by Sarah Long | Jul 10, 2020 | All Posts, Sarah Long, Self Care
The last few months have been a blur. With the presence of COVID-19, our country faces loss and illness of loved ones, isolation, unprecedented changes in daily life, financial stress, and great uncertainty as we look ahead. Recent incidents of police brutality have...
by Kendra Doukas | Jun 15, 2020 | All Posts, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Kendra Doukas
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an excellent technique for treating trauma. It looks quite a lot different from traditional therapy but also fits nicely into traditional talk therapy. Many times when people think about EMDR, they...
by Kendra Doukas | Feb 26, 2020 | All Posts, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Kendra Doukas
Trauma has always been a focus of my clinical work and I dealt with it long before I received training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Prior to having training in EMDR, I found trauma work to be challenging and slow. It was as if my...
by Sarah Long | Feb 5, 2020 | All Posts, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Sarah Long
“I’m not sure if what I experienced would be considered ‘traumatic’. It’s not like someone died or I was in a war.” I’ve heard many clients question whether a distressing experience could be considered trauma. “How could that really have had an effect on me, other...
by Kendra Doukas | Sep 24, 2019 | All Posts, Breaking Bad Habits, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Kendra Doukas
I’m going to let you in on a little secret that likely won’t come as a complete shock to you—We therapists are sometimes just as avoidant as everyone else when it comes to our own stuff. For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of spiders. And for as long...
