Trading psychology has failed you.
Not because you weren’t paying attention.
Because it handed you logic while your nervous system was running a completely different program.
You don’t need more strategy. You don’t need more discipline. Discipline is a battery, and it dies exactly when you need it most.
What you need is for your body to stop overruling your plan. That’s a different problem. And it requires a different kind of work.
You already know what it feels like.
You take profits early because relief feels safer than uncertainty. You chase losses to avoid the shame of being wrong. You see the valid entry, your hand doesn’t move, and by the time you’ve talked yourself into it, the move is gone.
These aren’t discipline failures. Your nervous system is executing protective programs. Fast. Below conscious awareness. Faster than your rules.
That’s not a mindset problem. That’s a wiring problem.
I’m Sean Sawyer, MS.
I spent over twenty-two years as a psychotherapist, seventeen of them practicing EMDR. I treat trauma. The kind that doesn’t look like trauma: freezing, avoidance, reactions that make no sense until you understand what the nervous system does under threat.
In 2018, I started applying that work to the one environment that replicates every traumatic trigger there is. I trade. I know what it feels like when your body vetoes your plan mid-session, and I know exactly what’s happening when it does.
I don’t give trading advice. I work on the system that’s overriding your trading.
THE MECHANISM
We don’t sit in a quiet office and talk about your feelings.
We open the charts. We put real conditions on the table. And when the response kicks in, when your chest tightens, your hand stops, your thinking narrows, that’s when the work starts. Not after. Not in hindsight. Right there, while it’s happening.
That’s the only window where the nervous system is actually available for change.
This isn’t coaching. It’s neurobiological mechanics. And it works specifically because it doesn’t rely on what you know when you’re calm; it works on what your system does when it isn’t.
FREE PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTIC
Find out what’s actually costing you.
Book a Free 30-Minute Performance Diagnostic
In thirty minutes, we’ll identify the specific pattern bleeding your P&L, whether that’s freezing on setups, exiting winners too early, revenge trading after losses, or getting paralyzed when you scale size.
I’ll assess how deep it runs, what schemas are driving it, and what path actually makes sense for you.
By the end of the call:
- A clear read on which nervous system pattern is costing you money.
- My honest assessment of how deep it goes and what’s maintaining it.
- A straight recommendation: 1:1 work, the workshop, a self-directed approach, or something outside what I offer.
If we’re not a match, I’ll tell you that and point you somewhere better.
WHO THIS WORKS WITH
This approach works with a specific kind of trader:
The defended trader. You can talk about your psychology all day. You’ve read the books, understand the concepts, and know exactly what you’re doing wrong. And you still do it. Standard approaches don’t reach you because you stay intellectual your nervous system has learned to hide behind your analysis. We work past that.
The trader whose anxiety is pre-cognitive. Your reactions happen before you’re aware of them. You’re not choosing to freeze or overtrade. Your system detects a threat before your conscious mind registers the situation. That’s not fixable with more information.
The trader who’s given back the winning days they had no business losing. You’ve built something real. But something keeps detonating it the same pattern, the same timing. We find the trip wire and pull it out.
what EMDR Adds
EMDR reprocesses the experiences that created those responses in the first place.
The blowup that lives in your body whenever its size increases. The memory that makes you hesitate on setups that look just like the one that cost you. The voice that activates in a drawdown I always f*ck this up that one isn’t just a thought. It’s a stored response that can be neutralized.
Past losses stop creating avoidance. You stop managing the fear and start trading without it. Victories feel intentional instead of lucky. Larger positions stop triggering panic.
This isn’t “processing your feelings.” It’s removing the interference that’s running underneath your execution.
What We Work On
When you can read your internal signals as accurately as you read price action, execution changes.
You recognize the response before it hijacks your process. You stop fighting your own nervous system through trades. The market doesn’t get easier. Your response to it changes.
That’s the difference.
Sound Execution System (SES)
A 5-week live workshop for traders ready to address execution blocks systematically — not just understand them.
Weekly group sessions, structured workbook, and assessment tools designed to make the work concrete and cumulative. You’re not just learning concepts. You’re building a different relationship with the conditions trading creates.
Cohorts limited to 25 traders.
1:1 Sessions
For traders whose patterns run deeper than a workshop can reach.
We work live — charts open, real conditions, real pressure. The patterns show up on their own. We work on them while they’re happening, not in hindsight. That’s what makes this different from every other trading psychology intervention you’ve tried.
Limited availability. 5-week minimum commitment.
READY TO STOP THE BLEEDING?
You’re running programs you didn’t install. Let’s find them.
Stop losing money to nervous system responses you didn’t know you were running.