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Thinking About Thinking: How to Stop Metacognition

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....
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How Does Somatic Experiencing Therapy Online Work and Is It for You?

Oct 31, 2021

Trauma is an unfortunate reality of life. It can impact anyone at any point in life, leaving emotional and mental scars that can hamper the way of life. Many therapies exist for dealing with trauma in a healthy way, including Somatic Experiencing (SE) therapy.  Trauma...

Stress & Trauma

Thinking About Thinking: How to Stop Metacognition

by | November 8, 2025 | Anxiety, EMDR, Letting Go, Meditation, Mindfulness, Therapist | 0 Comments

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....

Meditation for OCD: Build Mental Resilience

by | September 10, 2025 | Acceptance, EMDR, Meditation, Mindfulness, Perfectionism | 0 Comments

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...

Supplements for OCD: Complement EMDR Therapy With Supplements

by | September 2, 2025 | EMDR, Online, Self | 0 Comments

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...

Advice from Jonah Hill’s Therapist: Physical Health and Mental Health

by | August 27, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, EMDR, Letting Go, Self | 0 Comments

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,...

What is EMDR and How Does it Work?

by | August 4, 2025 | EMDR, Stress, Therapist, Trauma | 0 Comments

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...

Dangers of EMDR Therapy: Can EMDR Therapy Be Harmful?

by | February 6, 2023 | EMDR, Trauma | 0 Comments

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a well-known therapy in the world of psychology. It was originally designed for those who have undergone trauma and were suffering from classic PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms.  Over time, the...

Is EMDR Really Effective?

Mar 30, 2019

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR is becoming more and more popular as a form of treatment, but is it really effective or an overhyped form of therapy? The vast majority of research into the topic, as well as personal experience from therapists and...

Visual and Audio Bilateral Stimulation Compared

Mar 30, 2019

A crucial component of EMDR is Bilateral Stimulation, which is where some kind of "back and forward" or "left and right" stimulation is produced either in audio or visually. The client usually either follows some kind of visual object with their eyes, or else has some...

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