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The Client Who Said EMDR Did Not Work for Her
When a client tells you EMDR didn't work, or parts work made things worse, the modality is rarely the problem. What goes wrong most often is timing when you’re reaching for a technique before the relational foundation can hold it. Here's what that looks like, and why sequencing is the most underrated clinical skill you have.
Why EMDR Sessions Stall: Understanding Signal Loss, Dissociation, and Preverbal Trauma
When the room goes heavy and your eyelids feel like lead, most therapists call it fatigue and push through. But that exhaustion is somatic data, the broadcast of a young part that just stepped into the room and doesn't feel safe being seen. Here's how to find the baby in the basement before the session becomes a washout.
Why Your Client’s Brain Has No Folders
You try a different angle. You try resourcing. You circle back to the protocol. And you both leave a little quieter than when you started. When EMDR gets stuck, it's often not the client, but it's that preverbal wounds don't live in folders. They live in the body, still running as current.
The "Holy" Object in Your Therapy Room
If you have a client who can narrate their trauma with precision but recoils the moment you move toward it, you've met the Symptom Shrine. It's not resistance. It's devotion. And waiting for it to be "ready" isn't patience, it's the Burnout Premium in disguise.
The Skills Gap That Isn't a Skills Gap: When Certification Can't Fix the Ceiling
She had the most advanced EMDR training, and she kept freezing at the moment a client's system started to really open up. The problem wasn't her skills. It was her nervous system's capacity to stay regulated at depth. Here's what no certification actually teaches.
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What does it mean by “the body keeps the score”?
How our body remembers and holds on to trauma.
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It's Nice to Say No
Learning how to better set boundaries for yourself.
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The Science Behind Trauma I How Trauma Differs from Stress
A deeper dive into how trauma differs from stress.
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Working with Shame
Helping your clients push past feelings of shame.