Healing Happens Blog
Protector and Nurturer Figures: A Tool to Move Through Tough Moments
This month, I’m sharing a tool that EMDR therapists use as a calming and grounding resource with clients who are reprocessing traumatic and upsetting memories. In my experience, this technique benefits not only EMDR therapy clients, but most everyone experiencing moments of fear, anxiety, sadness or any upsetting emotion. While it’s ideal to learn this technique from an experienced mental health professional, the concept can easily be adapted and implemented to use on your own and/or with your loved ones.
Are Blocking Beliefs Impeding Your Therapy Goals?
If you’ve ever asked yourself whether therapy is “working”, you’re not alone. Especially when progress seemingly slows or reaches an impasse, you may wonder if your therapist understands and relates to you in a way that meets your expectations and/or has the skillset you’re seeking. Or you simply might feel impatient to feel better. These are all reasonable concerns to occasionally reflect upon.
Perfectionism, Social Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome - Finding Balance & Healing With EMDR Therapy
Perfectionist tendencies, social anxiety and imposter syndrome are part and parcel of the human experience, but as a way of life, can exhaust us mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually to the point of burnout. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) is a tool with the potential to lessen and even eliminate these often debilitating tendencies that we may have given up all hope of moving through.
Is EMDR Therapy Right For You?
I frequently receive inquiries from people seeking EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy to help heal from upsetting and traumatic experiences. As an EMDR therapist, I naturally envision how EMDR therapy could be of value to clients who are feeling stuck in one or more areas of life, so I’m always happy to have a conversation.
Five Not So Obvious Signs You Might Be Struggling With Trauma
It’s never pleasant to acknowledge that you’ve experienced trauma, whether it’s a one-time occurrence or ongoing. But what about when you know something feels off and you can’t quite make sense of why? Due diligence at your doctor rules out physical ailments and you’re advised to manage your stress. While this seems like reasonable advice, what you’re experiencing feels bigger, yet vague. Noticing that something is happening in your mind and body that you can’t explain can feel scary and isolating, even surreal.
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Grief is an individual experience. Move through your loss at your own pace.
Whether you’re struggling to grieve your loss, feeling like you’re going through the motions with no relief, or are unsure what moving through a loss looks like, you’re not alone.