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What is EMDR

When really bad things happen or are done to us, they can get "stuck" in our brains and cause us to be haunted by them months and years afterward. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help us get un-stuck.

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Nothing Funny About SAD

Seasonal Affective Disorder - SAD for short - is a depressive mood condition that is triggered by the brain's reaction to seasonal changes, particularly from Fall to Winter.

Find out more about SAD and what can be done to help...

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Destygmatizing Mental Health

Despite scientific advances in understanding how the human brain functions and the neuropsychological aspects of conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and others, persons who have these conditions continue to be stigmatized.

This article suggests that one contributor this stigmatization the tendency among clinicians and consumers to refers to those conditions as illnesses. The time has come to replace it with a better word...

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Spring Always Returns

First Responders and frontline healthcare professionals have a higher risk of developing PTSD and other trauma due to the nature of their work. Thankfully, help is available. Exposure techniques such as EMDR are proven effective in reducing or eliminating trauma symptoms.

Because sometimes, those who help us also need help. This article discusses what that help is...

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