Clients are sometimes hesitant to start EMDR, and for good reason. The idea of dredging up painful experiences from your past is uncomfortable, there’s tons of horror stories floating around the internet of people getting retraumatized with bad EMDR work, and frankly...
There is a quote from Carl Jung that really sticks with me: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” What he is getting at is that so much of what shapes how we feel, and act happens below the surface, stuff we...
While the start of a new school year is often framed as a fresh beginning, for some children and parents, it can also stir up a quieter, more complicated feeling: grief. Beneath the surface of the typical nervousness and excitement, there may be a sense of loss that's...
In mid-July, it was announced that the special line dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ youth – which anyone could access when calling the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – would be discontinued. The line was operated by the Trevor Project, a highly regarded organization...
