The following is an excerpt from Barb Maiberger’s book, “Remote Together: A Therapist’s Guide to Cultivating a Sustainable Practice” (Copyright © 2021) Technological devices can be excellent tools that help people connect as well as feel validated and supported when they may otherwise feel alone, isolated, and abandoned. Using technology…
In recent consultation sessions, more and more EMDR therapists have been asking: how do I do remote EMDR therapy? For some therapists and clients, the transition from in-person sessions in an office to remote EMDR therapy sessions from their homes can feel as natural as breathing, while for others it…
“Therapeutic interventions need to help the client find ways to develop a relationship with the pain by connecting more fully with the body.” ~ Barb Maiberger ~ Chronic pain is a silent epidemic that effects millions of people and can impact them cognitively, emotionally, physically, and even spiritually. The…
Healing chronic pain involves learning how to reclaim relaxation through breath and movement…and your “pain memory” may just hold the key. ~ Dr. Arielle Schwartz ~ The experience of pain, like all of our life experiences, is stored as a memory, a procedural memory to be more precise. Procedural…
It’s been 10 years since I wrote EMDR Essentials: A Guide for Clients and Therapists, and I can hardly believe what has happened since then. I wrote this book because I kept hearing from therapists that they didn’t know how to explain EMDR therapy to their clients and felt there wasn’t anything good that they could give to clients to help them understand this powerful modality. I resisted writing this book wondering if I had anything to say, but something inside me said you just have to do it. What a learning process that was for me. But the thing that touched me the most is that when I approached my clients to share their stories for the book, they gladly offered their experiences to share so that others could relate to what they experienced and how they got help and felt real change.
In the Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, we witness Lady Gaga moving through her daily life, including how she manages the extreme chronic pain she experiences through her grueling schedule. During her acceptance speech at the ELLE Women in Hollywood event, Lady Gaga appeared to link this chronic pain to…
The 2018 EMDRIA Conference is being held in Atlanta, Georgia on Oct. 4 – 7, 2018. Attending the EMDRIA Conference is a great way for EMDR Therapists to learn from different presenters on special situations and populations. For therapists interested in learning more about this year’s EMDRIA Conference presenters, below is…
Dr. Arielle Schwartz and I are happy announce the arrival of our new book, “EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology: Interventions to Enhance Embodiment in Trauma Treatment.” Arielle and I have been teaching together since 2000, and we have brought together the synthesis of EMDR therapy and Somatic psychology in to…
After many years of practicing EMDR Therapy and working with addictions, I have noticed that there are key moments in therapy where the therapeutic alliance is necessary to support the client’s ability to have successful treatment, which I call the Pocket of Trust. The Pocket of Trust is an emotional…
When therapists are first learning EMDR Therapy, they quickly realize that single incident traumas easily reprocess, and more complex cases do not respond using the standard protocol without learning more skills to recognize the underlying Attachment trauma. In order to successfully navigate Attachment Trauma, EMDR Therapists need to learn how…
