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Posted: July 25, 2024
As I’ve been posting a lot about both dissociation and EMDR therapy, today I want to talk about them together. There can be a lot of fear and misunderstanding around EMDR therapy when dissociation is present or when someone has a Dissociative Disorder. Having significant…
Posted: July 13, 2024
As I’ve been sharing about EMDR therapy and how I use it in my work with complex traumatization, I think it’s also important to note that EMDR therapy is not just for PTSD and trauma, it’s been found to be an effective treatment for a…
Posted: June 26, 2024
EMDR therapy changes the brain. EMDR therapy has been recognized as an evidence-based method for over a decade. Research has shown EMDR-related neurobiological changes in the brain during therapy itself via EEG imaging which was the first time in which neurobiological changes occurring during…
Posted: June 22, 2024
A question that often comes up with clients when we talk about EMDR therapy, is the validity or truth of memories. Sometimes the question is whether or not EMDR therapy can help verify the ‘truth’ of a memory. The short answer to this is no.…
Posted: June 17, 2024
The Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model is the theory behind EMDR therapy & how the brain processes traumatic information. According to the AIP model, our brain links similar traumatic experiences together, based on what we learned from those experiences. So, let’s use the example of…
Posted: May 9, 2024
Often when I get asked what EMDR is, what I am really getting asked about is the technique of bilateral stimulation (BLS) using eye movements or tapping. But EMDR therapy is more than just reprocessing the negative memories, it is complete therapeutic approach, just…