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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing /
Bilateral Stimulation Therapy
What is EMDR?
What is EMDR?
If you’re exploring therapy and keep hearing the term EMDR, you’re not alone. You may be wondering, “What is EMDR, and do I need it?”
In this blog, I will break EMDR down in a way that hopefully feels accessible and not too clinical. Click here to read more...
What EMDR is NOT
What EMDR is NOT
EMDR therapy has been in the news lately as celebrities have been talking about how much it has helped in their healing. If you’ve heard of EMDR but feel unsure about what it really involves, click here to read more about what EMDR is vs. what it is not.
What is the EMDR Experience Like?
What is the EMDR Experience Like?
Starting something new in therapy can feel intimidating — especially if it’s something as unfamiliar as EMDR can seem to those who are new to it. Click here to learn about what exactly you can expect in an EMDR session.
ATTACHMENT STYLES & WOUNDS
What is Attachment & Why Does It Matter?
What is Attachment & Why Does It Matter?
Curious about how your attachment style might be showing up in your relationships? Click here to understand more about how early bonds shape our adult relationships—and how therapy can help us rewrite the story.
How Attachment Wounds Show Up in Adulthood
How Attachment Wounds Show Up in Adulthood
Attachment wounds are the emotional injuries we carry from early experiences of feeling unseen, unsafe, or unimportant. To learn more about attachment wounds and how they can be healed, click here.
Building Secure Attachment in Therapy
Building Secure Attachment in Therapy
You didn't choose the way you learned to connect to others within relationships-- but you can choose how you heal. To learn more about how to move toward secure attachment as an adult, click here.
What is Betrayal Trauma?
What is Betrayal Trauma?
When someone we love and depend on breaks our trust — through infidelity, secrecy, or dishonesty — the impact goes far deeper than heartbreak. This is called betrayal trauma, and it can affect not only our emotions but also our nervous system, sense of identity, and ability to trust others in the future.
How Betrayal Trauma Impacts the Nervous System
How Betrayal Trauma Impacts the Nervous System
When the foundation of trust is broken in a relationship, the effects extend far beyond the event itself. Infidelity and other betrayals often leave partners struggling with a deep sense of shock, loss, and disorientation.
Parenting Through Infidelity
Parenting Through Infidelity
When infidelity shatters a relationship, the pain rarely stops with the betrayed partner. Children, even when they don’t know the details, often feel the ripple effects of betrayal trauma. preoccupied. Kids are astute observers, and what they can’t understand in words, they sense in tone, energy, and presence.
Adolescent & Teen Therapy
What Kids Today are Really Dealing With
What Kids Today are Really Dealing With
Being a teenager has never been easy—but today’s teens are navigating a world unlike anything previous generations have experienced.
Click here to read more about some of the latest research and how therapy might help.
Why Your Kid's / Teen's Emotions Feel So BIG
Why Your Kid's / Teen's Emotions Feel So BIG
If you’re parenting a teen right now, you may feel like you’re living on an emotional rollercoaster. One moment everything seems fine—then suddenly, there’s a slammed door, tears, or total withdrawal.
Click here to read more about what is going on with your teen's brain and how to help.
For Teens: You Aren't Overreacting--You're Overwhelmed
For Teens: You Aren't Overreacting--You're Overwhelmed
If you’ve ever felt like your emotions come out of nowhere, hit like a wave, or take over before you even know what’s happening—you’re not alone.
Click here to learn some tools for when you feel this way.
Adolescent & Teen Therapy (Separation / Divorce / Infidelity)
Helping Kids Understand Why Some Details Are Kept Private
Helping Kids Understand Why Some Details Are Kept Private
Don't let your trauma become their trauma. When something painful happens in your relationship—like infidelity or separation—it can be difficult to know what (and how much) to share with your child. Click here to read more.
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