Our work and our mission is to redefine therapy and our conversations are about the art and practice of healing. This blog was launched in May 2018 by Dr. Jamie Marich, affiliates, and friends.
Originally published on the Dancing Mindfulness Expressive Arts Therapy Blog, 5/4/2017 If you’ve followed Dancing Mindfulness and other projects connected to my Institute for Creative Mindfulness work, you’ve likely encountered the hashtag #redefinetherapy. What started as a book chapter and a hashtag is quickly turning into a movement that you
When I began drafting Dissociation Made Simple at the beginning of 2022, I thought the phrase dissociation is not a dirty word might be a better title for the
I am a trauma survivor who has been repeatedly failed by therapy. I am also a trauma therapist questioning if I want to stay in
Every week I seem to hear a colleague or someone in the online space taking about teaching people the skills that they need to regulate
Since beginning my therapeutic journey in 2008, I have made it a practice—without fail—to say“Thank you” as I walk out of every session. On the
To my knowledge I was the first EMDR Therapy trainer and author to “come out” as a person living with dissociative identities. And not in
I often tell my EMDR Therapy students that if I had it my way, I would place EMDR Therapy Phase 2 (Preparation) before EMDR Therapy
With Dr. Jamie Marich selling the Institute for Creative Mindfulness at the end of 2026, she is also bringing an end to the Advanced Certificate Program in
Could it be that we’ve gone too far in stripping the spirit and soul out of therapy and have created a new altar of empirical
The announcement that I am about to make will come as a surprise to many of you, yet not to those of you who know
DISCLAIMER: I write this from a perspective shaped by both privilege and adversity. I’ve benefited from access to education and hold a professional title that
Tears filled my eyes when I took to the podium for my presentation at the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) Annual Conference on Sunday, September 14
As EMDR therapists working with clients who have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or complex dissociative systems, Phase II resourcing isn’t just a step—it’s the foundation.
When I was in sixth grade, my cousin and I went to a Lady Gaga concert in Detroit. It was, in many ways, a queer
During the last six weeks of his life on this earth, I brought my Baba all the ice cream that he wanted. One night in
I couldn’t scream. Yet, there were those inside that wished they did. A little girl who wanted to scream But instead was still. Frozen with
One of the loveliest practices I ever learned for my own self-care is to make a two column list. In one column, I write down
Starting in 2026, I will officially be dropping the “Institute” from our EMDR Therapy training company The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, at which time the
Several days before the stunt of TikTok going dark for 12 hours in the United States, many creators posted content in the vein of, farewell,
A program called Open to Debate recently invited me to debate the topic of whether or not Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), as a program of recovery,
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.