MIND MATTERS: My brain on EMDR
Recently, I took advantage of some incredible training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The name alone is daunting. It required some practice to say the full name correctly and describe the therapy to my clients in a way they could wrap their brains around it. Because EMDR is true “brain processing” and not traditional psychotherapy, it forces me to wear a different therapeutic hat when facilitating an EMDR session. My clients need to understand the
The Pain of Past Choices
I knew several years ago that I would be used to help others recover from the pain of past choices. To be more specific, the pain of having chosen abortion. What I didn’t know was how much I would fall in love with these hurting people as they go on a journey that seems very scary to them. Today there is much medical and psychological proof of the negative effects that are the aftermath of abortion. This is true for the woman, the girl, the man, or the boy. Whether she ch