You may have heard of EMDR and wonder what it is and how it works. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy was developed by Francine Shapiro in the late ‘80s. Her first publication came out in 1989. Since then, it has been demonstrated to dramatically accelerate the process of change. … [Read more...]

I’d like to share an article with you that I have found helpful in describing our collective experience right now. In it, Pauline Boss, PhD is cited for the concept of "...ambiguous loss: any loss that's unclear and lacks resolution". This includes the loss of life, employment, connection and … [Read more...]

Life in the Time of COVID-19 There are a lot of invitations to fear out there right now. Besides the virus, people are worried about the election, the environment, the stock market, and on it goes. Even reading that sentence might have elevated your blood pressure a few points. Fear isn’t … [Read more...]

As shelter in place continues, it's understandably harder for people to feel motivated. But more often than not, people attribute lack of motivation to a character flaw. They worry that if they relax, they might never be productive again. Anxious and self-punishing thoughts present themselves as … [Read more...]