What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence based approach to therapy that can heal emotional pain, rework ingrained negative beliefs, and resolve traumatic experiences that feel "stuck." It is often thought that deep emotional pain takes a long time to heal, but EMDR is an approach to therapy that can accelerate the healing process. EMDR can help the mind heal from emotional trauma much like the body heals from physical trauma.
The Benefits of EMDR Intensives
I used to do EMDR just as I was trained, in regular weekly sessions. It usually took about 6 to 12 months to complete the process. It was effective and people got great results, but at times it could feel hard to get through everything. Between the time spent checking in and closing down in each session, leaving only 30 minutes or so of actual processing time, and the intermittent weeks that life would happen and EMDR was put on pause to address a more immediate concern…
Your Superpower for Parenting Teens
One thing I try to keep in mind is that these teens are pretty much going through life with half a brain at this time. They just don't have that prefrontal cortex development that gives them the ability to reason with logic, control impulses, and problem solve consistently. Also, there's hormones. Everything is changing so much, their inner world can be a roller coaster... so it's no wonder we're often left feeling like we're on an absolute ride of ups and downs.
Faith Integrative EMDR
Mental health is one of the areas that your spiritual life and physical life intersect. Your spiritual health will influence your mental health, and your mental health will have an impact on your spiritual connection to God and people. Unfortunately a lot of counseling, whether in the church or in the therapist's office, ignores a whole person approach…
EMDR for Difficult Childhood Experiences
EMDR is immensely helpful for healing early childhood experiences that may not have been overtly abusive, but that you know were impactful to your sense of safety, security, or identity. Through EMDR processing, you can neutralize pain from the past and restore a sense of who you are with confidence in the present.
Whole Person Mental Health Care
My first thought was, it’s so common and human to automatically assume something is wrong with us when we're sitting in uncomfortable feelings - but having feelings in response to life events is normal. My next thought, and what I said to her, was...