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How EMDR Changes the Brain Without You Telling Your Whole Story
If the idea of trauma therapy makes your stomach drop because you imagine sitting in a room and recounting every painful detail—you’re not alone. For many people, the fear of telling their whole story is one of the biggest barriers to getting help. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is different. It doesn’t require you to narrate every moment of what happened. In fact, it works even when words fail . Our brains file memories and events more like a web than
Brittany Rickett
1 hour ago2 min read


Why Your Brain Jumps Around in Therapy (and Why That’s Not a Problem): An EMDR-Informed Explanation
If you’ve ever apologized to your therapist because your brain “went somewhere random,” you are not alone. What you see as off-track is often the brain doing exactly what it is designed to do: making sense of your lived experience. Clients tell me all the time: “I know this doesn’t make sense, but suddenly I thought about something from years ago…” or "I'm sorry, I'm jumpi They worry they’re unfocused, disorganized, or “too much.” But from an EMDR perspective , this is not a
Brittany Rickett
2 days ago3 min read
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