Coping With Lots of Emotions in These Troubled Times

It’s a steady drip of disturbing news. From what’s been happening nationally to layoffs locally (not to mention war and climate change), hearing about it can bring up different emotions on different days. It can be tough to hold it all together, to feel okay. In this post I describe what many are feeling these days, how it’s playing out behaviorally, and how to cope in the most therapeutic way possible.

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A Couples Therapist's Take on 10 More Song Lyrics That You Know

Do you treat song lyrics as sound relationship advice? Do you emulate what the protagonist in a song says or does? For your favorite songs, that’s easy to do. But recording artists usually aren’t experienced couples therapists. So I took it upon myself to fact-check the lyrics to 10 more songs that you might know, from a clinical perspective. As my debut post went platinum (in my own head), here’s the follow-up that nobody asked for.

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Healing Trauma With EMDR, Solving Puzzles, Brain Stuff and More: An Interview With Certified EMDR Therapist Andrew Kushnick

How EMDR works… How parts work optimizes EMDR…. How trauma therapy can be tailored to the unique ways that each client thinks… These topics and more arose as I was interviewed for a video podcast that aims to demystify therapists. In this extensive interview, you’ll get a sense of my approach and my therapeutic style. And who knows, along the way you might pick up some nerdy tidbits about trauma, the brain, and how to heal.

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Where We Focus Attention Matters, in EMDR Therapy and in Life

Want to optimize your EMDR therapy? Want to improve your relationships, and be able to focus at work, no matter what’s happening in your life? Where you focus your attention is everything. In this post you’ll pick up research-based methods to build this very important skill.

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