As EMDR therapists, we know that we never want to overwhelm our clients with feeling too much or too fast when it comes to trauma. Less is often more when creating safety. We know this because we are taught to spend time in Phase 2 with resourcing and preparation before going into trauma networks. And when we do go into Phase 4, we know to keep clients in their window of tolerance. And, if they leave that WOT space, we bring them back so they can process the trauma effectively.

As people living through an almost 2-year pandemic, we know that we have been and remain firehosed by trauma. And we are often not in our window of tolerance. And taking breaks from trauma (and the painful feelings that go with it) is responsible and wise as we live to survive.

In today's episode, we discuss why right now is not the time to encourage people to feel all their feelings, and why we should be encouraging breaks from feeling painful feelings during COVID.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

If you are an EMDR therapist, you understand attachment. Your clients have C-PTSD and/or relational trauma. You already get it: attachment is king. So, what does it mean when we think about intentional attachment and detachment as an EMDR therapist? How about as an EMDR intensive therapist? Today's video explores intentional attachment in transition: from wake to sleep, from work to home, from therapist to therapist. If you have clients who are struggling (aka healthcare workers), you will not want to miss this episode.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

Anyone else's brain feeling mushy? Thought so. With all the changes and newness, it's the perfect time to keep it simple where we can. Well, good news. (Most of) our clients do not need a detailed explanation of Phases 1-8 or neuroscience speak when they ask how EMDR works or what to expect. In today's video, we discuss three metaphors to help you, your consultees, and your clients understand the clinical reasoning and treatment choices we make together.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

When we talk about wealth, success and boundaries in our field, it can feel like a controversial topic. And that's because, for therapists, tons of negative cognitions have been assigned to our financial accomplishments.

If we don’t accept insurance or our rates are “too high,” we’re demanding. If our generosity isn’t deemed substantial enough, we’re unfriendly. And if we attempt to create offers that financially benefit us, we’re greedy.

But y’all... if we had a client come into a session with these negative cognitions, we’d buzz that right out of the room. So why don’t we allow ourselves that same shift in our mindsets?

Maybe it’s the exhaustive language of rate shaming or the illusion that we should always be available to help everyone or possibly, it’s the fallacy that our one and only goal should be for our practice to be “full.” Perhaps it’s all of these things and more. Whatever the cause, the problematic culture that shapes what is deemed “appropriate” in terms of our success is.... well, it’s bullshit.

I want for other EMDR clinicians what I have discovered for myself: protecting my time, being intentionally generous, and creating high-value offers doesn’t mean that I’ve traded off what it means to be a good therapist. I’m done letting anyone else determine what success in my practice looks like. And you should be, too.

If you’re ready to shift your mindset and turn your practice into something that serves you financially, it’s time to apply for your spot in The Consultation Program. The Consultation Program is a place where EMDR clinicians are encouraged to create high-value services that benefit clients and clinicians alike. It’s a place where you’re emboldened to raise rates, to take fewer clients or to offer intensives to clients when it makes sense for you. And it’s a place where your time is respected, valued and not taken for granted. You deserve to live in your worth and feel good about it. Apply for your spot in The Consultation Program today and change your practice forever.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

I opened up my laptop the other day and ended up in one of the many private practice Facebook groups. I stumbled across a post I’d seen 1,000 versions of before. And it went something like this... “I’m an exhausted parent and I don’t know how to fit my client schedule into my personal life. I’m so tired and so burnt out and I don’t know what to do.” I scrolled through the comments to see what our community had to offer and I won’t lie to y'all... I was infuriated.

Comment after comment I read: “I’m so sorry!” “It’s so hard, but hang in there. It’ll get better!” “Such a bummer. I feel you!” I read over and over and over as folks in our community offered up empathy and nothing else.

Y’all we have normalized burnout and exhaustion to a point where clinicians in our own community don’t even believe they’re in control. We’ve accepted a communal collapse of morale to a point where we’ve encouraged each other to lean on a crutch of learned helplessness.

Our empathy has bled into a laundry list of excuses as to why it’s “normal” to feel the way we do. If, as EMDR clinicians, we understand the importance of support therapy and change therapy, why aren’t we living that value within our own community??

It’s time that we come forward against the acceptance of burnout in our community by taking back the agency we so desperately need. When my twins were two years old, my client schedule wasn’t working for me and I’ll be honest, my life was miserable. And listen, I get that there are some things in life that you just have to get through like teething or cold and flu season.

But y'all, running your own private practice is not one of those things. I changed my practice to something that made sense for me and I won’t lie to you... it was hard. And I had to ask myself questions about what I wanted from my career that I was afraid to answer and I had to set goals that I was afraid I wouldn’t reach. But guess what? I did it anyway. And I learned that in our practices (and in our lives), there isn’t failure.

There is simply forward movement with data collection, interpretation and experimentation. It’s a lather, rinse, repeat kind of formula until your practice gets to a place where you get what you need, when you need it and how you need it.

As therapists, we know that things don’t get better when they get ignored. So, let’s move beyond just offering support for each other because there’s a moment when empathy isn’t enough. And that moment is now. I want to help folks in our community get their agency back. So, if you’re ready to learn how to experiment and innovate in your private practice, come work with me this fall in The Consultation Program.

The Consultation Program is a place where EMDR clinicians are encouraged and guided on how to create business models that work for them. It’s a place where clinicians get support and the tools and resources to implement real change into their practices. Apply for your spot in The Consultation Program today and change your practice forever.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

One of the biggest mistakes I see with EMDR clinicians in private practice is forgetting that they are the CEO of their lives and businesses. In this week's video, we talk about how to remember who is (and who is NOT) the boss, and go over some common examples of when this gets really confusing (e.g. rate shaming).

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

We've all had moments with clients or in consultation when we decide that some protocol isn't working for us, and it frustrates us and closes us down. This is common in Phase 2 when we can't resource clients with certain exercises (e.g. safe place, container). In today's video, we look at what positive and negative cognitions show up in our own learning process, and how to remember that, no matter what, one thing is always working for us.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

When we understand the purpose of clinical interventions, instead of just following a script from someone else, we get confidence, joy, and power. This is why developing our clinical reasoning skills is everything. Today I share not only my four favorite interweaves, but we also examine what these interweaves are designed to do during Phase 4. I invite you to both appreciate the magic of EMDR, and pull back the curtain.

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way. 

What does it mean when there is "too much" talking in Phase 4? Today we dive into this common question by exploring the guidelines for the client, role of the therapist, and what is really happening. One anchor will keep us sane: every behavior has a positive intention. This topic is a fascinating one! And, as always with Zero Disturbance, we get to learn while feeling good (because this is how we learn best). To learn more about EMDR while feeling good, check out www.zerodisturbance.com

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Zero Disturbance offers comprehensive resources for therapists on EMDR-informed clinical reasoning, intensive design, passive income systems, & teaching excellence. 

With a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt, Kambria has been creating trainings and teaching adult learners for 20 years. As Director of Education and Quality Improvement at Stanford Medical School, her job was to decomplicate and consolidate complex systems and topics, thereby giving medical trainees successful learning experiences. Now, as a busy mom of fraternal twins, dedicated business owner of Zero Disturbance, and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Kambria knows what it means to do things efficiently, effectively, and in a learner-centered way.