As many of you know, I’ve been doing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with a skilled therapist. (To learn about two of my earlier sessions, see my previous posts from Oct. 11, 2014 “EMDR Works!” and Oct. 25, 2014 “Skipping Along with EMDR.” ) This week, we worked on a somatic issue–a freeze that… Continue Reading
Skipping Along with EMDR
This blog is becoming a report site for the success of my EMDR therapy, which I guess is a good thing because readers hear about yet one more way to heal from trauma. This method, EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is one of the most powerful I’ve encountered, but I imagine my grand… Continue Reading
EMDR Works!
After my EMDR session last week, I walked through the aisles of Sprouts Farmers Market, feeling super UN-self-conscious! I felt large–large in the sense of being fully present in myself–and free–as in gliding through air, curious at all the wonderful colors and people and sights and sounds. It’s not like I don’t ever experience these… Continue Reading
EMDR on the Horizon: Wish Me Luck!
This coming Friday, I will be doing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).* Don’t ask me what it really is–I’ll tell you after my first session. As I understand it though, from reading an interview with the trauma expert Dr. Van der Kolk and hearing people’s reports over the years, it’s a way of desensitizing… Continue Reading