In honor of the 2014 EMDRIA Conference in Denver, Colorado, and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of EMDR, Mayor Michael B. Hancock has officially proclaimed September 15-21, 2014 as “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Week” in Denver, Colorado Francine Shapiro, PhD — the founder of EMDR and the author of…
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the movie “Gravity” yet, you may want to read this AFTER you have seen the movie. Sandra Bullock’s character, Ryan Stone, in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” is a portrait of how we deal with traumatic loss, and how resiliency is basic in human nature. When…
I was reading a blog by Dr. Lissa Rankin the other day on “Why Your Doctor Has PTSD,” and it made me think about an upcoming workshop offered by the Maiberger Institute: “Self Care for Therapists” Dr. Rankin talks about doctors being traumatized by seeing patients who are in pain…
May is the official National Trauma Awareness Month. Although National Trauma Awareness Month primarily focuses on physical injuries, there are people who also suffer from psychological trauma after experiencing a physical injury. There have been so many tragedies in our country recently that becoming more aware of trauma on its…
Mark G. Doherty, CAE, Executive Director of the EMDR International Association sent out an email recently to let all therapists know that in 2013 there will be some changes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes that will affect you directly. The following are resources to help you navigate this…
The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone with the tragedy in Connecticut. This has touched everyone whether directly by experiencing or witnessing it, or by seeing and hearing it on the news. Here in Colorado, we are reminded of the Columbine shooting, and the recent AMC theatre shooting…
It’s holiday time and many are expressing that they are struggling at this time of the year. What seems like should be a happy time, can actually be a time of stress, hardship, frustration, grief, and upset. The question arises: how do I manage holiday stress? Do I spend it…
Since I teach EMDR therapy, I often get asked for referrals for EMDR therapists. I found that trying to connect the right client with the right therapist was a little challenging since different therapists have a variety of specialties and work in different areas. With this in mind, I launched…
Learning EMDR is like learning how to dance Tango. When you learn Tango there is a system to learn, a set pattern of steps. The dance can look very simple from the outside, but actually doing it can be far more complex. In the beginning it can feel like it’s…
After attending the 2012 USABP conference, one workshop was a standout for me: “Attachment and Somatic Development” taught by Anne Isaacs, LCSW. She took a couple of different theoretical ways of working with Attachment Issues and integrated the work together. I won’t be able to cover the entire lecture but…
