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Trauma is a word that is thrown around a lot these days. “I was so traumatized when they were out of navel oranges at the grocery store.” “I feel traumatized because I just found out my husband is having an affair.” “My son fell off his bike and skinned his knee, and I’m afraid he…

Often when we think about the word “trauma”, we think of something deeply distressing, a disturbing experience, or a horrible injury.  We don’t always associate it on a smaller scale and therefore don’t recognize the ways that traumatic events can continue to affect our daily lives. As humans, our natural tendency is to avoid risk…

Have you ever broken a bone? If not, let me walk you through the process. If it’s not immediately obvious that it’s broken, you usually don’t know that something is wrong until it starts to swell and bruising is visible. Once you’ve determined that you need to see a doctor, they’ll ask, “what happened to…

Depression. It is a heavy word that everyone knows, and nearly everyone experiences during their life. But what is it exactly? Is being really sad depression? Is lacking motivation depression? If someone is depressed, is there anything that can be done that will really help? And where does depression come from? There are some basic…

I had the privilege of interviewing our very own Steve Jones, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy, who is also an expert on EMDR. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a well researched successful psychotherapeutic approach to treating trauma as well as other emotional distress and disturbing life events. While it sounds strange at first,…