If you ask a hundred prospective therapy clients, “Would you rather get the results of your therapy in a week,
When I learned EMDR (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing) in 1992, I recognized it as a game-changer. I was already
I’m not only old, I’m also old-school in some ways. So when we were first considering offering intensive trauma-focused psychotherapy
Everyone remembers where they were. I was trying to get into the building where I worked, at Mt. Sinai Medical
Did you ever notice how unsatisfying some apologies are? Like, “I’m sorry if you were offended,” or, “Sorry, I was
An essential element of social justice is repair of the harm done, so the injured person can recover from the
A couple of months ago, during the peak of the Black Lives Matters protests, we had a staff meeting. Our
Welcome to the disrupted, surreal world of pandemic. The mental health community and its stakeholders have been stepping up to
This is a question I often hear, not only from prospective clients, but also from friends and acquaintances. So first
“I am such a loser!” “Everyone hates me!” “I will never succeed at this!” Have you ever found yourself thinking
My nonprofit org provides a lot of intensive trauma-focused therapy, which enables most of our clients to recover even from
A while ago these two things happened on the same day: 1) I read about a psychiatric patient who had
Christmas, Passover, Thanksgiving, weddings, funerals, birthdays, graduations, reunions, any special occasion… wonderful in theory, but can be challenging in real
EMDR is arguably the leading trauma therapy, but many or most therapists who obtain EMDR training don’t end up using
Last Thursday I didn’t get much work done because I was watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in which Dr.
They say you can’t run away from your problems. That’s certainly true when it comes to post-traumatic stress: although pushing
You don’t have to be Hindu, or spiritual, to do Yoga, a Hindu spiritual practice that involves prescribed physical activities
If I could get my trauma therapy done by lying down and receiving massages, I’d definitely do it! Wouldn’t you?
Did you ever have a mood ring? This type of ring features a clear plastic or glass “stone” with liquid
Mindfulness is rightly enjoying considerable popularity lately. Mindfulness is a practice of non-judgmental awareness of thoughts and feelings as they
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