It has been two and a half years since COVID turned our world upside down. Images of death and dying flooded our screens, minds and bodies. The heroism of essential workers and their sacrifices weighed down our hearts. Death tallies rose daily with no...
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I just finished 3 days of in-person training for EMDR Italy in Milan! It was a spectacular event after two and a half years of the pandemic where over 1500 people gathered to talk about helping our clients heal from trauma using EMDR! We talked about the robustness of EMDR as a model of therapy that...
In EMDR therapy, the resolution of a Target Memory is defined as a SUD of 0, VOC of 7 and a clear Body Scan. That means the client experiences no actual distress when bringing up what remains of the memory. The client also resonates with their positive belief to be “absolutely true,” about...
You’ve finished your Basic Training and are excited to take your next steps. You now have this powerful, transformative therapy approach to offer, but what happens next?
I know the leap from training to practice is a scary one. I remember that feeling well from my own experience as a fledgling EMDR...
What is Mindfulness Really?
Incorporating mindfulness sounds like a good idea, right? We’ve all been inundated with versions of mindfulness over the last several decades. It’s become a popular transtheoretical concept that informs many spiritual and therapeutic practices. For us as therapists, it...
It’s a predictable cycle.
I’ve always considered myself to be brave overriding my insecurities while practicing new skills in front of other people. It’s a predictable cycle. I start a new training feeling skilled. I learn something new and experience confusion. I finally integrate what I learned...
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The Council of Scholars, an international group of thought leaders in the EMDR community is holding its annual Symposium at the EMDR Europe conference in Valencia, Spain next week after 3 years since it was first formed and the pandemic arrived! With Deany at the helm along with co-chair Suzy...
This 5-minute video blog outlines the simple, yet important task of helping our clients who learned to avoid their inner life, approach. Slowly, but incrementally, we help them touch into a m
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Deany Laliotis was interviewed on That Relationship Show’s podcast to talk about the healing power of EMDR therapy and how that intersects with EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples. The podcast is led by two certified EFT therapists, Deb and Naomi.
They talk about how EMDR and EFT can treat...
When Psychotherapy Networker Editor, Rich Simon PhD, wanted to focus an issue of the legendary magazine on teletherapy, he asked Deany Laliotis to write the feature article. It’s called “Trauma and...