EMDR & Trauma Therapists in Peoria, Arizona
Meet our trauma-informed therapists in Peoria, AZ
In-Person Therapy | Peoria, Arizona | Serving the West Valley
Every clinician at Inside Out was trained by the same EMDR instructor, supervised under the same clinical standard, and selected for the same reason: the ability to do deep, honest, relational work without flinching.
What that means for you is that whoever you work with here, you're not taking a gamble. You're choosing from a team that was built with intention, and that holds itself to a standard most practices don't name out loud.
If you're not sure who to choose, that's okay. Browse the clinicians below or reach out and we'll help you find the right fit.
Heather Colton-Pritt
MS, LAC | Trauma Therapist | | Serving: Adults, Teens (14+)
Heather works with adults and teens navigating anxiety, depression, grief, and the relationship patterns that keep repeating no matter how hard they try to change them. Her approach is warm, person-centered, and integrative, drawing from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to meet each client where they are. She has a particular attunement to clients who already understand their patterns intellectually but can't seem to shift them, and to grief that doesn't fit a neat category. Her EMDR training is currently in progress as part of Inside Out's required certification pathway.
Natalie Arbizu
MSE, LAC | Trauma & Anxiety Therapist | Serving: Children (10+), Teens, Adults
Natalie is Inside Out's youngest-serving clinician, working with children as young as 10 through adults. She brings a personal understanding of first responder family dynamics and athletic resilience that shapes how she shows up for clients who have learned to carry things quietly. As a licensed associate counselor, her rate is more accessible, making quality trauma-informed care available to more people who need it.
Christina Behrens
MA, LPC | Founder & Clinical Director | Serving: Adults (18+)
Christina founded Inside Out and sets the clinical standard every therapist on this team is trained and supervised to meet. She works exclusively with adults — particularly high-achieving professionals, helping professionals, and moms — using advanced EMDR, sand tray, and somatic approaches to address complex trauma, dissociation, and OCD. If you've tried therapy before and felt like it didn't go deep enough, Christina is often where that changes.
Liberty
Great Dane | Service Dog in Training | Present with Christina
Liberty is a rescue Great Dane and service dog in training at Inside Out. She works alongside Christina Behrens and is present during Christina's sessions whenever she is in the office. Liberty detects physiological distress (anxiety, stress, cortisol spikes) and responds by resting her head in a client's lap, lying across their feet, or staying close until the nervous system begins to settle. She notices before she is asked.
SPECIALTIES
Animal-Assisted Therapy
What Every Inside Out Therapist Has in Common
Every clinician at Inside Out was trained in EMDR through the same instructor, grounded in Francine Shapiro's foundational model. Every clinician is supervised by Christina Behrens, LPC, which means no client is ever working with just one set of eyes on their care. And every clinician was chosen because they know how to be in the room with hard things without making it about themselves.
The physical space reflects the same standard. No overhead lighting. No degrees on the wall. Couches, blankets, fidget tools, a community bookshelf, and Liberty (our therapy dog) who shows up whenever Christina does.
This is what inside out healing looks like in practice.
Not sure who to choose?
You don't have to figure that out before you reach out. Tell us a little about what's been going on and we'll help match you with the right clinician.