This blog post was written by guest blogger Dr. Arielle Schwartz, and was originally posted on her blog. A Synthesis of Healing A driver made a turn in front of me and suddenly I pressed hard on the brakes. My car slowed in the middle of a busy intersection. Crash!…
An EMDR Therapy promotional video from the Netherlands recently popped up on YouTube which included interviews with different therapists trained in explaining how the EMDR Therapy procedure works, along with two compelling stories of how EMDR Therapy helped these people recover from traumatic events. The first story shared was a woman…
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…
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…
Guest Blogger: This post was written by guest blogger Lesley Goth, PsyD of Denver Family Counseling Services. In my EMDR practice, I often run into clients who identify themselves as Christians. It is important not to assume what that means as there are many denominations and belief systems within the Christian…
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…
In the latest Journal of EMDR Practice and Research: Volume 5- Number 4, 2011, a study was done on the treatment of EMDR and migraines. This study was done in Istanbul hospital to see how effective EMDR in the treatment of trauma related to headaches. The sample was…
