You don't have to go through a traumatic event firsthand to be affected by trauma. If your work or personal life regularly puts you close to other people's pain, crises, or emergencies, you can absorb the impact of those experiences even though they didn't happen...
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) tends to sound a little mysterious before you've tried it — "eye movements" doesn't immediately explain how a therapy actually works. If you're considering EMDR and want a clearer picture of what to expect before your first session, here's...
When people think about trauma, they often picture something dramatic and obvious — a single catastrophic event, a diagnosis, a before-and-after moment. Sometimes that's accurate. But a lot of unprocessed trauma is quieter than that. It doesn't announce itself. It just shapes how you move...
If you're new to therapy, or new to EMDR specifically, it's natural to wonder how it's actually different from "regular" talk therapy — and whether you need to choose one or the other. The honest answer is that they work in different ways, and for...