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Issue-Driven Treatment Planning Video (Phase 1 Toolkit)

This video offers guidance and an example of issue-driven treatment planning during Phase One of EMDR therapy.

Getting Started with Phase One Video (Phase 1 Toolkit)

This quick video introduction offers guidance for orienting yourself to Phase One of EMDR therapy and structuring early client sessions.

Healing the Unseen: EMDR Therapy for Invisible Grief

In this powerful episode, we delve into how Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can aid in processing invisible grief—the quiet, unspoken losses…

EMDR Therapy for Anger Management

In this episode with Holly Forman-Patel, LMFT, LPC, we explore how EMDR therapy is used to help people understand & manage anger at its root.

Thorny Topics in the EMDR Therapy Room (Go With That Magazine® Issue)

We examine the thorny, sometimes controversial topics that surface in EMDR therapy sessions and the ethics of confronting trauma head-on.

Counselor’s Corner: Clients with Aphantasia

EMDR therapists respond to the question, “Who has experience treating trauma with EMDR for clients with aphantasia?

Community Voices: Cultural Background, Racial Identity, or Political Beliefs

EMDR therapists recall instances when a client’s cultural background, racial identity, or political beliefs posed a challenge in EMDR therapy.

Self-Care Strategies for Navigating Difficult Conversations

Ideas to practice self-care as a therapist during the current political polarization and constant barrage of information and opinion.

Thorny Topics: Addressing Oppression and Oppression Trauma as Difference in the Room

Talking about differences in the therapy room between therapist and client can be difficult. Here are some tips.

Therapeutic Neutrality in an Age of Polarization: A Buddhist-Informed Approach

As an Israeli-born therapist, I watched in horror as events unfolded after Oct. 7th, followed by a surge in global antisemitism.

Difficult Conversations in the Therapy Room

What do we do with difficult conversations in the therapy room? There are consequences, whether we avoid the issue or address it in some way.

On Being a Therapist in a Divided World

EMDR professionals are not immune to the pressures and tensions that our society is currently experiencing. Helping one another is important.

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