In the News
Forbes article “10 Therapist-Approved Tips for Overcome Stress and Anxiety” recommends the Butterfly Hug to “make you feel more grounded.” The article mentions two EMDRIA Members Tiffany Green, LCPC and Janet Bayramyan, LCSW.
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EMDRIA member Alissa Dillon, LCMHC shares about her passion for trauma treatment and EMDR therapy in Manchester InkLink article “Nonprofit Offers Free PTSD Treatment for Veterans.”
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EMDR therapy benefitted Veteran Jeff Tynan ““It’s been life changing” as discussed in Nevada County, California’s YubaNet.com’s article “Veterans Get the Help They Need Through Veterans Outreach and Wellness Program.”
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EMDRIA member Laura Morse, LPC is featured in EIN NewsDesk article “Sun Point Counseling Sets a New Standard in Mental Health Care & Clinician Excellence.” Morse is quoted “Our trauma-informed approach and expertise in therapies like EMDR allow us to truly meet clients where they are.”
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“EMDR therapy is the gold standard [for PTSD], recommended by both the American Psychological Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies” states Oprah Daily’s Word of the Week article on “PTSD: This is Trauma Dialed Up to 10.”
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Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay shares that EMDR therapy is one of several approaches she used in her healing journey. “These modalities gave me my life back” she states in this MSN article “Mariska Hargitay Reveals the 3 Types of Therapy That ‘Gave Me My Life Back’ After Childhood Trauma.”
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The Northern Express article “Inside the Science of EMDR” shares how “local [Michigan] mental health experts explore the growing interest in EMDR therapy” and “EMDR is not the removal of memory, nor is it a form of hypnosis—a common misconception… [but rather it is] “targeting different parts of the brain to reframe how we remember trauma.”
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EMDRIA member Elizabeth Moore PhD, LPC and campus-based mental health professional is featured in MountaineerENews article “Moore named Counselor of the Year.”
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EMDR therapy is mentioned as choice of therapy for survivors in MDLinx’s article “The ‘Diddy Effect'” Next Steps For the Identified Victims.”
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Writer Natalie Camacho tells her first hand experience with EMDR therapy in VoxMedia PS article “What EMDR Therapy is Really Like, According to Someone Who Did It.”
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Celebrity chef, actor and lifestyle expert Valerie Bertinelli opens up about her struggles with anxiety attacks, mentioning EMDR as part of her journey in Today‘s article “Valerie Bertinelli Shows the Effects of Her ‘Really Bad Anxiety Attack’ in Raw Video.”
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Lymedisease.org article recaps a Love, Hope, Lyme podcast which discusses the “parallels between surviving domestic violence and managing chronic Lyme disease.” Dr. Jennifer Gardella shares her experience in “Parallels Between Chronic Lyme Trauma and Domestic Violence” stating EMDR therapy as helpful: “Trauma memories sit on top of our psyche like pond scum,” she explains. “EMDR breaks apart that scum, allowing new memories to flow in.”
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EMDR therapy is mentioned as the healing turning point in the personal story of a first responder who survived a brother’s death in The Mountaineer article “15 Years After a Man Died in the Nutty Putty Cave, His Family and Rescuers Still Struggle to Escape the Darkness.”
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The mortgage industry benefits from EMDR therapy as The Intermediary‘s article “EXCLUSIVE: Property Circle’s Sarah Hartwell Discusses Overcoming PTSD in New MIMHC Video” reports. Interviewee Sarah Hartwell was featured in a Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) interview series opening up about her journey citing EMDR therapy and advocating for mental health issue awareness.
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- Learn more about EMDR at the EMDRIA Library
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- Search for an EMDR Training Provider
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- Learn more about EMDRIA membership
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Date
November 29, 2024
