
God is in the Music
This summer, I sat in a chapel run by a major religious order before the Holy Mass where my brother Paul would make his vows
This summer, I sat in a chapel run by a major religious order before the Holy Mass where my brother Paul would make his vows
We are just eleven days into 2021 and I have claimed THIS to be the year that I make peace with food. My intention is
By Dr. Jamie Marich Today I celebrate nineteen years of continuous sobriety from drugs and alcohol. Nineteen is a very important number for me, making
“This is not so much an opioid epidemic we are in – it is more a trauma epidemic that people take opiates for.” – My
There is a highly lauded book in both the yoga and recovery communities called Meditations from the Mat (Rolf Gates, 2002). My experience was slightly less elegant
The Flash Technique (Manfield, Lovett, Engel, & Manfield, 2017) developed by Dr. Phil Manfield has shown that moving a memory is possible without directly activating
Treatment centers and 12-step communities need to begin normalizing dissociation within the addicted person’s experience. Trauma and dissociation are often left out of the discussion
Addiction is a dissociative response. Sounds like common sense, right? For many years we’ve operated in our practices fueled by this assumption. As individuals in
Since dissociation is the essence of trauma, it’s not possible to treat trauma without understanding dissociation. As EMDR therapists, we need to understand it. In
Land Acknowledgment: We would like to acknowledge that the land on which the home offices of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness are located has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, specifically people of the Erie Nation.
We honor and respect the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to these territories on which we gather. We encourage each participant of our programs to increase their awareness of the historical and current realities of indigenous peoples in your local community.
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Dear Friends:
The Institute for Creative Mindfulness continues to keep a close watch on the COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning, we emerged as leaders in providing therapists with important Telehealth skills, and many free resources remain available on our website. We are also leaders in the transition to offering EMDR Therapy Training online, and encourage you to explore our site for these and more opportunities to study with ICM online or in person. A select number of our faculty are offering in person EMDR trainings under safety protocols recommended by their states. Please feel free to make use of our free resources for both clinicians and the community at large.
Best wishes for peace and wellness,
Dr. Jamie Marich