Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders can take an emotional toll on those who cope with and manage the symptoms daily. Although scientists cannot determine a cause for OCD, they have found that trauma and OCD commonly occur together.  Many psychiatrists are beginning to find most OCD treatments remain unsuccessful if a patient’s past trauma has not been addressed. EMDR therapist Dr. Kendhal Hart discusses how she uses EMDR therapy with clients who have OCD.

Resources mentioned

• Did I Lock the Door? Treating OCD with EMDR Therapy, Exposure, and Response Prevention and Ego State Therapy by Sandra Paulson, Ph.D.
• An OCD podcast episode of an interview with therapist Robert Fox, who has OCD and is an EMDR and IFS-trained clinician. He talks about his journey. 

• 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

Can EMDR therapy successfully treat addictions? How does mindfulness impact someone's ability to recover from their addiction? Should a client be sober before beginning EMDR? Get your questions answered by Dr. Stephen Dansiger, EMDR therapist and consultant, MET(T)A Protocol creator and pioneer in the Buddhist recovery field. And, what did Dr. Bessel van der kolk, author of "The Body Keeps the Score," say about how EMDR therapy heals trauma? 

SAMHSA National Recovery Month

National Institute for Creative Mindfulness (Dr. Jamie Marich)

• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources (includes Covid-19 resources)
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and National Recovery Month. During this episode, we will chat with EMDRIA member Julie Miller, LPC, LISAC, about her work with EMDR therapy and people with addictions. How can someone with addiction recover? Can trauma-informed therapy be done while the individual stays sober, or is there a window in which an EMDR therapist must wait? What myths surround EMDR and addictions? Find out more. 

References mentioned:  

• "Everything you think you know about addictions is wrong" by Johann Hari video
• About EMDR Therapy EMDRIA video
• Becoming an EMDR Therapist EMDRIA video
• Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 4, Number 2, 2010, "EMDR Treatment of Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Dependence: A Case Example"
• Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 2, Number 3,  2008, "EMDR Reprocessing of the Addiction Memory: Pretreatment, Posttreatment, and 1-Month Follow-Up." 

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE. 
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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Staying centered is difficult. Staying centered in an uncentered world seems almost impossible, especially for EMDR therapists. Enter EMDR therapist, trainer, and consultant Rebecca Kase, LCSW.  Listen as Rebecca talks about her journey to becoming an EMDR therapist, her successes with EMDR therapy that she has witnessed, and learn her five tips for how EMDR therapists (or anyone else) can embrace self-care. 

References mentioned.

1. Fried, The Burnout Podcast 
2. The 8 Limbs of Yoga 
3. Insights on the Edge Podcast
4. BilateralStimulation.io 

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

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

Do you have questions about the EMDR International Association? Curious about how the organization weathered the pandemic, implemented virtual training standards, and what it sees as the future of EMDR? Do you want to know more about the benefits of EMDRIA membership for EMDR therapists? In this guest podcast, EMDRIA member Kambria Evans, MEd, MA, LMFT, host of the Zero Disturbance Podcast, interviews former EMDRIA Board President Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW. Kambria and Carol talked about the happenings at EMDRIA as she led the organization through the pandemic. If you want to understand more about EMDRIA and the direction the organization is moving, stay tuned for “EMDRIA’s Innovation Journey.” 

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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. 

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

Yes, EMDR therapy works for indigenous people. If you heard that myth, this episode will bust it and others.  Can EMDR therapy make a difference so that you can process your past trauma and racism? Many Native American/FNMI people experience ongoing complex, complicated traumatic experiences similar to PTSD due to the Residential School/Boarding School era, intergenerational trauma, racial inequality, and ongoing oppressive systems within Turtle Island, known as North America. Listen to EMDR Therapist Shelley Spear Chief discuss her EMDR therapy experience and approach to helping people heal.  

Resources mentioned:  

1. The "Loving Eyes" procedure can be found in the book published by Springer Publishing Company: "EMDR Toolbook, 2nd Edition, Theory and Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation," by Jim Knipe, Ph.D. EMDRIA members receive a 25% discount on Springer Publishing Company books. 
2. Her new book, “Eagle Wings Flapping: Beaver Learns to Manage Big Emotions,” by Shelly and Moses Spear Chief, will be available through Amazon in late August. 

• July is also BIPOC Mental Health Month. We celebrate our EMDRIA member BIPOC therapists who serve all populations but provide expertise for minorities.
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

Parenting is the toughest job out there. No one provides a manual, yet parents are expected to know all. How do your life experiences influence your parenting approach? How can you change the world through your children by knowing yourself better? Can EMDR therapy make a difference so that you can process your past trauma, especially cultural trauma, to become a better parent? Listen to Mercedes Samudio, LCSW, EMDR therapist, and author of "Shame Proof Parenting" to find out more.

July is also BIPOC Mental Health Month. We celebrate our EMDRIA member BIPOC therapists who serve all populations but provide expertise for minorities.

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

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

Anyone can experience intense trauma. Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) experience racial trauma and microaggressions often. Black men and adolescents experience it much more often. How can clinicians effectively treat this population to help them manage their PTSD?

Join us to hear from Dr. Allen Lipscomb, LCSW, associate professor, director of online and offsite programs, director of Minority Male Mentoring (M3), and Student Success Allies to find out how EMDR therapy can help. June is PTSD Awareness Month and it's Men's Health Month.  EMDR is widely considered one of the best treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research has shown that EMDR therapy can be an efficient and rapid treatment for PTSD.

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

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

Anyone can experience intense trauma. EMDR is widely considered one of the best treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research has shown that EMDR therapy can be an efficient and rapid treatment for PTSD. Join us to hear from Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, board of directors president of EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), to find out how EMDR therapy can help. June is PTSD Awareness Month. 
 

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 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. 
• Find out more about Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT at her website or on EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

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

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