EMDR Blog
Therapists interested in learning more about working with addictions through the lens of trauma, and how to stabilize clients using EMDR Therapy to give clients ease in their body and mind might be interested in the following sample of the books that Barb Maiberger and John Gray recommend in their EMDR Advanced…
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama recently took action to get people more aware of mental health issues, and getting people the help they need. Recently President Obama signed the Clay Hunt SAVE ACT. SAVE stands for: Suicide Prevention for American Veterans. Clay Hunt, for which the bill…
In her TEDTalk, “The Fiction of Memory” (TEDGlobal 2013), Elizabeth Loftus discusses memory and in particular, false memories. She offers case examples of people who have been wrongly convicted by incidences of eyewitnesses having memories that were completely inaccurate. She explains the common misconception of memory as the following: …Memory…
The word “addiction” is a loaded word. Many people struggle with addiction on some level. It’s often hard to see or admit to oneself. Addiction can be complex in that it impacts people biologically, chemically, neurologically, psychologically, medically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. What is in common with all addictions is the feeling…
EMDR Therapy is mostly known for helping people working through very distinct traumatic events. These events can be named, felt, and remembered distinctly. When these kinds of memories are worked on in EMDR Therapy, clients feel the trauma become resolved and feel more present in their lives. This is something…
Laurel Parnell’s “Attachment Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma” is a widely referenced work in the working with attachment trauma and EMDR Therapy. One of the important things that Parnell discusses is how valuable it is to repair developmental wounding. This is a critical step in working with attachment trauma. When one…
We already know that EMDR Therapy relieves PTSD symptoms related to traumatic events. Now the new science of neuroplasticity helps us recognize that we can actually heal our earliest wounds; those related to our attachment and that form the template for relationships throughout our lives. Not very long ago the…
This post was written by Guest Blogger, Katie Asmus, MA, LPC. Katie Asmus and Barb Maiberger are also instructors for “Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization Prevention for Therapists” As empathetic beings, simply through being in relationship with others who’ve had hard experiences, it is common to experience increased anxiety, depression,…
In celebration of “EMDR Week” and the 25th Anniversary of EMDR, Rolf Carriere will be speaking at the 2014 EMDRIA Conference in Denver, Colorado. Please visit the EMDRIA Conference website for details. September 21st, 2014 – Sunday Plenary Session 401 : Speaker – Rolf Carriere 8:30AM – 10:30AM Below is a video…
This post was written by guest blogger, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, and was originally posted on her blog. Dr. Arielle Schwartz and Barb Maiberger, MA, LPC will be presenting on “Embodied Culture: A Somatic Approach to Diversity Awareness in EMDR” at the 2014 EMDRIA Conference in Denver, Colorado. Visit the EMDRIA Conference…
