Target Memory

FREE CEs for listening to this episode Racial trauma is not just another target - and treating it like one means missing the clinical picture. In this continuing education episode, we break down how to use EMDR therapy at full power with clients carrying race-based traumatic stress: what to assess, how to prepare, and what the current research actually supports (and what it doesn't). 🎧 Episode Su...

FREE CEs for listening to this episode She has no single “worst day” - just a hundred small ones, stacked. This is what race-based traumatic stress looks like in the therapy room, and how to attune EMDR to treat it. A full worked case, phase by phase. Free CE if eligible. Some clients don’t have one big trauma to target. They have a thousand small ones: the meeting where her idea was ignored then...

Inner Critic or Perpetrator Introject? An EMDR Therapist on the Voice You Can’t Affirmation Away. Your inner critic might not be yours. For trauma survivors, that harsh inner voice is often a “perpetrator introject” and you can’t affirmation it away. An EMDR therapist on what the self-talk trend gets wrong, and what actually heals it. Check out the Show Notes on the FREE CEs for Listening to this...

Why do some trauma clients understand exactly what happened to them and still not feel relief from symptoms? In this first episode of Target Memory, we explore why insight and resolution aren’t the same thing - and why trauma so often won’t process through talk therapy alone. We cover three practical, in-the-moment signals that a client has connected the trauma the talking brain can’t reach. This...

Why do some memories still feel emotionally real years later? Target Memory explores EMDR, Brainspotting, emotional memory, nervous system reactions, and the psychology behind why certain experiences continue to shape us long after they’re over.