While on our career paths, we are always in the process of learning how to become better at we do, while resisting the urge to be hard on ourselves for being imperfect while we continue to grow and develop ourselves and our clinical acumen. You are...
One of the cornerstones of EMDR therapy is the importance of staying out of the way and “letting whatever happens, happen.” That makes sense when you consider that EMDR was originally developed as a desensitization technique with...
How is EMDR therapy different from any other type of psychotherapy? It is unique in giving the brain the opportunity to access an experience as it was encoded at the time, bringing it into conscious awareness. We call that dual awareness—knowing that...
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Citation: Laliotis et al., (2021) What is EMDR therapy? Past...
Deany Laliotis, LICSW, talks about the Relational Way of EMDR Therapy. Deany shares her experience with a new client who was suffering from feelings of depression, isolation and loss after a big move...
Becoming an EMDR therapist is making a commitment to personal and professional growth. It requires us to take a leap into the unknown, to tolerate learning something new that often makes us f
In 1989, Francine Shapiro, originator of EMDR, published a study introducing the positives effects of EMD—Eye Movement Desensitization—a technique that promised to be highly effective at relieving
EMDR teletherapy—is that even a possibility? Many of the trainees and therapists I work with were concerned as the pandemic changed the way we safely engage with our clients.
I think we’ve all had the experience—your client is in the middle of the memory processing when you check to discover that not much is cha
Manuals are filled with rules, procedural steps and protocols and they are perfect for people who want a step-by-step approach, kind of like a recipe for a good meal. Anyone who’s trained with me has seen me pick up the EMDR manual and say—Here are the basic core elements of this model. Yes, you...