PODCAST EPISODEE

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Coming Up Winter 2025:

  • First Responders Series (3)
  • Eating Disorder Coaching
  • Higher Level of Care in Youth
  • Resource Minutes: Excerpts from ED Media
  • More Anxiety & Focus Skills


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11/15/2024
Episode 42: Helen Welch: Mental Health & Music-Karen Carpenter’s Legacy

Today’s guest is Helen Welch: an internationally acclaimed vocalist, entertainer, producer and band-leader. Helen’s eclectic talent, cheeky humor and effervescent personality bring passion and joy to her global audiences.  A native of England, she has found a creative and welcoming home in Cleveland, Ohio.  Helen has performed across the globe with many symphony orchestras & in big band shows & musicals including on Broadway and with the renowned Cleveland Orchestra as a frontline vocalist. In 2016, her musical release, “Spellbound” was an entry for the Traditional Pop Category of the Grammy Awards.

Her current show “A Little More Naughty than Nice! w/the Skatch Anderssen Orchestra is at the Maltz Performing Arts Center in Cleveland on 12/22:  A Little More Naughty Than Nice with Helen Welch | Maltz Performing Arts Center | Case Western Reserve University

In our conversation, we explore how her musical focus on Karen Carpenter and the Carpenters has been personally & musically rewarding but also has served as a spotlight on how mental health is addressed universally and for performers in particular.  Several of her current shows highlight the music of the Carpenters & are featured on her album: Superstar: The Carpenter’s Reimagined.

With Helen, there will be stories, laughter & wisdom and this episode is no exception –  I am so pleased to bring Helen Welch Close to You.

Home – Helen Welch
https://youtu.be/FEg8EMxbLvk?si=Fa3zmt_zce7xTyRu
https://youtu.be/LXBuK-qZapA?si=xBprPcB1bmMEU05D
https://youtu.be/onScJdWFfOs?si=vgJJau2lKTnwqhq-

Ohio & National Performer Resources 
Home – OAPN
Home  · Actors’ Equity Association
Amplifying Midwestern Creativity – Arts Midwest
NAMI | National Alliance on Mental Illness
The Entertainment Community Fund Offers Mental Health Services | SAG-AFTRA

11/15/2024
Episode 41: Exteroceptive Visualization and Meditation

Sometimes are bodies are not a safe place to land when we need to reset or regulate our nervous system.  This quick visualization is exteroceptive, meaning outside of the body, instead of the more traditional interoceptive approaches like yoga nidra that borrow from body sensations and awareness.  Take a journey from close to far away in these simple exercise in relaxation. 

11/2/2024
Episode 40: Making Friends in Treatment? Samsung: “It was necessary but I’m not sure it was worth it.”

Today’s topic is engaging with peers, aka making friends in treatment settings.   My guest is Samsung who has several years of mental health and eating disorder recovery.  She reflects on her experience where these kinds of friendships proved both beneficial and hurtful.  She offers insight on boundaries, communication and inevitably how to trust your family or community and your treatment team to support your recovery.  I’m continuously amazed by her overall recovery and her perspective and candidness – thanks for listening!  

10/22/2024
Episode 39: Anxiety & Focus Series: Grounding Skills & Practice
Grounding skills are a great addition to your anxiety management toolbox.  Try these grounding options to ‘center’, ‘focus’, ‘chill’ or relax anytime!  Your senses are waiting to be regulated!

9/19/2024
Episode 38: Judy Neuman, LISW: Mental Health & Eating Disorder Support in Orthodox Jewish Communities

In this episode, Judy Neuman an independent, clinical social worker with over 19 years in private practice and over 25 years in school based social work, discusses mental health & eating disorders in the Orthodox Jewish community.  Her conversation illuminates specific benefits and challenges of managing mental health and eating disorders in the Jewish community at large, and sepcifically for those in the Orthodox Jewish community.  Judy’s experience and professionalism blend well with her passionate and dedicated voice to this important cultural story.  

