by EMDR Healing Staff | Nov 8, 2025 | Anxiety, EMDR, Letting Go, Meditation, Mindfulness, Therapist
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 shallow....
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 Mary-Beth Zolik, M.Ed LMHC | Jul 27, 2022 | Depression, EMDR, Mindfulness, Online
Professionals use several different types of treatments to address conditions like post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as depression or anxiety (the latter two, which may or may not be trauma-related). Traditional therapies such as cognitive behavioral...
by Mary-Beth Zolik, M.Ed LMHC | Jul 20, 2022 | Depression, EMDR, Meditation, Mindfulness
Depression is an increasingly common illness in the Western world, with millions of sufferers in the US alone. We have already covered how EMDR can help with other conditions like anxiety, addiction and phobias, but can it also help with depression? How EMDR Can Help...
by Mary-Beth Zolik, M.Ed LMHC | Aug 30, 2020 | Addiction, Meditation, Mindfulness, Stress
Whilst there are often many different contributors towards addiction, it is fair to say that stress is one of the main driving causes, since it has predictable effects on the mind and brain. What is the connection between stress and addiction and are there any ways to...
by Mary-Beth Zolik, M.Ed LMHC | Aug 30, 2020 | Meditation, Mindfulness
In this article we want to gather together a collection of all the possible benefits regular practice of mindfulness meditation can bring. We have sought to include less obvious benefits as well as the more commonly mentioned ones. When we begin to see all the...