2, when clinicians rush past resourcing. This talk shows you when to pause, how to expand, and why slowing down creates faster results.
EMDR Intensives: The 8 Phases of an Immersive Multi-Modal Therapeutic Experience
Intensives aren't just longer sessions. They are a fundamentally different treatment model. Jessica breaks down how to structure, pace, and integrate IFS, Sand Tray, Somatic Movement, and Expressive Arts into the EMDR 8-phase protocol for accelerated, sustainable healing.
Disney Disruptors: Disrupting and Healing Trans-Generational Trauma
The patterns we inherited weren't ours to begin with. Using a fresh, culturally resonant lens, Jessica explores how trans-generational trauma shows up in the therapy room and how clinicians can help clients break cycles that predate them.
Moving Beyond Phase 2: When Clients Still Feel Stuck
Every EMDR clinician has hit the wall with a client who cannot seem to move forward. This talk gives you the diagnostic framework to identify why, and the clinical moves to get unstuck.
What Didn't Happen Matters: Healing Attachment Wounds with EMDR
Complex trauma isn't always about what happened. Often it is about what should have happened and didn't. Jessica weaves attachment theory and EMDR protocol into a cohesive approach for treating developmental and relational wounds.
Additional Clinical Topics
- Target Selection with Complex Trauma Clients
- Working with Young Parts in Trauma Therapy
- Integrating Parts Work into EMDR Treatment
- Building Clinical Confidence with Dysregulated Clients
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls with Complex Trauma Clients
Built for educators, parents, faith communities, nonprofits, and the general public. Clinical substance in plain language.
Let's Talk About Kids and Anxiety
Anxiety in kids looks nothing like anxiety in adults, and that is why parents and teachers miss it. Jessica gives caregivers the language, signals, and strategies to spot anxiety early and respond in ways that build resilience instead of reinforcing avoidance.
Complex PTSD: What It Is and Why You Keep Hearing About It
Complex PTSD is the term everyone is using and almost no one is explaining well. Jessica demystifies what it is, who it affects, and why understanding it changes how we show up for the people in our lives.
EMDR Therapy Explained: What It Is and How It Works
EMDR has become a household name, but most people still have no idea what actually happens in a session. Jessica offers a clear, research-backed walkthrough of the therapy that is changing how trauma is treated.
Grace and Gratitude: Giving and Receiving Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Gratitude culture has been oversold and under-explained. Jessica reframes grace and gratitude through an attachment and trauma-informed lens, showing why some people struggle to receive either, and how to heal that.
When you want a story-driven keynote that blends personal narrative with clinical insight.
Stop Surviving and Thrive: Overcoming Betrayal Trauma
Jessica shares her own journey through betrayal trauma, not as a confessional but as a roadmap. Audiences leave understanding what recovery actually looks like, and why surviving and thriving are two very different destinations.
Don't see exactly what you're looking for? Jessica builds custom talks for your audience.
Book Jessica to SpeakWhat People Are Saying
"AMAZING course. Please know this experience was so special and I was wowed by it."
— Workshop Attendee“This was an amazing training. I learned so much and feel more confident to implement what I have learned. Jessica was so effective and relatable. She was very attentive and open to any and all feedback”
— EMDR Clinician"Jessica was an incredible trainer."
— Training Participant
About Jessica
Jessica Zimmerman is an EMDR Trainer, Advanced CE Provider, and the founder of Willow Center for Healing and TraumaWyze. For over 15 years she has specialized in trauma, attachment, and parts work, training and consulting with clinicians across the country while running a thriving group practice.
She is known for taking complex clinical material and making it immediately usable. Whether she's addressing EMDR clinicians, school faculty, or community organizations, audiences leave with concrete language, tools, and insight they can apply that same week.
Jessica speaks from both clinical expertise and lived experience. Having walked her own path through early childhood adversity and young adult trauma, she brings an authenticity to trauma education that resonates with every room she enters.
She volunteers with her regional Critical Incident Stress Management Team and the Trauma Recovery Network, providing pro bono support after community crises.
What Audiences Take Away
Jessica designs every talk so attendees leave with more than notes. They leave with a new lens, a set of concrete tools, and the confidence to apply what they learned.
A working understanding of how trauma shapes the brain, body, and nervous system
Practical frameworks and language for discussing trauma and mental health
Specific techniques clinicians can apply to their next session
Increased confidence working with complex or dysregulated clients
A felt sense of being seen, understood, and equipped, not just informed
Resources, references, and next steps for continued learning
Ready to give your audience more than another talk on trauma?
Jessica brings clinical depth, warmth and real-world application to every stage she steps on. Let's design something your audience will remember.