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EMDR: Is it Successful? – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
When I first started to use EMDR with my clients, I felt like I had to win them over and convince them that EMDR really works. I felt all this pressure to get them to believe in this “strange” treatment method. After all, I knew, if a client does not have buy-in into their treatment, progress will be nonexistent and I didn’t want that on my shoulders. Before moving [...]
Leadership is a Muscle. It Needs Work to be Strong!
If you google “how to be a good leader” you’ll get approximately 1,730,000,000 results. That’s kind of an overwhelming amount of information, isn’t it? Clearly, this is a topic that everyone has an opinion on, but one thing you might notice is that most of these articles revolve around being a great manager at work and completely leave out how important it is to take those same ideals about [...]
How do we Build and Maintain Intimacy in our Relationships?
In the last several years, psychologists have noted a specific decline in sexual activity among young adults and have termed this as the sex recession, observing data from the General Social Survey. The nation’s current climate of casual relationships neglecting connection contrasts those that have experiences with happy intimacy, profound depth, and a new reality of closeness that have all been absent due to the loneliness epidemic. Skill sets related [...]
Holding on to Your Joy During an Election Year
Conversations about politics are hard to escape in any given year, but it’s always difficult when a presidential election is looming. And with THIS presidential election, it’s nearly impossible. It’s not just the news cycle that gets harder to avoid. Even everyday conversation with people who aren’t generally interested in politics often pivots to the topic. After all, everyone has something to say when it’s an election year. During [...]
The Most Important Day of the Week Might Not Be What You Think
There is one person who truly knows best. And no, it’s not your mother (although she is probably a close second). That person is God, and he knew that humans need rest. That’s why the most important day of the week has nothing to do with your work week, and everything to do with taking the time to rejuvenate yourself. Observing the sabbath, the weekly day of rest, is important [...]
The Healing Power of Positive Self-Talk
There’s one person that we all have to spend 24 hours a day with, 365 days a year (or 366 days if a leap year like 2020) – ourselves. And to be honest, spending all that time together can be difficult. Think about all the things you say to yourself throughout the day. How many of your thoughts are meant to lift you up, and how many bring you [...]