Kini Chang is a practicing Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oakland, CA. Her passion and expertise is in intergenerational trauma, addressing systemic and historical trauma experienced by communities of color. She prides herself in a holistic approach to treatment where her modalities and interventions support and heal the whole person. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychology where she teaches graduate and undergraduate students at Holy Names University, Golden Gate University, and Ohlone College. 

In previous podcast episodes, Whytli, along with many other guests, have briefly mentioned that they went through EMDR therapy when healing from their traumas. In this week's episode, we have EMDR therapist, Kini Chang, here to dive deeper into the subject, explaining what EMDR actually is, how it works, the healing benefits, and what a session might entail. Kini shares how she processed her own childhood trauma going through EMDR sessions. After the fact, she decided she wanted to one day specialize in EMDR therapy. 

Kini covers the following topics:

• How she healed her abandonment issues through EMDR therapy
• What an EMDR session generally entails 
• Addressing disassociation in trauma work
• Attachment-Focused EMDR vs. Intergenerational EMDR
• Self care post-therapy session
• Triggers and retraumatization
• Building in coping skills that stimulate happy hormones
• Coping with 2020

Tune in to hear it all from Kini herself!!

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Resources:

• Better Help -- Online Counseling Services
• Psychology Today -- Find a Therapist

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Connect with Kini & her work:

• Website: kinichang.com
• Instagram: @wellnesswithkini

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Song: Scars to Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara

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