October 2012 Northern Colorado EMDR Network Meeting Date: October 26th, 2012 Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Presenter: Emily Siegel, LCSW is an EMDRIA approved consultant in Laramie, Wyoming, where she works in private practice. Prior to living in Wyoming, she worked in New York City at the 9/11…
Recently I attended a workshop “Transforming Destructive Anger” taught by Chuck Lustfield, LPC and Rick Spletter, LCSW at the 2012 USABP Conference. Anger is a common emotion that is often misunderstood and many people struggle with expressing anger in healthy ways. Most people do not even know what healthy anger…
Everyone has been talking about the effects of war has on soldiers when they return from war; it’s called PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Bill Moyers recently brought to light an untold topic about the affects of war: compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue occurs when the caregivers in the war zones…
EMDR Basic Training Part 1: December 7 – 9, 2012 Part 2: March 8 – 10, 2013 Location: Maiberger Institute 2995 Baseline Road, Suite 206 Boulder, CO 80303 [ interactive map ] This EMDR Basic Training is facilitated by Barb Maiberger, MA, LPC — author of “EMDR Essentials: A Guide for…
At the 2012 USABP Conference in Boulder, CO, Tory Butterworth, PhD gave a presentation on Binge Eating Disorders (BED). She laid the groundwork for looking at the underpinnings of the disorder and how it can affect one in adulthood. She noted that it is important to understand that people can…
Dr. Gabor Mate, author of “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addictions,” suggests that one of the major causes of addictions is childhood trauma. For years the addiction field has said that addictions were caused by genetics. If your father is an addict then you have the…
Denver, CO (Nov. 2012/ Jan. 2013) EMDR Basic Training Part 1: November 9 – 11, 2012 Part 2: January 18 – 20, 2013 Location: Office Evolution 7350 East Progress Place, Suite 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 [ interactive map ] This EMDR Basic Training is EMDRIA Approved, and consists of 40…
For therapists who want more training around body-centered therapy, a wonderful opportunity is being offered at the 7th USABP National Conference entitled “The Body in Psychotherapy.” There are unique topics being offered that may help deepen your education around the importance of the body in psychotherapy. It will be held…
In the EMDRIA Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (Volume 6, Number 2, 2012), there is an article entitled “Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing for an Adolescent With Internet Addiction Disorder” by Hwallip Bae and Daeho Kim. Both are working in hospitals in South Korea. They state that up…
In 2011, Michael Burns directed a documentary entitled “EMDR: A Documentary Film.” This documentary tells the story of how EMDR was discovered, how it works, and who it helps, through interviews with the founder of EMDR, therapists, researchers, and clients. We are introduced to the founder of EMDR and her…
