What’s The DIF?
When clients come to EMDR Therapy, the first phase includes history taking, symptom identification, and screening for suitability for EMDR...
EMDR intensives?
What is an EMDR Intensive? An EMDR Intensive is when a client decides to do a session that may last 3-5 days, 6-8 hours per day, versus attending...
General Observations About EMDR Therapy
General observations about EMDR therapy. EMDR is not unlike many other therapies in the sense that the client is the one who does their healing...
What IS EMDR?
It seems to me that there is a lot of mystery about EMDR in the community. Not only that but there seems to be a bit of ‘contempt prior to...
What’s Maladaptive?
I’ve been thinking about the word ‘maladaptive,’ and how it is used in mental health. Meriam Webster online suggests the...
Ponderings of a Therapist’s Mind
I have decided to begin these weekly reflections as a sort of journal. The purpose is to share insights and occasional aha moments, questions that...
How To Prepare For Therapy
People come to therapy for various reasons: Sometimes they want a diagnosis: ‘whats wrong with me?’ they ask. There may be reasons for wanting a...
EMDR and Traditional Aboriginal Healing Ceremonies…anything-in-common
Making the link between EMDR and traditional Aboriginal healing ceremonies is conceptually easy for me. Traditional Aboriginal healing ceremonies...