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What is EMDR? (a short brochure I give out)

This (see below images) is a six-page brochure I give to clients. I would call this a good description of what a "Basic Trained" EMDR...

Don't trust people who tell you what to think--especially if you agree with them.

Does this really need explaining? Apparently in today's culture it does. I'm not sure what happened to the anti-establishment movement...

Sentiment vs. Conviction

What is sentiment? An internal expression of strong emotions in reaction to a realization of something profound. What is conviction? ...

Fake Labels vs. Mental Health

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have as much training in diagnosis as an LPC, LCSW, LMHC, and so on. However, LMFT's...

Want to know more about EMDR? Meet the EMDR Institute (www.EMDR.com)

Here's a quick and solid way to learn more about EMDR: www.EMDR.com is the website of the EMDR Institute. There is some great basic...

You can't have "a little autism" or be "a bit on the spectrum." Fad diagnoses won't make you happy.

Autism is not "cool." You don't want it, you don't want your children to have it. Ask someone with ASD, ask the parent of a child with...

EMDR: A complete explanation in one video

Here is the most accurate and complete explanation of EMDR I have ever encountered. This brand new, 10 minute video produced by the EMDR...

Fake security vs freedom: Mental illness should not be "cool." Labels should not be identities.

Fake security vs freedom: Mental illness should not be "cool." Labels should not be identities. A label is not going to give your life...

Prince Harry used EMDR for trauma from his mother's death--you can heal with EMDR too

Prince Harry, love him or hate him, has recently revealed that he has undergone EMDR therapy to help heal from childhood trauma resulting...

"Why am I stuck? Will things ever change?" Here's a possible answer.

The short answer is that people are often at their best when things are at their worst, at the bottom of the hole. It's when things...