8/19/2024
Episode 37: Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm & Healing: Author: Tracey Yokas

Bloodlines: a memoir of harm and healing by Tracey Yokas is a must-read guide and tribute to any family in a mental health or eating disorder crisis.  The book powerfully explores the concept of healing as a family unit and the complexities of self-discovery, long term trauma, resilience and openness.   When Tracey’s daughter is diagnosed with complex mental health and eating disorder challenges, Tracey discovers that she can only support Faith’s journey if she is willing to truly immerse herself in her own recovery journey & to begin dispelling generational self-narratives & addressing negative behaviors. Tracey beautifully illustrates how shame lives in the silence and how we need to learn to just listen, be safer places for each other to land & redefine self-care to develop a loving relationship with ourselves that eventually enriches our families and ostensibly, all or relationships. Tracey’s tone in bloodlines is sharply honest & starkly specific but it lands the reader in a safer place where healing & hope are vibrant & exciting!  

Bloodlines: A Memoir – Tracey Yokas Creates
Amazon.com: Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing eBook : Yokas, Tracey: Kindle Store
Follow Tracey on Instagram: @TraceyYokas


7/9/2024
Episode 36: Trans People & Eating Disorders: Gray: “You don’t have to be ok to be happy and content in your life.”

EDm3 welcomes back Gray for part 2 of his 3-tier recovery story.  We previously discussed medical complications with an eating disorder but now he takes us deeper into how those also impact his space as a transgender person.  Gray has a relevant and current perspective that informs individuals with ED but also for those in the LGBTQ community who deserve to be acknowledged in medical and mental health settings and to find a safe place to evolve and share.    He is a tenacious and tolerant advocate– open, candid and hopeful! Here’s his story….

6/23/2024
Episode 35: Outpatient Therapy: Familiar, Fun & Effective….with some Limitations

Outpatient therapy is a common and accessible mental health intervention that can be fun, familiar and effective, but…it has its limitations.  Listen to learn what to expect in outpatient, how to navigate higher level of care options and how to get the most out of your outpatient therapy experience.  

6/2/2024
Episode 34: Mental Health & Your Person- Shawn R: “It’s us against the disorder!”

Loving someone who has a mental health challenge or an eating disorder can be daunting but what if you also struggle?  Does it make it impossible?  Nope, Shawn teaches it is possible, yes, it is hard but it can also be an opportunity for personal growth and for developing strong communication and a safe, supportive place with a partner.  He paves an honest and hopeful path based on his experience with his person who struggles with an eating disorder and Shawn’s own mental & physical health complications.  Shawn offers us wonderfully inspiring perspective and life tools for cultivating relationships on a recovery path.  

5/6/2024
Episode 33: EMDR & Equine-Assisted Therapy – Tony Lima: “The horses show me what the client needs.”

Toni Lima, MSW, LISW, PATH, EAGALA educates on the use of both evidenced-based EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing therapy) and Equine (horse)-Assisted Therapy (EA) and using them in tandem (EA-EMDR) to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship obstacles and behavioral regulation in children. A great add-on layer or replacement for talk therapy.  EMDR is non-invasive and focuses on resetting negative core beliefs or stuck thoughts.  Equine assisted therapy supports self-regulation, emotional soothing and a safe play to practice mindfulness and self-nurturing for oneself and a therapeutic animal partner.  In this shared approach, challenges including complicated trauma can be addressed in a safe, supportive setting.  Toni touts amazing outcomes for herself and others and the benefit of a life spent in the community of horses.  

Green Fisher Farm LLC | horse therapy | Geauga County, 9001 Kinsman Road, Novelty, OH, USA
EMDR Therapy: What It Is, Procedure & Effectiveness (clevelandclinic.org)
EA-EMDR, the home of EquiLateral – Equine Assisted EMDR (eaemdr.com)
Therapeutic Horsemanship | Professional Certifications | PATH Intl
Home – EAGALA

4/5/2024
Episode 32: EveryBODY Fashion Show at YSU: Jennifer Frank, Machailin Sandquist & Ryan Pitts

The EveryBODY Fashion show at Youngstown State University on April 24th, 2024 at 6PM.  
Professor Jennifer Frank & students/models Ryan Pitts and Machailin Sandquist share how the event, in honor of a past student who died from eating disorder complications, brings together community, fashion, kindness, tolerance and eating disorder awareness and education.  A super fun, inspiring FREE event!  Click the link below for more information! 

