by Elisa Planellas | Sep 25, 2025 | EMDR Therapist
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...
by Elisa Planellas | Aug 25, 2025 | EMDR 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...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 31, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Therapy
There’s a quiet kind of power that enters the therapy room when a therapist fully comes to trust the process. Not just the steps. Not just the protocol. But the deeper rhythm of healing that exists beneath words, beneath story, beneath logic. EMDR invites this kind of...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 28, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Training, Private Practice
Becoming an EMDR therapist isn’t just about adding a new modality. It’s about entering into a different way of being with your clients and with yourself. In a profession that often rewards doing, EMDR invites something else: presence. Trust. Restraint. A shift from...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 21, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Training
Those who train in EMDR often say “I wish I had done this sooner.” You’d be surprised how often we hear that. Therapists from every background—psychodynamic, CBT, somatic, integrative—come to EMDR training with curiosity or hesitation. But by the time they’ve...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 7, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Training
EMDR therapy doesn’t just change the client, it changes the therapist. But before that transformation begins, there’s one very important threshold to cross: training. Whether you’re newly licensed or seasoned in the field, choosing to train in EMDR isn’t just a...
