Their training was not EMDRIA-Approved Their EMDRIA-Approved trainer just happens to be their boss They treat present-day or recent issues while ignoring early childhood They do not give you something called the DES-II (at least) They began waving their fingers around at your first session They do online therapy without an EMDR app They say, "let's do some EMDR this session" (trust me) They don't address self-care, or other blocks to therapy, such as a need for marriage thera

Most of my clients do not have PTSD overtly. They should, due to childhood trauma, but having PTSD symptoms would have been inconvenient...

Most people, including most doctors and therapists, assume that "trauma" means "PTSD." This is wrong . Simple PTSD is in my experience...

You have likely noticed that most of the past photos (before this post) on my blog entries have been removed. A law firm called Higbee &...

I am entirely specialized as a trauma therapist, but if you need other types of therapy, keep reading. I work with with children and...

When you eat a sugary or carbohydrate-based breakfast, your blood sugar goes sky-high and then crashes in an hour. The body perceives...

I suppose the picture says it all (Note: The picture has been removed--it contained a Frederick Douglass quote, "It is easier to build...

Therapy of any type needs treatment planning, which by my definition is an agreement between the therapist and client(s) as to what the...

Here's why I primarily appeal to common sense in this blog rather than quoting research (although I do that too). Before I say this,...