So last week I talked about how we should really try and stay out of the way as much as possible during processing and how hard it is to do this when we first train in EMDR https://theemdrsupervisor.com/how-much-should-we-talk-during-emdr-processing/. This week’s post may feel a little like a contradiction as we Read more…
Anyone else find it just so hard when starting off on our EMDR journey to just stay out the way of the EMDR processing? 🙋♀️ I am generally fine with it now but it wasn’t always the case and there are still the odd moments when I ‘forget’ and find Read more…
Wow here we are in the last week of June 2020, for me that marks 6 months of my blog. It was New Years Eve 2019, it had been a year that I had never experienced and this day was a good time to reflect. I can’t really recall whether Read more…
I have been on such a journey these last few months, out of which the supervision I am offering is evolving. In November 2019, I left my NHS post, a post that I had been in for 17 years. There are many things I want to write about this time Read more…
The EMDR Association did an amazing job and provided what was planned as an in-person conference virtually this weekend. I honestly think they did amazing to face all those technological challenges and just get in there, they definitely took the leap. It reminded me of the leap we all had Read more…
My nephew (who lives with me) often gets really cross when I ask him to help out with the cleaning. He always argues “What’s the point?” My standard answer to this is that there is really no point …. to anything really …. Unless of course it is important to Read more…
I was really surprised to read some research recently that suggested that therapists begin to decline in effectiveness the moment they start practicing therapy post training. Wow, this is a pretty shocking claim and actually quite scary. But let’s have a think about it. We do our standard training in Read more…
I mean, how do you ever really know when you are ready for something? Do you have a plan and work towards that goal (for example Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi)? Or did it just suddenly happen, you found yourself there and someone telling you you were ready (Katniss Everdeen Read more…
I have a strong memory of sitting in my initial training in EMDR and feeling it was very evangelical (I even wrote that down in my workbook and still have it to remind myself now!). By this I felt that everybody was super enthusiastic about it and it was presented Read more…
So one of the first unblocking strategies that we talk about is CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE BILATERAL STIMULATION