Finding Healing Through EMDR
In this episode of Convos from the Couch, Toi Valentine, Chief Strategy Officer at LifeStance Health, explores her personal experience with EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy. Together, we unpack how EMDR works, what it feels like, and why it can be an impactful option for people navigating trauma, grief, and PTSD.
Toi shares her journey and reflects on how EMDR helped her process difficult memories in a new way, shift her emotional responses, and regain a sense of control. Along the way, she highlights the importance of self-advocacy in therapy, finding the right approach, and staying curious about evidence-based care.
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Toi Valentine
As Chief Strategy Officer, Toi leads LifeStance’s strategic planning and enablement and enterprise insights functions, ensuring the organization’s strategic decisions and culture align to drive value for all key stakeholders.
Prior to joining LifeStance, Toi co-founded a two-sided, tech-enabled marketplace, where she led product vision, strategic execution and development. Previously, she led large, multi-disciplinary teams at IDEO, a global design and innovation firm. In this role, she specialized in designing people-centered services, leading user research, and building and launching new ventures with a strong focus on healthcare delivery, consumer health and medical devices.
Toi has also held strategic roles at leading mental health and healthcare organizations, including Headspace and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she was instrumental in designing and building exceptional, patient-centered care and service experiences.
Toi received a B.B.A. in Design and Management from Parsons School of Design at The New School.
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