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Community

Community’s Importance

COMMUNITY “Being around people who loved me and whom I loved healed me.” – Dr. Marisa G. Franco Social Connection Quite simply, you are wired for social connection and you need it.  Often, you seek connection through romantic love or nuclear families.  An alternative route, of at least equal importance, is building a community. Dr.

Can I do EMDR online?

A question I am frequently asked is, “Can EMDR be done online?” The answer is yes, it can! Over recent years various online EMDR platforms emerged, making trauma and EMDR work more accessible than ever before. What is EMDR? EMDR is shorthand for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy and is a therapeutic model developed by

empathy

What is Empathy?

Empathy is “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.” (Source) Also, empathy is distinctly different from sympathy. Watch this fun, short clip to understand how. Furthermore, empathy is a skill that can be developed.  Dr. Brené Brown has identified 4 attributes of