What is EMDR Therapy and How is it Used?
Do you have trauma that you’re looking to heal? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a proven psychotherapy approach effective for the treatment of trauma. The goal of EMDR is to process your traumatic experience in a way that rewires the brain to react differently in the future to these memories of the trauma. […]
Somatic Therapy for Trauma
Guest post by Linette Howard Your day probably follows a certain routine. And more than likely, in that routine, you find a sense of normalcy and comfort. However, as a human being you also have times when you feel out of sorts or strangely anxious. You might notice that your daily routines – […]
Art Therapy and Healing Trauma
guest post by Becky J. How does art therapy help people who have experienced trauma? When we are born and begin to develop as human beings, our first expressions are nonverbal. As we age and develop the use of language, we become conditioned to the functions of a society that communicates mostly with words. It […]
Treating Anxiety with Internal Family Systems Therapy
guest post by Sheri Leasure, LCSW Have you ever had an argument with yourself? For example, you get invited to a party and the following dialogue takes place inside your head: “I really should go. I haven’t been to anything social in weeks.” “But what if I say something stupid? Or can’t find anything to […]
The Truth You Probably Don’t Know About Gun Violence and Mental Health
Guest post by Jennifer DiCostanzo, LCSW, CADC, CODP1 Let me start off by making it clear that this piece is not political. It is not intended to persuade an opinion about the Second Amendment in either direction. Rather, it is to destigmatize mental illness and to be an advocate for a community I have devoted […]