The short answer is momentum. EMDR trauma therapy builds momentum with each memory healed, so that when the "log is kicked," the unstuck...

I recently read something very encouraging by a professor who was the world's top expert in suicide. He wondered, as I often have, why...

This simple cartoon illustrates the difficulties posed by "complex trauma," when EMDR trauma therapy is used as a treatment. Complex...

Most of my clients struggle with an increased sense of shame that shadows the primary reason they are seeking treatment. Perhaps the...

Preparation! EMDR is faster, more effective, and much more tolerable than other trauma therapies, in part because of preparation....

This article (see below) is a great introduction to EMDR, and a testament to the fact that it works. It also shows how EMDR is different...

I have a 14-year-old boy in therapy who has had six serious traumatic experiences in his life, including sexual abuse and seeing a friend...

When I saw this in a respected journal of pediatric medicine, I was surprised, not because of what it says, but because of what it does...

Here's a new article with a simple explanation of how EMDR therapy can treat depression and anxiety. EMDR is of course closely associated...

New research has found that traumatic events leave a scar across not only the mind, but the body (the link to the article is below). This...