DARVO, Narcissistic Abuse & EMDR Therapy in North Carolina and Virginia
When Someone Hurts You, Then Makes You Feel Like the Problem Have you ever tried to explain that someone hurt you, only to find yourself apologizing for bringing it up? Do you rehearse conversations, question your memories, or feel responsible for keeping another person's emotions under control? Perhaps you have learned to stay [read more]
EMDR, IFS, and Specialty Intensives: A Collaborative Option for Clients Who Feel Stuck
EMDR, IFS, and Specialty Intensives: A Collaborative Option for Clients Who Feel Stuck When Weekly Therapy Isn't Quite Enough As a therapist, you may have a client who is making progress but still feels stuck. You've developed a strong therapeutic relationship. You've worked on coping skills, insight, patterns, relationships, and stabilization. Yet there [read more]
Trying on Change Before Making a Big Decision: Using EMDR, ERP, and Distress Tolerance to Feel Your Way Forward
Trying on Change Before Making a Big Decision: Using EMDR, ERP, and Distress Tolerance to Feel Your Way Forward Big decisions can create big feelings. Whether you're considering leaving a relationship, changing careers, moving to a new city, setting a boundary, starting something new, or simply doing something outside your comfort zone, anxiety [read more]
Kintsugi and EMDR Therapy: Becoming Stronger Through the Journey of Healing
Kintsugi and EMDR Therapy: Becoming Stronger Through the Journey of Healing There is a Japanese practice called Kintsugi that offers a beautiful perspective on healing. Kintsugi is the practice of repairing broken pottery rather than throwing it away. Instead of trying to hide the cracks, the broken pieces are carefully put back together, [read more]
Healing Into Guilt: When Choosing Yourself Feels Like Betrayal
Healing Into Guilt: When Choosing Yourself Feels Like Betrayal There is a particular kind of guilt that comes with healing—the guilt of making the right choice with the wrong people. It can happen when you realize that a friendship you once depended on has become toxic, when you begin separating yourself from friends [read more]
PTSD in Veterans: When the War Follows You Home and How EMDR Can Help You Find Your Way Back
There is a particular kind of loneliness that many veterans know but rarely talk about. It's not the loneliness of being physically alone. It's the loneliness of standing in a crowded room surrounded by family, friends, and people who care about you, yet feeling like you're on a different planet. You came home. [read more]
