From the Desk of Dr. Dobo
The Secret Skills of an Aging Consultant
There is much written about supervision. There is the responsibility each party agrees to. Clear...
Why on Earth are You Not Trained in EMDR?
EMDR should be mandatory across all mental health fields where therapy is administered. Why? Let...
Death Bed EMDR
Some of you have read my book, Unburdening Souls at the Speed of Thought and some of you know me...
Attachment Theory, Ego State Therapy and the Dangers of Integration with EMDR
Should you be integrating attachment theory with EMDR? Well, we in the EMDR community know that...
Fully Embracing Virtual EMDR and Its Benefits
Embracing Virtual EMDR Is virtual EMDR legit? Can you do EMDR on Zoom? Before COVID, there were...
Prince Harry and the Transformational Power of EMDR
You may have seen Prince Harry reporting that EMDR saved his life. He demonstrated it on TV...
Trauma Treatment: EMDR Therapy – The World’s First Line of Defense
It’s been thirty-four years since Francine Shapiro discovered that eye movement reduces emotional...
Rapid Eye Movement Therapy: What is it?
What is rapid eye movement therapy? How can it benefit you? It is not a commonly known fact that...
Posts from the Team
EMDR Protocol Explained: What Every Therapist Must Know
When therapists hear about EMDR for the first time, it’s often in the context of results: “It works fast,” or “It helped my client when nothing else did.” What’s less commonly discussed, but absolutely vital to understand, is the structure behind that success: the...
Why We Train Therapists in the Standard Protocol First
When therapists begin EMDR training, many are eager to learn advanced techniques, nuanced strategies, or exciting integrations with other modalities. It’s natural; we all want to offer our clients the most powerful tools available. And EMDR is indeed powerful. But...
What Clients Really Want from Therapy, and How EMDR Answers
Clients rarely walk into therapy saying, “I want transformation.” They ask for relief. For clarity. For help. But underneath that request, beneath the symptoms and the stories, is something deeper. They want to stop looping.They want to stop carrying.They want to feel...
What EMDR Training Unlocks That Other Trainings Don’t
There are plenty of therapy trainings that sharpen skills.Some offer new tools. Others expand your scope. Some even promise breakthroughs. But EMDR training doesn’t just add to your toolkit, it changes the way you sit in the room. It redefines what it means to be...
The Moment EMDR Therapists Realize It’s Not About Them
There’s a moment in every EMDR therapist’s journey when something shifts. It doesn’t happen during a lecture or while memorizing the protocol. It happens in the room mid-session when a client says something unexpected, or no longer needs to say anything at all. The...
Why Your Clients Deserve EMDR
Every therapist enters the field with the same hope to help people heal. It’s the very thread that pulls them through the years of education, supervision, and self-doubt. But somewhere along the way, amid the complex diagnoses, symptom tracking, and the weekly rhythm...
How EMDR Speaks the Language of the Nervous System
Some therapies speak to the mind while others speak to the emotions. EMDR speaks to something even more fundamental: the nervous system itself. Because trauma doesn’t just live in our thoughts, it lives in the body, in the autonomic responses we never chose, or in the...
What Makes EMDR Training a Rite of Passage?
Every therapist remembers their first real training, the one that didn’t just add skills but rewired something deeper. For many, EMDR training is that moment. It’s not just a credential or just a technique, it’s a crossing over. For when EMDR is taught well, it...
From Burnout to Breakthrough: EMDR’s Impact on the Therapist
Most therapists don’t talk about their own burnout until it’s already arrived. They power through heavy caseloads, emotional fatigue, and the constant pull to "do more," believing that endurance is part of the job. But behind closed doors, many are left wondering: “Is...
The Power of Bilateral Stimulation in EMDR
The stimulation, the integration of mind and body is one of the simplest and most profound elements of EMDR therapy. Back-and-forth. Side to side. Left, right, left, right. It’s like walking, like moving towards and into the authentic self. Whether through eye...
Why Experiencing EMDR Yourself Changes Everything
There’s something that happens during EMDR training that no slide deck can prepare you for. It’s the moment you sit in the client’s chair. And in that moment, you are the one who closes your eyes, names a memory, and begins bilateral stimulation. This is a moment when...
Is EMDR the Fastest Route to Client Transformation?
There are few moments more humbling in therapy than witnessing a client release years of emotional burden in a single session. And it’s not because of the insight, nor because of the technique. Somewhere along the way, you come to realize that it’s because the system...
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