Welcome to the Blog!
Waking up in a cold sweat, feeling like danger is around every corner, or turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms—these can all be signs of unresolved trauma. If this sounds familiar, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy might be the breakthrough you’ve been searching for.
EMDR helps your brain process painful events so they no longer control your present. By using bilateral stimulation and your brain’s ability to heal itself, EMDR allows you to observe your trauma without reliving it, ultimately reducing distress and building resilience.
This article explains the steps in EMDR and what a new client can expect in the process.
You see what you expect to see. This is not only true for your eyes, but your outlook on life. Gratitude Journals, Meditation (even “micro-dosing” meditation), and Cold Plunges are great ways to be mindful about the breadth of the human experience and help us pessimists remember that there are really awesome, beautiful things happening in life if we take the time to open our eyes and focus on them. It makes for a much fuller, rich experience of life.
tips on how to seek out and find a therapist that works for you.
Learn how trauma can impact a person’s brain and body, and how therapy can be a way to heal.
Typically, when a person goes to therapy, they know they’ll be asked questions, but what kinds of questions? And why these? Sometimes the questions that are asked seem odd, or vague. In this blog post, you’ll learn the why behind some of the questions we often ask. “Where to?” Almost every session, I begin with […]
IFS, EMDR, AEDP, what do all these letters actually mean?!? It can be frustrating as you’re looking through the Good Therapy website, trying to find a good therapist, when all these acronyms, or different treatment types are thrown around. This post will help you understand the different modalities of therapy that we use at the […]
Disclaimer: These are just some thoughts of one therapist. Use them if they are helpful. Discard all others. “Why provide therapy in a time like this?” This is the question that bounced around in me during the first 2 weeks of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Ironically, this question was not a conscious one, but instead one […]
For our first post of 2020, we are addressing “New Year’s Resolutions.” We cover whether we are in favor of them or against them and why, and some ideas for alternatives. Life’s natural rhythm provides us with opportunities to stop, start, pause, and replay. Birthdays and anniversaries can help us remember, holidays give us pause […]
Ask a Therapist: What is Transference? When you Google the word “transference” this is what you’ll find: trans·fer·ence noun: transference Psychoanalysis the redirection to a substitute, usually a therapist, of emotions that were originally felt in childhood So.. what does that actually mean? How does this show up with you in therapy and what does […]
When we find out that a friend or loved one has started to work out, or gone to a physical therapist, our response is usually not a disapproving, “Oh, you’re one of those people who has to go to the gym… sounds like things are pretty rough for you.” Nor is the response, “You had […]
