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A few weeks ago I published a piece called “Let’s Stop Ethics Shaming Things We Don’t Like,” and I am delighted by the response it

At the 2026 EMDRIA Conference, Amy Wagner presented Both Sides Matter: Bridging Learned and Lived Experience in Trauma Therapy, exploring the important and sometimes complicated intersection

Since I wrote EMDR Made Simple: Four Approaches for Using EMDR with Every Client (Premier Publishing & Media, 2011), I’ve been fascinated by comparing the dynamics that

In October 2025, my essay Closing a Chapter on EMDR went viral…at least as viral as things can go in a community as insular as the EMDR

I travel in many circles that are full of people who want to change the world. Whether they are therapists, therapist educators, spiritual practitioners, or

I do not call myself a dysregulated survivor of sexual assault, molestation, betrayal, physical abuse or psychological trauma. I won’t even call myself a thriver.

Date scribed: November 10th 2023 There is a BIG difference between fixing and healing a plural system; and though most well-meaning clinicians use terms and

An Excerpt from The Portable Supervisor: The Essential Guide for Students and Mental Health Professionals, by Wendy Nathan Creativity in Session I want to go

The holidays are a time of enhanced emotional experiences for most people. The lights, anticipation of family togetherness, music, and nostalgia can create feelings of

The call and response poem is when 2, 3, or more folks are gathered together. One person starts with a title or first line, and

When you are young and disabled, nobody tells you that one day, using your arms as legs will cause your shoulders to wear down, you

At some point in 2017, Irene Rodriguez, one of my dearest friends and professional collaborators, mentioned that she wanted to walk the Camino de Santiago. 

The ocean is the dance and The waves are the dancers Rolling with the beauty No questioning the magic Of the ocean Poem of Response