Therapy for Anger Management
Anger is like grasping onto a hot coal – you're the only one who gets burned. Most of us have felt angry at least once in our lives. We get stabbed in the back by a friend, someone hits our car on the way to work, or we get passed over for a promotion. Anger is a...
EMDR for Anxiety: How Can It Help?
In and outside my practice, I’ve met countless people who struggle with anxiety. EMDR can help with this. It’s not that surprising when you consider that over 284 million people worldwide suffer from an anxiety disorder. In fact, it is the most prevalent of all mental...
Psychosomatic Pain and Available Treatment Options
Emma had been suffering from physical pain and other symptoms for a couple of years. She reported feeling fatigued even after getting a full night’s sleep, she experienced headaches, and complained about pain in her neck and chest often, but tests upon tests found...
How can EMDR therapy help with OCD?
If you are suffering from OCD (whatever the cause is), don't worry about it because the good news is that it is highly treatable through EMDR. In some unusual cases, you may need medicine to deal with the brain chemistry that cannot turn off the fear signal. We...
How I Deal With The Feelings of Being Unwell
Being unwell always feels crap. During the last year I’ve gone through a cycle where I’d feel unwell for a couple weeks, recover feel unwell again. It's not easy when you have your own business to run, clients are waiting for you, and nobody pays you for sick days....
How can EMDR therapy help with Perfectionism?
You are a high achiever. You call yourself a perfectionist. Your brain expects you to do things in a faster and smoother fashion. Your desire for perfection develops harsh self-analysis and toxic talk inside you ( poison parrot link) . You never get peace no matter...
EMDR versus CBT, Advantages and Disadvantages
“Don’t feed the demons within you by over thinking; let’s make them starve to death.” Why is psychotherapy needed? Sometimes we experience a horrible situation that left a very prominent mark of its dreadfulness on our minds. And we make it even stronger by repeatedly...
Getting Through Heartbreak With the Help of EMDR
I still remember my first breakup—the shock, the pain, the endless crying, and eating chocolates for comfort. I was desperate to get better ASAP. But that’s not how healing really works. It takes time. Heartbreaks are tough. They impact your self-image and...
What is Emotional Eating and How Can You Manage It?
Do you comfort yourself with eating? Do you feel the need to eat in order to feel better? When you’re having a tough day, a slice of cake or a bowl of ice cream can help you forget your troubles. But when the rush is over, those feelings of stress, anger and...
How To Manage Your Self-Critical Inner Voice
What is the Self-Critical Inner Voice? The self-critical inner voice is a pattern of destructive thoughts we experience in ourselves. This nagging “voice,” sounds like an internalized monologue that comes up to the surface mostly when we are stressed, unwell or upset....