Nourishing and Depleting: Applications As An EMDR Therapy Inventory Strategy
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
April 17, 2025
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Dear Christian Therapists
In a spiritual abuse course that I taught last week online, many survivors poured out their hearts and souls about how much their respective churches
August 1, 2024
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
Caution: Over Spiritualizing Reaction
Do not deny what comes up with your reaction. Reactions aren’t all bad–as some distorted spiritual teachings claim them to be. There are times when
June 2, 2020
I Am All The Jedi… What Do You Do?
There’s a running joke in my family: “Jamie, what do you do?” My brother first asked it when I moved back from Europe and worked
January 23, 2020
Practicing Ahimsa in EMDR Therapy: Yoga Skills for EMDR Therapists
“Violence is a reaction to fear – a key symptom of the dominance that egoism and ignorance have over mind. Violence is not defined
November 19, 2019
Making Peace with Technique
“I have to do what?!?” My gut squelched as I voiced my protest in the form of this question. For years I yearned to take
October 30, 2018
Kitten Paws and Loving Hands: Yoga in the #metoo Era
I am 57, and I have been a yogi since age 43. I have been #metoo declarant since late 2017, a survivor of sexual abuse
July 11, 2018
What Does it Mean to #RedefineTherapy?
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
May 21, 2018