adaptively processed memories

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Profound Trauma and EMDR

Posted on April 9, 2017 by MJ

I have been writing about EMDR and the process of therapy for a few reasons. I often tell people that therapy is good. Go to therapy! But then I’m met with this common response: “Why?” That’s legit. Why indeed. Providing documentation of the actual… Continue Reading “Profound Trauma and EMDR”

Category: abuse in families, encouragement, Healing, mental health, personal development, PTSD, therapy, traumaTags: adaptively processed memories, cognitive distortions, EMDR, healing process, maladaptively processed memories, mindfulness, torture, traumatic memories

EMDR and You

Posted on November 4, 2016 by MJ

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Let’s talk about trauma for a moment. I’ve mentioned EMDR in other posts, but let’s really discuss it for clarity’s sake. What is EMDR? “Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the brain’s intrinsic information processing system and how… Continue Reading “EMDR and You”

Category: Healing, mental health, therapy, traumaTags: adaptively processed memories, EMDR, healing process, sense of foreshortened future, trauma, traumatic memories