Even the government of the United States has an opinion on the causes of addiction - is it a disease? A coping skill? An effort to medicate symptoms of trauma or mental illness? A habit? A lifelong condition? Does it matter? Explore theories of where addictions/compulsions come from and why we want to know.

EMDR therapy has been researched as part of comprehensive treatment for addictions, including substance use disorder and behavioral compulsivities. If you work in the addiction field and have been trained EMDR therapy, join me to learn more about using this powerful form of treatment with your clients. Please send any questions to me to be answered on the podcast. We'll have special guests and address many issues related to using EMDR therapy with this population and their challenges!

Join the developers of the Distancing Approach to treat clients with OCD using EMDR therapy. These women are fonts of knowledge and experience!

Beth Brown tackles a very common question for EMDR therapists - is it safe to use EMDR therapy when someone is pregnant? What does the research say?

EMDRIA-Approved Trainer & Consultant, Stacy Eggsware, joins us to discuss EMDR therapy with kids, without having to spend a ton of money on supplies! She's got great ideas about how to get started. She also discusses research showing the effectiveness of EMDR therapy with kids.

Dr. Jason Linder joins us to discuss his integration of EFT couples therapy with EMDR, and what he learned from his research! He discusses a brilliant resource for preparation of a couple for this work.

A colleague has questions about a client who is having intrusive images and the client believes they are repressed memories coming up after using a hallucinogen one time. Am I creating false memories? Is it dissociation? What can I do with EMDR for this client?

How can you use EMDR with OCD? Is it effective? What resources or preparation should I do? Join Beth Brown as she discusses these topics and walks us through an integrative treatment for OCD, which includes EMDR!