Let's Talk EMDR

Polyvagal theory and EMDR are two well-respected theoretical and practical models with immense implications for therapeutic practice. What is polyvagal theory, and how does it work with EMDR therapy? What should EMDR therapists know about integrating this into their work? How can polyvagal-informed EMDR therapy help to heal trauma? Learn more from Rebecca Kase, LCSW. Kase & Co Resources & Downloads (free)Polyvagal-Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to HealingFocal Point BlogEMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on X,  @EMDR_IA on Instagram, Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsEMDRIA FoundationMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

According to the Lean In Project 2021 report, "Women in the Workplace: Black Women," more than 60 percent of Black women have been personally affected by racial trauma in the last year. In a 2024 report from Lean In, "The State of Latinas in Corporate America," only one percent of C-suite executives are Latina.  How can EMDR therapy help women of color deal with their trauma? Find out with Marisol Erlacher, LPC.Black Women Are Safer Working from Home with Simone Ross, TEDx Cherry Creek WomenResilience and Resistance Podcast with Marisol Solarte-ErlacherThe Highland Project on InstagramGo With That MagazineTM, EMDR & Racial Trauma, Fall 2020, Volume 25, Issue 3 (log in req)Focal Point Blog, How Can EMDR Therapists Increase Safety for BIPOC Clients?, July 11, 2022EMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on X,  @EMDR_IA on Instagram, Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsEMDRIA FoundationMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

The American Psychological Association defines stress resilience as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress." Stress and trauma are often part of life. How can we learn to be more resilient when facing stress and trauma? Can EMDR therapy help? Find out what Rachael Miller, LCPC, NCC, says about EMDR and stress resilience. ResourcesFocal Point Blog: Stress and Understanding Resilience Through EMDRGo With That MagazineTM: Understanding Resiliency Through EMDR Therapy(login req), Volume 26, Issue 1, Winter 2021"How EMDR Works," English version, EMDR Netherlands, YouTube"How EMDR Works", Dutch version, EMDR Netherlands, YouTubeEMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on X,  @EMDR_IA on Instagram, Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsEMDRIA FoundationMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

What happens when you see a therapist for an issue you are having, only to discover that there is another underlying issue fueling the first? Patty Cabot met EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant Leah Leatherbee, LCSW-R, to help with her eating disorder, which was driven by years of sexual abuse. How can EMDR therapy help?  Focal Point Blog: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders by Marnie DavisGo With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders (login req), Volume 28, Issue 4, Fall 2023Go With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy, Sexual Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence (login req), Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 2023EMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsEMDRIA FoundationMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

How does EMDR therapy help children and teens make sense of the internal fragmentation of dissociation?  An active and flexible approach to EMDR makes therapists bolder in leading young people to trauma work, even in cases with significant and complex early trauma. Children and teens have unique developmental challenges. How does an EMDR therapist structure the participation and support of attachment figures? EMDR certified therapist, consultant trainer, and play therapist Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S, shares what she knows. Playful EMDRFocal Point Blog: Creative BLS with Children and Adolescents Go With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy with Children & Adolescents (member login req)Go With That Magazine TM: EMDR Therapy and Challenging Teenagers (member login req)EMDR Therapy Toolkit for Children (English & Spanish) (member login req)EMDRIA Client Brochures for children (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsEMDRIA FoundationMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Did you know that one person dies from an eating disorder every hour? Did you also know that EMDR therapy can help? EMDR-certified therapist and consultant Marnie Davis, MA. LMHC discusses her experience with clients who have eating disorders and how EMDR therapy heals. Jim Knipe's Loving Eyes ProtocolWhat is AIP (Adaptive Information Processing)? Internal Family Systems National Alliance for Eating DisordersThe Positive Treatment Goal by A.J. Popky Focal Point Blog: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders by Marnie DavisGo With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders (login req), Volume 28, Issue 4, Fall 2023The Association for Size Diversity and Health"Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders" (book) by  Editors Andrew Seubert, NCC, LMHC, and Pam Virdi, MEd, RMN, CPNEMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)EMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Cancer. HIV/Aids. Long Covid. Back, joint, and muscular-skeletal pain.  Pulmonary diseases. What do these all have in common? They are considered a serious illness. People who deal with them are usually in it for the long run. Serious illness is a health condition that carries a high risk of mortality AND either negatively impacts a person's daily function or quality of life, OR excessively strains their caregivers, according to the U.S. National Institutes for Health. Can EMDR therapy help deal with the trauma of the diagnosis? Yes, says EMDR Certified Therapist, Trainer, and Consultant Rick Levinson, LCSW. Find out more in this episode.  Resources"What is EMDR Therapy? Past, Present & Future," Journal of EMDR Practice & Research, Vol 15, Issue 4, 20218 Phases of EMDR Resources (member login req)EMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)Focal Point  BlogEMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

According to the U.S. National Institute for Mental Health, an estimated 4.7 percent of the population experience a panic disorder at some time in their lives. They define a panic disorder as "an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. These episodes occur “out of the blue,” not in conjunction with a known fear or stressor." EMDR Certified Therapist, Trainer and Consultant Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW, talks about how EMDR therapy can help with a panic disorder. ResourcesEMDR Therapy for Panic Attack Disorders with or without Agoraphobia,  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: EMDR Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets. Treating Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive, and Mood-Related Conditions (pp.51-70), Chapter: EMDR Therapy protocol for Panic Disorders with or without Agoraphobia. Ferdinand Horst, Ad de Jongh, 2015EMDR Treatment of Simple, Complex, and Associative Panic, EMDRIA Conference, 2020, OnDemand Course EMDR in the Treatment of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: A Case Description, Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Hvovi Bhagwager, 2016EMDRIA Client Brochures Focal Point  BlogEMDRIA Library EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

A study in 2022 from the National Council of Youth Sports reported that 60 million youths between the ages of six and 18 are playing organized sports. Yet, seven out of those 10 youths dropped out by age 13. Can past traumas impact an athlete's performance? Yes, says EMDR-certified therapist and consultant Jennie Abito Carlestav, LMFT. Learn more about how EMDR therapy can help to heal those traumas and improve performance in sports, the workplace and performing and the creative arts.  ResourcesJennie Carlestav, LMFT direct websiteThis Is Your Brain on Sports by L. Jon Wertheim & Sam SommersThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.TICES (Target = image + cognition + emotions + sensations) Support for Sport - Mental Performance Warm-up ScriptThe Progressive Muscle Relaxation Script from the National Center for PTSD (VA)I Love to Watch You PlayHeartmath.comNational Council of Youth SportsEMDRIA Client Brochures Focal Point  BlogEMDRIA EMDR and Diversity, Community and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG)EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

According to the U.S. Census 2019, there were an estimated 22.9 million Asian Americans, 1.6 million Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders (AANHPI), together accounting for 7.2 percent of the nation's population. The percentage of Asian alone-or-in-combination military veterans in 2021 was 2.4 percent. While the population numbers might seem small, the AANPHI community has also been touched by trauma. Enter EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant-in-Training Sherry Yam, LCSW, to discuss how EMDR therapy can help to heal members of this community and their collective trauma. ResourcesEMDRIA Client Brochures Focal Point  BlogEMDRIA EMDR and Diversity, Community and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG)EMDRIA Practice ResourcesEMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR TherapistsMusical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.Produced by Kim Howard, CAELearn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.