EMDR with Children
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is an evidence-based practice initially developed by Francine Shapiro in 1987 as an intervention to overcome the psychologically devastating effects of trauma. EMDR with kids follows the same 8-phase...
Unmasking the Heroes: Mental Health and First Responders
I will proudly tell anyone who will listen that my dad spent his career as a ranger in the National Park Service. Now retired, spending his days walking his dog and playing his guitar, you’d never know that in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a search and rescue ranger,...
Processing Grief and Loss through Group Therapy
Grief and loss can be complex and perplexing. Typically, our society associates grief and loss with the death of a loved one, even though many other types of loss are often not taken into account. Loss can be physical, emotional, psychological, anticipated, symbolic,...
For Families and Individuals Experiencing Medical Trauma or Difficult Diagnoses
Medical trauma creates change you don’t choose, healing is about creating change you do choose – Michelle Rosenthal Having a medically fragile child is a journey no one chooses. Yet, so many families are impacted by life-ending medical diagnoses, medical...