by EMDR Healing Staff | Apr 27, 2026 | Acceptance, EMDR, Meditation
Moving on from Bad OCD Days One of the most difficult things about OCD is slipping backward and having a “bad” day. You feel like you’ve made progress, put the rumination and the rituals behind you, and something or someone triggers a ritual, and you feel like you’re...
by EMDR Healing Staff | Nov 8, 2025 | Anxiety, EMDR, Letting Go, Meditation, Mindfulness, Therapist
Stop thinking about thinking: second-layer thoughts Second-layer thoughts are thoughts about emotions and thoughts. For example, you have a presentation coming up. Just thinking about getting up to speak in front of a group has your palms damp and your breathing...
by EMDR Healing Staff | Sep 10, 2025 | Acceptance, EMDR, Meditation, Mindfulness, Perfectionism
What is OCD? Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a mental health condition characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts and rumination. Primary symptoms include anxiety. Most additional symptoms (fear of going crazy, disassociation, etc.) are branches on the...
by EMDR Healing Staff | Sep 2, 2025 | EMDR, Online, Self
The concepts learned in EMDR and mindfulness meditation are foundational to helping deal with OCD symptoms, but there are several supplements that may help round out your approach to mental wellness. Read our in-depth guide to EMDR for OCD OCD is (mostly) a product...
by EMDR Healing Staff | Aug 27, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, EMDR, Letting Go, Self
Mental Health Advice from Jonah Hill’s Therapist: ‘Stutz’ There’s a fantastic movie on Netflix about the actor Jonah Hill’s therapist (“Stutz”). The movie dives into Jonah Hill’s struggles with mental health along with how his therapist, the eponymous Stutz,...
by EMDR Healing Staff | Aug 4, 2025 | EMDR, Stress, Therapist, Trauma
EMDR therapy is a mental health treatment that uses eye movements to reprocess the trauma at the root of harmful mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, addiction, and mood swings. What does EMDR stand for? EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and...