Category: EMDR
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A New Photo! (And A Little Story)
A Warm Surprise Alas, a new photo! Probably not as cool as I envisioned it in my head, but this was inspired by a pretty recent moment: I was working in my room late at night on Paper Birds this past weekend, and my mom came into my room unexpectedly and just started running her…
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Film Stills In Honor of PTSD Awareness Month
A Short Reflection June is PTSD Awareness Month. In honor of that, I wanted to share a few stills from my upcoming documentary, Paper Birds. I was 20 when I was officially diagnosed with PTSD after a traumatic memory from childhood resurfaced the summer prior. It took me a year and a half to begin…
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August 29th: Reflecting On Year 4
Four years ago today, I had my first flashback. Last August, I talked about how my therapist offered a different lens to view my “traumaversary” through. This year, we didn’t have to have that conversation. As tumultuous as it’s been, had my trajectory not been altered in such a way, I don’t think I would…
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Healing Fragmented Memories Through EMDR: An Interactive CEU
Healing Fragmentation: The Brain-Body Reconnect I’m honored to be co-presenting a continuing education session for mental health professionals focusing on the neurobiology of trauma and the healing potential of EMDR therapy. As I’ve shared in the past, when I was 19 (almost exactly four years ago now) I developed PTSD after a childhood trauma resurfaced…
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Year 4: Late Night Thoughts About Trauma & Time
Year 4 I was surprised when I opened my leather journal to find the last entry was from several months ago. More than halfway through 2024 and only a few pages have been filled since last December. It’s not an accurate reflection of logging my thoughts, of course, as I’ve been typing up weekly notes–many…
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Leaning In Instead Of Away: An Insightful Emotional Release
‘You Gotta Feel It To Heal It’ So sometime last week, I was having a weird day at work. Since starting EMDR therapy (an intensive form of trauma treatment) last April, I’ve begun to get more and more in touch with my body and how things physically feel. I think—and this is definitely how I…
A.C. Brooke 