You’ve worked hard to get where you are — but perfectionism, people-pleasing, and constant pressure to hold it together are catching up with you.

Salty Counseling
Trauma Specialty Clinic Serving Salt Lake City, Holladay, and Surrounding Communities

Inside, you feel anxious, exhausted — like no matter what you do, it’s never enough.

Hi, I’m Q Porschatis (she/her), founder and clinical director of Salty Counseling, a trauma specialty clinic in Salt Lake City. I'm an EMDR-certified trauma therapist who integrates polyvagal-informed and somatic approaches to support the EMDR process and lasting healing.

Many clients who find their way here look like they have it all together on the outside. They are driven, capable, and hard-working. They have done everything they were supposed to do, but on the inside:

You can't stop thinking. You replay conversations, struggle to relax, and feel like you're always waiting for something bad to happen. No matter how hard you try, your nervous system never seems to fully turn off. You notice the patterns and behaviors, but you can’t seem to stop falling into them.

Most of the clients who work with me aren’t new to self-awareness.

They’ve read the books. They’ve reflected deeply. They’ve pushed themselves to grow professionally and personally.

But despite everything they’ve achieved, they still find themselves stuck in patterns they can’t think their way out of — anxiety that won’t turn off, criticism and self-doubt that keep resurfacing, or a sense that something inside still doesn’t feel settled or safe.

This work isn’t about helping you try harder. It’s about helping your nervous system finally breathe and release what has been holding you in survival mode — so change becomes natural.

Why Our Clients See Lasting Results

(and Why This Isn’t “Talk Therapy” as Usual)

This work creates real change you can feel in your body, see in your relationships, and experience in your daily life. Clients often describe therapy here as more focused, grounded, and effective than anything they’ve tried before.

Most therapy helps you understand why you feel the way you do.

But understanding alone doesn’t always create change.

When the same triggers, fears, or self-doubt keep resurfacing, it’s not because you’re doing something wrong.

It’s because your nervous system is still stuck in survival mode.

Through trauma-focused, nervous-system-informed therapy — including EMDR, somatic, and polyvagal-informed care — we help you create lasting change at the root level.

Why clients choose EMDR instead of traditional talk therapy

You may already understand where your anxiety, self-doubt, or patterns come from. But understanding isn't always enough to make them stop.

EMDR helps the brain and nervous system process unresolved experiences so they lose their grip on your daily life. It is one of the most extensively researched trauma treatments available and is recognized as an effective treatment by major health organizations worldwide.

Rather than relying on insight alone, EMDR helps the brain and nervous system process unresolved experiences so they no longer trigger the same emotional and physiological responses.

• Release unresolved trauma your body is still holding onto

• Shift patterns that keep you anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck

• Build regulation, stability, and internal safety

This isn’t about endlessly revisiting the past.
It’s about helping your nervous system learn that the danger is over, so you can finally move forward.

Together, we create the safety and support needed for real transformation — not just temporary relief.

Schedule your free consultation and take the first step toward lasting healing.