What is a personality disorder? According to the American Psychiatric Association, 10 personality disorders are defined as one's thinking, feeling, and behaving deviating from the culture's expectations, causing distress or problems functioning, and lasting over time. The pattern of experience and behavior usually begins by late adolescence or early adulthood and causes distress or problems in functioning. Without treatment, personality disorders can be long-lasting. We interview EMDR certified therapist, consultant, and trainer Jamie Sedgwick about how EMDR therapy can help with personality disorders and attachment trauma. 

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. And, every nine minutes, that victim is a child. In this episode, we talk with EMDR-certified therapist, consultant, and virtual trainer Kristina Anderson about her work with victims of sexual assault and abuse. Find out how EMDR therapy can help heal.

• National Sexual Violence Resource Center 
• Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
• 1in6.org
• Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP)
• Focal Point Blog
• EMDRConsulting.com
• TherapistAid.com
• Denim Day 
• The Social Dilemma Documentary 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "expressive arts"? Sculpture? Dance? Poetry? Painting or coloring? Drumming? Storyboards? These and more are considered expressive arts in the EMDR therapist community. Listen to Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S, talk about how he implements expressive arts into his EMDR therapy practice. Find out how clients respond to integrating this approach. 

• Our award-winning Go With That magazine's Spring 2022 issue on EMDR Therapy, Integrative Therapies, and Expressive Arts 
• Marshall Lyles.com
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Being part of a couple is never easy. Being part of a couple where one or both partners brings past trauma into the relationship makes it more difficult. Can couples go to EMDR therapy together? If so, what does that look like? Enter Dr. Jason Linder, LMFT, a couples therapist offering EMDR therapy. Find out what he says about how EMDR therapy can improve your relationship. 

Resources

• Emotionally-focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: An Integrated Treatment to Heal the Trauma of Infidelity
• Integrating EMDR and EFT to Treat Trauma in Couple Therapy - A Literature Review
• Thematic Analysis of Therapists' Experiences Integrating EMDR and EFT in Couples Therapy
•  Thematic Analysis of Therapists' Experiences Integrating EMDR and EFT in Couple Therapy: Conditions and Risks of Integration 
• Dr. Jamie Marich's YouTube Channel 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, this podcast episode introduces us to Ava M. Hart, LCSW, IMH-E,  EMDR therapist. She discusses how EMDR therapy can help women when pregnant, have suffered a pregnancy loss, and during perinatal mood/anxiety disorders. 

Resources:

• The Calm Before the Storm: When Bad Things Happen by Ava Hart
• Focal Point Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists
• 8 Phases of EMDR Therapy 
• EMDR Consulting
• Postpartum Support International 

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Celebrating Black History Month, this month's episodes will feature  Black EMDR therapists.  Attachment disorders can develop in young children when their caregivers have problems with emotional attachment with others, according to the American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. To find out how EMDR therapy can help, we talk with EMDR therapist and consultant-in-training Marcken Volmy, LMHC, LPC, NCC. He discusses attachment disorders in men and how they can break the macho line of thought about therapy.

Resources

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• Notice That Podcast 
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists
• EMDR Consulting for free resources 
• Black EMDR Clinicians Group on Facebook
• South Florida EMDR Therapists on Facebook  
• 8 Phases of EMDR Therapy 

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Foster care and adoption: two self-sacrificing acts from adults to help children in need. However, this new dynamic is more complicated and traumatic than most imagine. Enter EMDR therapists like Rachel Harrison, LCPC, NCC, and her team. How can EMDR therapists help?  Do the foster parents or adoptive parents need EMDR therapy too? Is it true that adopted infants don't know anything but their new family? Learn more about how EMDR therapy can help adoptees, foster children, parents, and guardians. 

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 13,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

How can EMDR therapists teach presence and centeredness to clients? Sarah Jenkins, MC, LPC, CPsychol, suggests using a four-legged friend. Equine therapy is not a new concept. It's been used for decades to help people with physical disabilities. So, how can these beautiful creatures help EMDR therapy clients? Can equine-assisted therapy with EMDR help clients with complex PTSD? What about EMDR therapists who don't have access to horses but want to integrate equine-assisted therapy into their practice? Learn more about this approach to EMDR therapy. 

Sarah's Go With That article, "Eight Phases. Three Prongs. Four Legs." appeared in the Fall 2022 issue.  Please visit our podcast website link for more resources Sarah suggested during the podcast. The PDF is available as an open resource.

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 13,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

This episode is a little different than usual because it includes talking with an  EMDR therapist and an EMDR therapy client. Meet the authors of "Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, The Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal," Dr. Deborah Korn and Michael Baldwin.  Listen to Michael's first-hand account of how, after decades of other therapies, he finally found a healing solution to his childhood trauma. Hear Dr. Korn explain why EMDR therapy works for Big T and little T traumas.

Please note: Dr. Korn was and is not Mr. Baldwin's EMDR therapist. They are co-authors. 

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 13,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) usually conjures images of soldiers in combat, vehicle accidents, or sports-related concussions. Did you know that TBI also includes other conditions such as stroke, asphyxiation, or other injuries that cut off oxygen to the brain? Domestic violence victims can also suffer from TBI. How can someone with TBI use EMDR therapy to treat their trauma? Find out what Dr. Michelle Morrissey says about working with EMDR therapy and TBI clients/patients. 

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 13,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.