If your experience as a newly trained EMDR therapist was anything like mine, you probably started to see that “sticking to the script” to navigate through standard protocol was confusing when working with complex trauma clients. Why? Because the beauty of standard protocol often...
If you think about what traditional images of psychotherapy look like, you might imagine something hierarchical, impersonal, and precise. Where the clinician is as good as invisible and the sessions sound scripted.
But what we know now is that effective therapy happens when stuff gets...
Every clinician, whether they think they work with reproductive issues or not needs to hear this discussion! Why? First, even if your clinical work doesn’t focus on these topics, you’re still likely to find them showing up in your office. Next, how we ...
Intensives are ideal therapeutic spaces for integrating various modalities! Today's episode shows us how. In this Zero Disturbance Spotlight Podcast, we explore how to think like a Zero Disturbance business owner/ clinician with Tracy Lynch, who incorporates her training with Gottman,...
So much of what we do in the EMDR community is anchored in teaching and learning. But the unfortunate truth is that sometimes we get caught up in the same information, protocols and rules that have been repeated for the past 30 some odd years.
When we lose sight of developing clinical...
Y’all, I am so thankful for the Zero Disturbance community! It’s been almost two years since I began this journey and I truly have you to thank.
Since the start of Zero Disturbance, we’ve created digital kits and workbooks, The Consultation Program, and, as of a few short...
From where I sit, I get to meet so many cool therapists who are diversifying their businesses with intensives. It's time that all of you got in on the conversation. My hope is that you will hear the experiences of others to inspire you, build you up, and give you confidence to do...
Y'all, I did a thing: took my twins on vacation in Pacifica, stayed at a rental house we've never stayed in, and I did it ALL BY MYSELF. Talk about a parenting milestone!
In addition to creating new neural pathways on our inaugural mommy vacation, I noticed old neural pathways. My brain was...
From where I sit, I get to meet so many cool therapists who are diversifying their businesses with intensives. It's time that all of you got in on the conversation. My hope is that you will hear the experiences of others to inspire you, build you up, and give you confidence to do exactly...
As EMDR therapists, we know that we never want to overwhelm our clients with feeling too much or too fast when it comes to trauma. Less is often more when creating safety. We know this because we are taught to spend time in Phase 2 with resourcing and preparation before going into trauma...
If you are a trauma-informed therapist, you understand attachment. Your clients have C-PTSD and/or relational trauma. You already get it: attachment is king.
So, what does it mean when we think about intentional attachment and detachment as a therapist? How about as an intensive therapist?
...I'm guessing you're also hearing this in session: "I don't know who I am anymore." I hear it daily. And its this long-term, trauma identity coming through, disorienting all of us.
Today we talk about a framework to make sense of what is (still) happening now and how to intentionally structure...
