EMDR & Therapy Approaches
Somatic Therapy: What It Is and How It Helps
Somatic therapy is a category of therapeutic approaches that work directly with the body and nervous system to address the physical and emotional residues of…
Polyvagal Theory Explained Simply: The Three States Guide
Polyvagal theory explained simply: your nervous system has three primary modes — ventral vagal (safe and social), sympathetic (mobilized for fight or flight), and dorsal…
EMDR Side Effects: What’s Normal & How to Manage Them
EMDR side effects are the short-term physical, emotional, and cognitive responses that can arise during and between EMDR sessions as the brain processes traumatic material.…
How to Feel Your Feelings Instead of Intellectualizing Them
You can name the feeling. You can explain where it came from. You can trace it back to your childhood and your parents and the…
EMDR Side Effects: What to Expect During and After Therapy
If you’re considering EMDR therapy — or you’ve already started and are wondering if what you’re experiencing is normal — this guide is for you.…
What Happens in Your Brain During EMDR Therapy
Most people who come to EMDR therapy are curious about the same thing: what is actually happening when I follow those eye movements? It can…
EMDR Therapy for Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma is not just a memory — it is a nervous system that was shaped by what happened, a sense of self that formed…
How EMDR Therapy Helps Trauma Survivors Heal and Move Forward
If you’ve been researching trauma therapy, you’ve almost certainly come across EMDR. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the most extensively researched and…
How Mental Health Ties Into the Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems
If you’ve ever wondered why anxiety feels physical — why your heart races, your breathing shallows, and your muscles tense when nothing is physically threatening…