I get a lot of questions about the most effective therapy modalities I use on my HEALing journey. EMDR--Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing--is at the top of my list, but I can only give the layman’s description of what’s happening in my brain. Here is Monica, my trauma therapist, giving an expert’s description of what’s really happening in the brain as a result of trauma and how EMDR helps us to desensitize and reprocess our past experiences.

The result: Life gets easier!!

Highlights of this episode include

💛Dealing with the catch-22 of needing help but not knowing why or exactly what you need help healing from and learning some signs to look for that might help your therapist to help you.

💙Building rapport is fundamental to a successful therapeutic relationship because of the significance of the relationship related to our well-being.

💛Touching on something painful that needs healing should not be confused with a perceived lack of rapport that ends the therapeutic relationship.

💙Sometimes trauma therapy is more challenging than the trauma itself, but persevering through the difficulty is paramount to healing.

💛Victims carry shame that is not ours, like an infection the perpetrator gives us.

💙Beyond EMDR to brain spotting and expanding positive feelings.

Resources related to this episode

✨On the www: Monica Borschel, PhD - Attachment and Divorce Recovery Coach

✨Connect with Dr Monica on FB: drmonicaborschel | Facebook

✨Connect with Dr Monica on IG: drmonicaborschel | Instagram

✨Connect with Dr Monica on LI: Monica Borschel, Ph.D. | LinkedIn

Connect with the HEALing Mentor on social media

@bethjoneshealingmentor on FB, IG, LI & TT

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