This is the text of an article I wrote for Mad in America, which is published at https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/06/emdr-nutshell/. What is EMDR? "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing" (EMDR) is a guided process that supports trauma work by using “bilateral stimulation” (BLS), or stimulating each hemisphere of the brain alternately via the senses. EMDR also involves talking, deep breathing, and other ways of grounding the nervous system. (“To ground” the nervous s

Further thoughts on forgiveness.

These questions were originally written for a therapy group called, accordingly, Forgiveness Group - as you read, you can sub in "with...