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Anyone else feeling irritated by how clinicians love to tell each other what is right or wrong? Ever notice how scripts often don’t thoroughly address client preferences or the process of client engagement? Where is the role of autonomy for the client? To remedy our irritation, today we zoom out and get curious about how we make clinical choices, and how we engage with our clients about makin...

I had the opportunity to sit down with not one but two folks in the trauma-informed therapy and coaching communities. And not only was our conversation aligned around our similar value systems, it was yet another example of how innovative thinking offers clinicians the chance to go beyond the traditional images of what we see as therapy. George Tabb and Noshima Darden-Tabb are a dynamic, married d...

Whether we like it or not, the past two years have challenged us to design more innovative ways to run our practices and deliver mental health services. Perhaps you've been curious how EMDRIA has had to roll with the punches, too. I got to sit down with former EMDRIA President, current EMDRIA Board Member, and EMDR Trainer, Carol Miles, to get the inside scoop.  Liste...

I sat down with the one and only Dr. Jamie Marich and had the opportunity to hear from a clinician whose transparency about their own identity is the very thing that makes them a great trainer, therapist, and overall human being. In our conversation, we talk about how the messaging and training many therapists receive about dissociation creates an unfounded fear and misunderstanding about clients...

As therapists, we all want to feel that we are helping others and feel secure in our own lives. Especially during a pandemic.   As highly trained, trauma-informed therapists, our mission is to guide our clients in developing secure attachment and healthy relationships. Alongside them, we also seek to develop a security in our private practice that provides us with healthy choices in our caree...

Our series of innovative thinking continues, and today we are honored to be joined by Thomas Zimmerman, EMDR Consultant & Trainer.  Thomas helps us think about how we resolve traumatic memories, and introduces us to The Four Blinks Version of Flash. What I loved most about talking with Thomas was how he got me thinking about how we translate EMDR and other trauma-informed therapies s...

I've been offering intensive therapy programs for my EMDR clients for 5 years now and I've learned a lot about about how to design successful intensive models. And I've made it my mission to share my experience so that other clinicians may benefit in their own private practices. And, now, because I've now had the opportunity to support clinicians as they launch their own intensive models, I've bee...

Today, we’re talking money. And, believe me, I know that this is a hard thing for many therapists to talk about. I’ve had to work through my own stuff with this, coached many consultees, and now, I'm here to offer you some insight on the frameworks that we traditionally use to determine our rates and what we can try to do instead. Listen as I dive into the notion that the information we’re using t...

When we hear the word imagination, a variety of things may come to mind. Maybe it’s two kids playing a pretend game or maybe it's a fantasy television show or maybe it’s even a comic book with some creative characters. What we don’t typically think about is EMDR therapy. In fact, when we think about imagination and EMDR, our training might even tell us that what we’re looking at is dissociation. T...

Y’all know that I believe EMDR is magic. And I think, among the many reasons, the magic of EMDR lies within its structure.  It can feel safe to hear and repeat the message of “stick to the script and trust the process.” And while the message has a positive intention, it's just not good enough. In fact, it's basic. And EMDR is too sophisticated to be basic. At first we see the benefi...

We know that every experience has feelings attached to it. And, as therapists, we’re apt to listen to and validate those feelings for our clients and (hopefully) for ourselves. And learning, just like all of the other experiences in life, has feelings attached to it. And while we would typically create space for the feelings that come up, in Phase 4 we tend to pick and choose what feelings we thin...

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 needs interweaves, parts work, and more Phase 2 preparation (things not in "the script") in order to flow. And whil...

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 relational and creative integrations are designed. Because the clinicians who offer something inspiring to t...

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  think about  incorporating  EMDR  therapy  during  the reproductive period, especially d...

Who do you think you are? You’re too big for your britches. Wait your turn; you’re too young. You may have grown up hearing similar messages that were meant to help you, but a lot of those messages are just the result of generational trauma. Instead, these messages did more harm than good. Even as adults, people often want to put their fears onto us, and give us a plan that works for them but...

I was recently speaking with a consultee about her experience with veterans and I asked if she would be willing to share her unique perspective. Her response was, “what am I going to say that hasn’t already been said?”   This got me thinking. Why don’t people create content? It’s not because they don’t have ideas or because they’re not smart. I realized it’s not just about the content, but it...

When I came up as a therapist, I was taught to offer sliding scale or pro bono spots as a way to be generous. Maybe you were taught this, too.  And while that's not wrong, there is so much more we can do in addition to or instead of giving away discounted time in 1:1 services. Our ability to make a difference can be expansive if we are intentional and think outside the box.  I sat down w...

Like many therapists, I thought that therapy was the answer for everything. Have a mindset block? Go to therapy. Have childhood trauma? Do EMDR. It wasn't until I joined my first business coaching group that I saw what was missing for me. In today's episode, we discuss why we aren't meant to experiment, innovate, and disrupt the status quo alone. Are you ready to join a community of innovators as...

Whether you're a therapist, a supervisor, or a consultant, you are a teacher in every space. We cannot separate teaching from anything you do in the healing space.  In today's episode, we get curious about the three kinds of teachers : the content dump truck; the teacher who knows it and has done it well; and the teacher who knows it, has done it, and can share it relationally, emot...

You're not alone. You're not crazy. Right now sucks.  And we're not ok. Self-care as we knew it isn't enough. Dread arises when we see our client schedules, and its disorienting. I am with you in this, and feeling it, too.  In today's episode, we get real about what therapists are saying in consultation groups, now two years into the pandemic, and how our community needs&n...

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, parts work, and EMDR to create intensive retreats for couples.  I get to support so many cool ther...

In The Consultation Program,  I get to support so many cool EMDR therapists who are diversifying their businesses with EMDR intensives and teaching others. 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 what works for you. In this Zero Disturbance Spotlight Podcas...

As I guide my consultees in their own business development in The Consultation Program, they ask me some tough questions. In my most vulnerable podcast to date, I share my response to my consultee's recent question: When you started Zero Disturbance, did you know what it was going to be? In addition to pulling back the curtain and being transparent about my own business journey the past 18 months,...

What is going on within the EMDR community? You likely have heard this question buzzing around the EMDR community as huge ruptures and changes are happening around us. In today's episode, we look at how to make sense of it all, and what role you can play as a learner and/or teacher going from good to great. Interested in becoming a great teacher? Join us!  https://www.zerodisturbance.com/cons...

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 weeks ago, Zero Disturbance: The Podcast. I can’t believe that this has grown to what it’s become today. This Thanksgiving, I w...