Portrait of Cornelia Scott, licensed psychotherapist specializing in trauma integration and EMDR therapy.

About
Cory Scott

I am a trained and licensed therapist, coach, consultant, and teacher. I am passionate about helping my clients understand themselves and their experiences in new ways, and develop self-empathy along with the skills and strategies needed to break out of limiting patterns and beliefs.

I am an expert on trauma, with a deep understanding of how it manifests in the body and in life, often in unconscious patterns that keep people stuck in familiar dynamics in relationships, work, and daily living.

In addition to individual work, I provide RLT therapy and coaching to couples of all orientations and relationship structures, including 4- and 5-day Couples Intensives.

I also teach part-time and help train professional VITA™ sex, love, and relationship coaches.

My Story

Before I became a therapist, I embarked on my own journey of self-discovery, moving through a debilitating eating disorder, suicidality, self-loathing, and a history of sexual assault and abuse. Tucked within the layers of my existential pain, I discovered my corresponding gem: a life of love, purpose, passion, clarity, and integrity, supported by a stable, loving partnership of 20+ years and two beautiful adolescent children.

While I have not lived your life, I have touched deep pain, and I have befriended the darkness. I am ready to walk with you on your voyage of reckoning and recovery, as I have with many hundreds of people over the course of my career.

 
 

How I Work

My work is shaped by decades of clinical experience, along with deep study in somatic modalities, couples work, trauma treatment, and mind–body integration. These influences have allowed me to develop a unique approach that is both structured and intuitive, grounded in the nervous system and attentive to the whole person. Clients often describe this work as taking them into profound layers of their inner world, places that feel both transformative and deeply familiar.

 
 

My clients consistently achieve their own benchmarks for success.

This is not a fluke.

This is my area of expertise. It is high-level skill and embodied knowledge, tempered with extensive experience and practiced with love and integrity.

If you are ready to anchor your life in your truth and want to honestly and skillfully excavate your emotional, spiritual, and physical landscape, please reach out to me. I am fueled by my clients’ desires and deeply committed to your expansive potential.

 
 

Credentials & Training:

    • Master of Social Service, Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research -Specialization in Child and Family Well-being

    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Commonwealth of Virginia

    • Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), Somatic Experiencing International

    • EMDR Certified Therapist, EMDR International Association

    • EMDR Intensives Training, Kelly Smyth-Dent & Sadie Smith (Scaling Up)

    • Working with Complex Trauma and Dissociation as an EMDR Therapist, Bill Brislin

    • EMDR R-TEP / G-TEP (Recent & Group Traumatic Episode Protocol), Regina Morrow Robinson

    • EMDR Therapy Adaptations for the Neurodivergent Client, Candise Leininger

    • EMDR in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Mark Grant

    • RLT Couples Therapist Certification (current and ongoing), Relational Life Institute

    • A Relational Model for Parts / Ego State Work in EMDR Therapy, Andrew Seubert

    • Elevating Couples Therapy with EMDR, Parts 1 & 2, Lori Cao

    • RYT® 500 Yoga Teacher Certification
      200-hour and 300-hour advanced training, Vira Bhava Yoga

    • Yoga Teacher Training Mentor, Vira Bhava Yoga

    • Breath Coach Certification, Yoga Teachers College

    • VITA™ Certified Sex, Love & Relationship Coach, Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality

    • Senior Teacher and Faculty Member, VITA™ Training Program

    • The Mindsight Approach to Wellbeing: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindsight Institute

    • Resilience Advantage™: HeartMath® Certified Trainer, HeartMath Institute

    • The Resilient Heart™: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification

    • Rest and Restore Protocol Certification, Unyte Integrated Listening Systems

    • Safe and Sound Protocol Certification, Unyte + Integrated Listening Systems

    • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Melissa K. Runyon

    • EMDR and Performance: Advanced Clinical Skills for Athletes and Creatives, Sara Gilman

    • EMDR and Performance: Removing Blocks and Raising the Bar — Strategies for Clinicians Working with Athletes and Creatives, Sara Gilman

    • Anti-Oppressive Ethics: An Integrative Framework for Practice, NASW Minnesota

    • The Ethical Application of Life Coaching for Clinicians, Michelle Stanley

    • Ethics in EMDR: A Workshop for Clinicians, Gina Rossetti and Nina Davey

    • Review of Ethical Issues for EMDR Clinicians, Consultants, Trainers, and Researchers, Steven Silver

    • Ethics and Boundaries in Trauma Work: Unique Challenges and Opportunities, Debra Minsky-Kelly

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