Why I Became an EMDR Therapist

Why I Became an EMDR Therapist

I first heard of EMDR over 10 years ago. Being honest, I was intrigued but too exhausted to look further into it. One of those “on the back burner” moments that kept staying there for awhile! I know you can’t relate to that. Going back further to 2003 EMDR literally consumed one paragraph in my Theories of Personality textbook when…

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Triggers

Triggers

Have you experienced a trigger? Triggers are when “out of no where” your system has a physical response to a sound, a memory, a picture etc. You can feel taken back into time. Sometimes you know they are coming and at other times you may be shocked, as it “came out of no where”. Maybe it’s an intrusive memory, or just…

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Anchor of Hope

Anchor of Hope

Last time we talked, we discussed TRIGGERS. What they are how and how we can begin to change our response and the underlying belief(s) behind them. I was going to continue, but I feel pressed to change course. (Have you notice that living in a global pandemic changes things on you?) I want to bring up our own negative beliefs,…

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