Bilateral Drawing: Self-Regulation for Trauma Reparation Let’s draw on the power of both hands to modulate stress.

Posted Sep 29, 2015 by  Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT In working with survivors of acute and repeated traumatic events over the last several decades, I am always particularly conscious of individuals’ self-regulating capacities initially and throughout our work together. Self-regulation is currently a ubiquitous term used to describe not only the capacity to control one’s impulses, […]

Art Therapy and Neuroplasticity: How Creativity Can Heal Trauma

Art Therapy and Neuroplasticity: How Creativity Can Heal Trauma By Kristin Kane Through studies encompassing neurobiology, neuroplasticity, and differing functions of the right-brain and left-brain hemispheres, as well as the uncovering of the mirror neuron system, it is now possible to provide scientific evidence for the claim that art therapy is effective in treating a […]

Who would you be without your story?

“I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single […]

About EMDR

About EMDR Re-blogged from EMDR-MN We all have a natural emotional healing process within us, just as we have a natural physical healing process. When we get a cut, our physical healing process heals it.  When emotionally upsetting things happen to us, we are usually able to get over them and go on with our […]