Allison Grimes(She/Her/Hers)

Allison Grimes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Cambridge, MA. Allison is passionate about working with young adult survivors of emotionally immature parents (often trauma survivors themselves) who are highly motivated to prioritize their own well-being and happiness, but are held back by long term patterns of perfectionism and being overly responsible. Some folks in this category are able to identify a key driver of these ways of being as striving for acceptance and a sense of worthiness.

Allison is an EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist and Consultant In Training. She earned her Masters degree from Lesley University. As an Attachment-based therapist she creates a safe, comfortable atmosphere by taking her clients through breathing and grounding exercises, somatics, or art therapy. These early phases of treatment prepare clients to process through overwhelming experiences both from the recent past as well as childhood. By bringing her full presence to client relationships, she engages both client's high achieving selves and their more playful sides. She also holds space for clients to explore the more hidden parts of self that don’t get the attention they truly deserve.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is highly effective for developmental, sexual and medical trauma. EMDR with the right provider can help clients unlearn survival based strategies and support more adaptive ways of being. EMDR Intensives offer an accelerated path to healing. The intensive format has been shown to be as effective as long term weekly therapy in reducing symptoms. Multiple half-day or full-day sessions strung together consecutively or every other day make treatment more efficient.