or ysufashion_ on Instagram 

@ysufashion

3/4/2024
Episode 31: Alternative Therapies: EMDR, ECT, TMS, Ketamine, VR Therapy, Acupuncture, Hypnotherapy, Biofeedback

Sometimes outpatient therapy is not enough. Outpatient is great for sustaining when your on a recovery path. It is usually a good fit for most mild to moderate symptoms. In some cases there are severe symptoms, medication resistance or several comorbidities potentially including addiction that demand more extensive and intense treatment paths.
Most of these interventions are short term and can complement outpatient therapy – which can be more long term for those with complicated diagnosis or symptoms.
This is a quick surface dive for the following: Eye movement desensitization & processing (EMDR), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Ketamine, Acupuncture, Hypnotherapy, Bio & Neuro Feedback & Virtual Reality Therapy. See below for starting points on the internet and related podcasts.


2/18/2024
Episode 30: Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Anxiety & Panic Model: Dr. Elizabeth McMahon

Today’s guest is licensed psychologist Dr. Elizabeth McMahon who has been exploring and successfully treating anxiety disorders for over 40 years and has used virtual reality (VR) with clients since 2010. She has become an instrumental voice for this on-trend and effective modality and has authored many pieces on these topics, most notably are Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety: A Guide for Therapists & the self-help workbook, Overcoming Anxiety and Panic interactive guide. These tools offer detailed, evidence-based direction for those struggling with anxiety & ample case studies & specific applied examples for clinicians. She also contributes to Psychology Today & PESI.com. She graciously shares her time with us to discuss her anxiety model & treatment process including using VR for exposures that are safe and wildly effective. A true, passionate pioneer helping those with anxiety find relief and a life worthwhile.

Dr. McMahon’s books are available on Amazon*:
https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Anxiety-Panic-interactive-guide/dp/0979640806
Website: https://www.elizabeth-mcmahon.com/therapist-resources
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/overcoming-anxiety-and-panic
PESI: https://catalog.pesi.com/item/virtual-reality-vr-anxiety-phobia-treatment-guide-vr-practical-rapid-effective-exposure-therapy-78551?
Society for Virtual Reality Therapy: https://www.svrt.org/
VR & Eating Disorder Treatment: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34048622/
*I have no financial or business affiliation with Dr. McMahon or Amazon. 

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2/5/2024
Episode 29: M: Quick & Willing Recovery – “I had this aha moment & I knew I was going to recover…I feel invincible now!”

M is a 20 year old college student w/a unique ED recovery story in that she became symptom free quickly and, other then a few weeks in higher level of care, was able to continue an exercise regimen – something not typically possible. M struggled early in life with Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder where she built skills she used to manage her ED at first on her own. But like many who struggle with ED, a village of support is almost always needed to find true and sustainable recovery. Her tenacious strong will, positive outlook and complete willingness and openness to find recovery draw an inspiring path for others to emulate. She brings us a young hope-filled & refreshing voice in a tough ED world! 

1/7/2024
Episode 28: Peer Support for Eating Disorders-Ann Hull: ” ED’s are very isolating; peer supporters help mentees reconnect with the world.”

Ann Hull Kuster provides a thorough introduction into how Peer Support benefits persons with eating disorders and anyone on a recovery path.  Peer Support borrows from the success of Alcoholics Anonymous in matching persons with lived experience & good recovery with someone currently seeking recovery.  Ann illustrates how peer support strengthens the therapeutic team, offers hope, and provides flexibility and accountability for the Mentee.  Ann educates on the protocols, boundaries & expectations of this new modality that is slowly becoming acknowledged in the ED community.  Ann highlights how honesty, openness and willingness are key components in the success of this valuable partnership. “Eating Disorders are very isolating disorders, you get a peers supporter, and it helps you to become connected to the world and what a wonderful thing that is for someone.” 

11/29/2023
Episode 27: Eating Disorder Treatment & Interventions: “It takes a village” – Stephanie Paige, LPCC

This presentation was initially developed for a cohort of mental health clinicians, but it can benefit anyone who wants to discover more about ED treatment and for those currently on a recovery path to gauge the quality and depth of their current care.
Stephanie is a brilliant Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who is currently in private practice at the Hull Institute in Cleveland, OH. She also borrows from past experience at the Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders in Arizona. She is a graduate of Arizona State university and Miami University of Ohio. She blends her education & experience with a furtive dedication to helping people find freedom from the grip of their ED.

