Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn, "Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal" (Workman Publishing Company, 2021)

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Jun 6, 2025

Michael Baldwin, a trauma survivor and communications leader, and Deborah Korn, a clinical psychologist specializing in EMDR, discuss the transformative power of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. They share personal stories of healing, highlighting how EMDR alleviates emotional distress caused by trauma—both big and small. The pair encourages listeners to recognize their own traumatic experiences and emphasizes the importance of a supportive therapeutic relationship. They also advocate for mental health awareness and accessibility to EMDR therapy.

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ANECDOTE

Michael's Transformative EMDR Journey

Michael Baldwin had a 22-year journey through seven therapists before discovering EMDR therapy.
His visual thinking inspired the book's unique style combining images with text to explain trauma and EMDR.

ANECDOTE

Hidden Trauma Behind Symptoms

Michael experienced uncontrollable panic, phobias, and nightmares he did not connect to trauma for decades.
Only after EMDR therapy did he understand these as frozen traumas from childhood abuse and neglect.

INSIGHT

Key Mechanism of EMDR Therapy

EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to reduce trauma memory intensity and reprocess beliefs.
It helps clients access traumatic memories safely and integrate new, positive beliefs.

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Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal

An introduction to EMDR, a proven trauma therapy with the power to heal, cowritten by a world-renowned therapist and a patient who experienced transformative relief through EMDR therapy.
Trauma is a part of life.
You or someone you care about has probably experienced trauma, whether “big-T” trauma, such as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or the more common but no less significant “little-t” trauma that can result from divorce, job loss, painful childhood experiences, or any situation where you felt worthless, afraid, or powerless. Untreated trauma can lead to long lasting effects such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and difficulties maintaining intimate relationships.
But the good news is that we can heal—and it doesn’t have to take a lifetime. EMDR (which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a unique type of psychotherapy proven to help people recover from trauma and improve the quality of their lives.
Cowritten by a patient who experienced transformative relief from trauma through EMDR therapy, and a world-renowned psychologist who explains exactly how and why EMDR works, Every Memory Deserves Respect provides clear information while offering inspiration and hope.
Through compelling science, personal stories, and powerful photographic images, we learn how trauma is stored in the brain and body, continuing to cause pain and suffering, and how EMDR frees us by repatterning our thinking and emotional reactions. It explains why talk therapy has only a limited impact on trauma recovery, describes what to expect from gentle and targeted EMDR therapy, and offers guidance on how to find a therapist who is just right for you.

Dr. Deborah Korn, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Cambridge,MA. She is on the faculties of the EMDR Institute in CA and the Trauma Research Foundation in Boston. She is also an EMDR International, Association-approved Consultant, and presents and consults internationally on the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect.

Michael Baldwin is an accomplished leader in the communications industry with more than 35 years of award-winning work in advertising. He is the founder and principal of the branding and communication firm MICHAEL BALDWIN INC, located in New York. Michael is a trauma survivor actively engaged in the process of recovery.

You can learn more about each of the authors and about the book by visiting their website everymemorydeservesrespect.com

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