Pal, This is Not a Holy War
As I slowly moved down another painful declining portion on my second day walking the Camino de Santiago, my already injured knee rolled in and
November 14, 2022
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Category: EMDR Therapy
Maybe You Don’t Need One More Certification
One of my favorite films is the 1996 sporting classic Jerry Maguire. The movie left us with many memorable lines including “Show me the money!,”
July 14, 2022
Do Your Politics Impact Your Clinical Effectiveness?
Originally published on the NALGAP-Addiction Professional Blog, August 2016 Nothing makes my stomach turn quite so vigorously as when I see a helping professional make
July 1, 2022
Creating a Training Oasis in an Online Environment
I recently had a conversation with a dear friend at an in-person training we were both a part of; she in the role of facilitator,
February 8, 2022
An Open Letter to the EMDR Community: Stop Passing Off Your Opinions as Facts
There are many hot button issues in the EMDR community that get discussed in formal consultation, or informally in the online support groups. A shortlist
May 26, 2021
An Open Letter to Embodied Therapists: Stop Saying You Do “Weird” Stuff
Several years ago a workshop attendee came up to me after a continuing education class to pay me a compliment. The attendee relayed to me
March 3, 2021
Mindfulness as “Module 2.5” of the Palette of EMDR Interventions in Addiction (PEIA): Implications for Trauma-Focused Care
“This is not so much an opioid epidemic we are in – it is more a trauma epidemic that people take opiates for.” – My
February 4, 2021
Experimental Theatre, Drama Therapy, and EMDR Therapy: Pathways to the Self
During my time as a student in the drama department at NYU, in between presenting scenes, and performing in plays, I spent a lot of
January 11, 2021
Bulk Flash within Ego State Therapy
The Flash Technique (Manfield, Lovett, Engel, & Manfield, 2017) developed by Dr. Phil Manfield has shown that moving a memory is possible without directly activating
August 26, 2020