11/5/2023
Episode 26: Anxiety & Cancer Recovery- C: “I knew something was wrong, but I kept hearing it was just my anxious brain.”

‘C’ is a 15-year-old brain cancer warrior. Struggling with physical and medical complications since 10, she got the daunting diagnosis behind all the suffering at 12 – she had brain cancer. Already dealing with anxiety through childhood, anxiety became exacerbated during the next few years on her treatment path. She and her family searched furtively for years for a correct diagnosis – not accepting that her symptoms were only anxiety and GI issues. She inspires as an advocate for medical accountability and as holder of hope on her beautiful & complicated recovery path.

9/10/2023
Episode 25: Medical Issues & Gender Transitions- GRU: “ED is only a shadow lagging behind me, but not part of me.”

My guest today is Gray. Gray is only 22 but has a long & remarkable recovery path. He brings us a multi layered view of mental health, medical complications and eating disorder recovery and what happens when they intersect. He informs on the blurred lines between physiological and disordered eating origins and how mental health and navigating stages of gender transition can muddy the waters of recovery. Not willing to be deterred by these hurdles, he stopped resisting change and started to hear and share his voice while leaning into coping skills to unravel all these entangled obstacles to land in the now, where he is willing to share and inspire with openness. Gray is a true champion of perseverance and patience.

8/20/2023
Episode 24: Binge Eating Disorder: SW-“It’s a constant battle with your body to have control.”

SW adds insight, levity and a spot of sarcasm to her candid account of very real struggles with Binge Eating Disorder, Anxiety, Postpartum Depression and Prediabetes. She tells of incessant battering by her inner voice, hidden behaviors and the ongoing battle to listen to and regulate her body. She educates on self-advocacy in speaking up, especially in the medical field and reflects on using skills and learning emotional language to help allow food to be satisfying, pleasurable & nourishing. She doesn’t hold back one bit so her voice rings loud and true for anyone on a recovery path.

7/24/2023
Episode 23: Dr. Anne Kubal Shares ED Recovery Insights: “You have to feel the feels & eat the meals.”

“If you lose hope, it’s ok. I’m holding it for you until you’re ready to take it back.” One of many inspiring gifts from Dr. Anne Kubal who boldly brings focus to myths and marvels in the ED recovery journey. Her many years of expertise as a clinical psychologist in higher level of care settings, in private practice and as a clinical director and teacher informs poignant discussion points including autonomy and ethics in ED care, being beautifully infallible and vulnerable in your practice, finding the right fit & options to find a recovery that is real, doing the hard work that sucks and willingness to wade through the sh– river of recovery. She unabashedly explores using humor, therapeutic eye rolls, protective factors, fairy dust, flexibility and learning to leverage her patients’ strong emotions to help them find their own unique recovery.”

7/9/2023
Episode 22: Panic Disorder & Severe Anxiety: Regulation, Tolerance & Symptom Skills

Anxiety (often moderate to severe) and sometimes Panic attacks can accompany an eating disorder. Panic Disorder is a clinical disorder with an often-debilitating set of symptoms that affect the mind & body. Panic & Anxiety can be treated with a combination of professional support, education & skills and sometimes medication. Learn 2 Stages to approaching panic including a review of 4 Sensory Cues and preventive, reactive and post-care regulation and tolerance skills.

ARFID Series

6/13/2023

Episode 21: ARFID Series-Parent Story: “She came here in pieces, and she is going back whole.”


Patricia uncovers ARFID to help save her daughter. She is the mother of two adult daughters and a registered nurse. Her 22-year-old daughter, Li, experienced a traumatic choking event in the past year and was diagnosed with ARFID. She graciously and starkly takes us on her journey with her daughter towards recovery. From test, questions and missed diagnoses to exhausting changes in their personal lives to teaming up with several community supports and powering through with persistence to beautiful outcomes. Her story is educational and motivating.

5/16/2023
Episode 20: ARFID Series – Jaime Haumesser talks treatment & recovery: “Recovery really needs connection!”

