EMDR is a new talk-therapy practice on the block. It is a new flavor of talk-therapy. During an EMDR session you speak with your therapist about particularly traumatic events and then, when you or your therapist sense that you are feeling strong negative emotions (often connected to a traumatic experience), the therapists guides you through a...
Read More‘Therapy’ is a colloquial word that stands short for one of the many talk-therapy based processes out there in the world, including psychiatry. Psychiatry therefore is a form of talk-therapy, but unlike psychotherapy or counselling it is empowered, or disempowered, depending on how you view medication, by the use of prescribed medication....
Read MoreI had a customer once asking me this question within their first few minutes of talk-therapy with me: “Is my self-diagnosed trauma condition a mistake Nicolas? Or not?”. Not knowing much about this person I took a step back and said: “If your self-diagnosis has allowed you to feel like you are more in control of your own future, then this is not...
Read MoreIf you are reading this, you have already kick-started your therapy! So before reading ahead, give yourself a pat on the shoulder. As psychotherapists and counselors we know that the client’s willingness to address their struggle, search for someone, and take contact is already a great sign of positive change, the very same change we will call...
Read MoreIn all admittance, the first thing to say here is that a bad therapeutic alliance can occur and it can be re-traumatizing. That’s the worst scenario, but I believe this happens rarely compared to the number of good therapy alliances and sessions that occur daily in the world. Of course, these more rare events are the ones that make the news. The...
Read MoreWe continue here from SHE COULDN'T GET OVER HER MOTHER'S DEATH: SEEKING RECONNECTION Inviting Mom’s Presence I: I have pictures of her with me, so I can show them! T: Yes, if you’re willing to show her. I: So I have a picture of her [shows a framed black-and-white photo].
Read MoreIn the therapy room, your wounds are openings into the best and most beautiful parts of you The world out there demands us to be strong, simple, and predictable. In this story of easily purchasable and sellable identities our wounds are seen inconvenient truths we need to hide. And because of this, those parts of ourselves that are wounded begin...
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