Growth. Self-awareness. Self-compassion. These are essential feel-good goals in the therapy room. As human beings, we naturally favor the positive over the negative. As psychotherapists, we want our clients to feel good about themselves and their work with us.
But what if leaning into moments of...
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"Do you ever find yourself wondering whether EMDR training is the right fit for your practice, and whether now is the right time?"
Maybe colleagues have completed Basic Training and speak about it in ways that make you genuinely curious. Maybe clients have started asking about EMDR...
In the past few years, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has become an increasingly discussed topic in the mental health field.
As an EMDR psychotherapist trained through The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, I’ve been particularly interested and excited in how ketamine can complement...
There was a moment in my career when intervention alone stopped being enough.
I was working in high-acuity agency settings, surrounded by complex trauma, fragmented family systems, and clients whose pain couldn’t be resolved through insight alone. I was trained systemically and understood that...
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I’m delighted to share an article I wrote, “AIP Case Conceptualization: Easier Said Than Done?” in the Spring 2026 issue of Go With That® magazine published by EMDRIA™. In this feature article, I explore an important understanding in EMDR case conceptualization with complex trauma: moving beyond wha...
At a recent 2026 PTSD Conference hosted by McLean Hospital, a world-renowned psychiatric hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School and internationally recognized for its leadership in trauma, I led a full-day pre-conference workshop titled “EMDR Therapy as a Broad-Based Approach.”
This...
As EMDR therapists, we understand that a client’s narrative unfolds through their day-to-day experiences and what is going on in their body, their affects as well as their defenses. So, how do we attune and listen to understand?
This insight aligns with the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP)...
Like many therapists, I first came to EMDR therapy seeking healing from “big T” trauma. At the time, I was new to the field, caught in a cycle of over-functioning, exhaustion, and dysregulation. My early life had taught me that value and connection came from hard work and performance. I’d give...
Recently, I was interviewed on EMDRIA’s “Let’s Talk EMDR” podcast on The Pressure to Be Nice: Women, Boundaries and EMDR Therapy. As I considered how to prepare for this podcast, I started to feel clearer on my clinical stance around supporting all of my clients to differentiate between the...
Teenagers today are growing up in a world that equates worth with output.
From social media highlight reels to packed extracurricular schedules, the message is loud and clear: you are as valuable as what you achieve.
This constant push to perform, produce, and impress can leave adolescents...