Jaime Haumesser, licensed professional clinical counselor for over 20 years and current Clinical Director at the Hull Institute for Eating Disorders in Cleveland, Ohio discusses ARFID from her professional, clinical, and personal experience. She helps us unravel ARFID’s presentation, symptoms & medical concerns. Additionally, she breaks down intervention, recovery factors and impact on the family system. She insightfully delves into the import of individualized, specialty care and focusing treatment on exposure therapy, distress tolerance and building trust in the therapeutic relationship. The journey her clients take with her starts with being flexible: willingness to be uncomfortable tackling food avoidance which develops into global success strategies which evolve into beautiful hope and the prospect of recovery.

4/2/2023

Episode 19: ARFID Series – Introduction to ARFID

ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is a clinical eating disorder. Listen to this introduction to learn how it is not picky eating, its symptoms & types, how to build a treatment team and intervention expectations on the way to a recovery path.

4/2/2023
Episode 18: ARFID Series – Li: “I had to look panic right in the eye and move through it because you can’t go past it.”


Li discovers ARFID: after a choking incident, food became a source of anxiety, panic and resistance. Her thoughts a scary place and her independence & sense of safety threatened. She takes us on an informative & private journey highlighting how her recovery progress demanded she be intentional, do the hard strenuous work, lean on her support group, and challenge entrenched thoughts. Get ready to be moved & educated as she goes from crisis to personal transformation. “I had to look panic right in the eye and move through it because you can’t go past it, you can’t go around it, you have to feel it in order to get past it & recover.”

Anxiety Series

7/9/2023

Episode 22: Panic Disorder & Severe Anxiety: Regulation, Tolerance & Symptom Skills.
Anxiety (often moderate to severe) and sometimes Panic attacks can accompany an eating disorder. Panic Disorder is a clinical disorder with an often-debilitating set of symptoms that affect the mind & body. Panic & Anxiety can be treated with a combination of professional support, education & skills and sometimes medication. Learn 2 Stages to approaching panic including a review of 4 Sensory Cues and preventive, reactive and post-care regulation and tolerance skills.

4/2/2023

Episode 17: Anxiety Series – Anxiety & Medication
Discussion about the timing and efficacy of using medication for anxiety management. Identifying providers, assessing for functioning, severity and lethality and how & when to use behavioral interventions included. A good informative first step approach.

Parent Talk Series

1/15/2023
Episode 16: ED Recovery Parent Talk: HZ – “I listened to my intuition in helping my daughter be autonomous while committed to recovery.”

HK is a mother and mental health clinician who watched her now 23-year-old daughter’s anxiety and life transitions turn into debilitating Anorexia. Marvelously, they fought their way into a beautiful recovery state in an outpatient setting. A supportive family culture, trusting parental instincts, a specialized therapeutic team and her daughter’s fierce determination and strong will were beautiful components of this awe-inspiring recovery story!

11/27/2022
Episode 15: ED Recovery Parent Talk: IG – “She was bones wrapped in flesh, a bag of sticks.”

IG shares her daughter’s eating disorder recovery story. She brings invaluable advice & promise as she talks terrible to marvelous aspects of fighting an ED. Discussion includes levels of care, managing exercise, family talk and peer impact. Heartfelt, honest, enlightened and educational. A must listen for ED families!

11/7/2022
Episode 14: EMDR w/Sarah Novak, MSW, LISW-S- ‘Channeling feelings in a new pathway instead of the old automatic one being used.’

Sarah educates on how EMDR works and what to expect. She explores the many settings where it is appropriate and its overall efficacy borrowing from research and her clinical experience. She explains how its global focus is on each person’s rooted self, like a tree trunk with many branches extended out from experiences that shape core beliefs. EMDR helps heal and re-connect those branches in a more adaptive and kind way.

Candid College Series

Episode 1: Candid College: PR – ‘Fun dynamic discussion! But please don’t lick the pop filter’.
Poppy Rose has an experiential, fun and dynamic take on her many years of ED and mental health treatment.  Currently symptom free from ED, she talks about challenges in getting care, “not being sick enough”, virtual versus in person support, toxic positivity, boundaries and food myths.

