Rewiring Your Brain with EMDR: Basics, Process, and Benefits | Therapist Thrival Guide Episode 55

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is like a superhero for your brain, using a unique blend of eye movements, sounds, and tactile stimulation to help process and heal from painful memories and experiences. In this episode, we're chatting with therapists who have experienced the transformative power of EMDR firsthand and are passionate about teaching others!

⁠Amber Silva, LLMSW⁠ and ⁠Gina Young, LICSW ⁠are therapists that are using EMDR in their practice with clients. In this episode:
Breaking down the science behind EMDR, exploring how it helps rewire the brain and create lasting positive change
Basics of the EMDR process, including the importance of creating a safe space and the various methods of bilateral stimulation used in therapy
Different ways EMDR can be used
The different types of traumas it can address
EMDR's application for both children and adults.

Whether you're a therapist interested in training or someone curious about how EMDR can help, this episode offers valuable insights and practical information.

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00:00 Introduction and Host Introductions
01:07 What is EMDR?
02:32 Bilateral Stimulation Techniques
06:40 Understanding Trauma and Memory Processing
13:00 EMDR with Children and Informal Techniques
14:35 Starting EMDR Therapy: Safe Spaces and Containers
19:34 Informed Consent and Client Autonomy in EMDR
22:30 Understanding EMDR Therapy
22:42 The Role of Trauma in EMDR
24:14 EMDR Techniques and Phases
28:05 Applications Beyond Trauma
33:58 Training and Certification Process
40:30 Final Thoughts on EMDR

Therapist Thrival Guide is a podcast by Ellie Mental Health. We want to move therapists beyond surviving and into the realm of THRIVING by covering all the things that graduate school didn't teach you! This mental health podcast is hosted by Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW and a rotating cast of seasoned therapists. Each episode features a therapist speaking to their areas of expertise, clinical interests, and personal experiences of being a therapist. This podcast will be covering topics like burn-out, self of therapist, cultural considerations, client retention, session structure, advancing clinical skills, innovations in therapy, and balancing professional relationships with our personal lives. Every now and then, we'll even cover the happenings of how therapists are portrayed in pop culture.

⁠⁠Miranda Barker⁠⁠, MSW, LICSW, has been practicing as a therapist for nearly three years. She previously worked as a child protection investigator, adoption social worker, and case manager. She's new to the therapy game and loves soaking up all of the knowledge from the expert therapists in her life. She's currently the Director of Content and Production at Ellie Mental Health's in-house creative agency and believes that creativity is an important aspect of mental health care.

The Therapist Thrival Guide is one of many creative productions from ⁠Ellie Mental Health⁠. Ellie is a national mental health brand organized around community-based outpatient mental health clinics. It all began with a single office in St. Paul, Minnesota back in 2015, and since then has expanded to over 24 clinics in Minnesota and an explosive number of locations nationwide after franchising our model in 2021. Ellie will be opening over 500 locations in communities nationwide with new clinics opening each week. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#therapy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#mentalhealth