Working from the Outside-In

Working from the
Inside-Out

The tools I use:

EMDR

Brainspotting

Guided Imagery/Creative Visualization

Ego State Work

Somatic/Body Awareness – Mindfulness

Energy Therapies

EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

EMDR is a powerful therapy that has been shown, and supported by over 20 years of research, to effectively diminish symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and, consequently, depression and anxiety. It pulls together the essential facets of many of the key therapies of the last 100 years of psychotherapy: Cognitive and behavioral therapies, gestalt therapy, psychodynamic therapy (those that believe that today’s behaviors are the results of past experiences and traumas), and the somatic, or body oriented, therapies.

Most importantly, EMDR works to tap into your own, already present, innate healing system within. We work to diminish the effects of trauma, both big and little trauma, and allow the wisdom and “knowing” within you come forth and reclaim your truth…to access what your wise self already knows. Your wise, adult self knows that the danger of the past trauma is no longer present, but your emotional mind doesn’t know that and keeps reacting to danger. The wise mind knows that what happened is not your fault…but it still feels that way no matter what you tell yourself. Your inner knowing is that the event is in the past…”just let it go”….but the body still feels it and reacts as if it’s happening right now. EMDR reduces and eliminates those symptoms and allows the whole brain and mind to work together so the self can experience and live what it already knows.

Since this is such a primary focus of how I work, I have included separate links to more information on what EMDR is and how it works.

For more reading on EMDR, I suggest:

EMDR: Breakthrough “Eye Movement” Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma – Updated Edition By Francine Shapiro and Margot Silk Forrest

Emotional Healing at Warp Speed: The Power of EMDR by David Grand, Ph.D.
www.biolateral.com