Episode 2: Candid College: ZK – ‘Being Uncomfortable & Being Willing are Power Choices in Recovery.’
ZK has found a symptom free, stable and insightful seat on her recovery path.  Learning to be vulnerable, uncomfortable, to trust herself and her team & to play the brain tricks right back are among the bits of wisdom this inspiring human shares.


Episode 3: Candid College: MG- ‘So sick of it I quit looking to my ED to solve my problems’.
MG has seen it all and she’s not afraid to tell you what it looks like.  Her scattered journey recently landed with ‘flipping the switch’ and starting to life her real life – boldly and brilliantly!

Episode 4: Candid College: AT- ‘If You’re Pretty F’d Up, Don’t Hide it but Do Dress for Less Stress.’
Asia Taj is straight up in exploring the ED recovery path.  Always in the game, even when he was losing, his persistence, steadiness and willingness to allow himself to evolve have had life changing results.  A true ED warrior!

Episode 5: Candid College: MB – ‘Be Your True Self Again; But Tai Chi is Optional!’
MB Shares her plans for college adjustment and her honest review of her ED as a sassy, menace and finding resilience, family support and empowerment to “be the happiest I have ever been.”

Episode 6: Candid College: EA – ‘If You’re Brave Enough to Challenge ED, Better to Jump with a Bungee!’
EA Shares challenges in the thick of recovery with college in the near future.  Magical moments, peer support, difficult choices and resilience pave her path.

Episode 7: Candid College: SA – “I’m trying to life a life that I’ve never lived before.”
SA brings a candid, honest viewpoint right from the edges of recovery.  From the BS and cliche’s to the true value of making hard choices to live a life you never knew and choosing to define what ED has given you.

Episode 8: Candid College: Mallory Tabak RD- ‘It’s about trust, independence, communication.’
Registered Dietician, Mallory Tabak shares over 10 years’ experience in exploring eating disorder nutrition concerns in transitioning to college.  She brings us an informed, passionate and refreshing perspective.  Fabulously, food is not the main topic!

Episode 9: ED Levels of Care Defined
A quick introduction to levels of eating disorder treatment from outpatient to hospitalization.

Athletes & ED Series

Episode 10: Athletes & ED – HK ‘It’s hard to ignore your body in a leotard’.
HK takes us on a roller coaster ride through her life with ED, sports, injuries, allergies & illness. Looking inward to build self-awareness and adapting traits to her benefit have been pivotal in recovery. Though she still has obstacles, she has strong insights from which to build resilience and spirit.

Episode 11: Athletes & ED – KF ‘Recovery lies in the 2nd thought you choose.’
KF motivates and inspires with her candid exploration of her ED recovery as an athlete.  She has worked impressively to turn exercise into something she loves again and is sustainable instead of a dark place where compulsion and a busy mind once took over.  She has found a way to build new thinking around her ED narrative; a thought process that is now kind and reflexive. None of this was easy, she shed layers of a role and self she once knew to find the successful and behavior free person she is today.  An encouraging and powerful recovery story!   

Overshoot Exploration

Episode 12: Overshoot Exploration with Taryn McPherson, RD – ‘Allow your body to build back trust in you!’
Registered Dietician and ED nutrition specialist, Taryn McPherson walks us through the tough and anomalous topic of ‘overshoot’. She educates on the body in famine, re-establishing trust with your body, how the body is meant to change and how all food is nutrition.

Episode 13: Overshoot Exploration, Client Perspective – ‘It’s not body dysmorphia, I’m actually seeing what’s there.’
A client perspective on how overshoot can happen, its impact on recovery and ways to manage body image and health/activity expectations in recovery. Includes trusting the recovery team, real body changes versus dysmorphia and when the ED voice wants to get running too soon!

Episode 14: EMDR w/Sarah Novak, MSW, LISW-S- ‘Channeling feelings in a new pathway instead of the old automatic one being used.’
Sarah educates on how EMDR works and what to expect. She explores the many settings where it is appropriate and its overall efficacy borrowing from research and her clinical experience. She explains how its global focus is on each person’s rooted self, like a tree trunk with many branches extended out from experiences that shape core beliefs. EMDR helps heal and re-connect those branches in a more adaptive and kind way.