Person utilizing EMDR to address trauma

EMDR Knee Tapping: Your Ultimate Guide to Healing Trauma

EMDR, Managing emotions, Somatic Exercises

An EMDR tapping exercise with a trained EMDR therapist helps address relational trauma: painful experiences like abuse, neglect, or betrayal from someone close. You might struggle with trusting others, feel unworthy of love, or find intimacy challenging. These effects can linger, disrupting your relationships and sense of self. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy offers a way to process

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[VIDEO] Pelvic Floor Issues? The Truth About How to Heal Trauma

Neurology, Podcast, Somatic Exercises

Pelvic floor therapy targets the muscles, ligaments, and connective tissues that support your pelvic organs—think bladder, bowels, and reproductive system. These structures play a starring role in everyday functions like urination, digestion, and even sexual health. Problems here can affect anyone, regardless of gender, and can throw a wrench into your quality of life. In a recent interview, Dr. Rachel

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[VIDEO] Shatter ADHD Myths: How to Use Brain Mapping to Unlock the Science of Attention

ADHD, Neurology, Podcast

Brain Mapping and Neurofeedback at Vital Brain Health What’s Happening Under the Hood The brain is more than just the seat of our thoughts—it’s a dynamic organ where hardware (neural structures) and software (thought patterns) interact. At Vital Brain Health, advanced tools like EEG-based brain mapping and neurofeedback allow clinicians to peek into this hardware, revealing how brain waves and

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Attachment Styles: How to Heal the Hidden Lens Shaping Your Relationships

Anxiety, Healthy Relationships, Neurology, Parenting, Podcast

Attachment styles profoundly impact the way you view yourself and your world. Have you ever wondered why you react the way you do in relationships? Whether it’s a romantic partnership, a friendship, or even a professional connection, the way you form and maintain bonds with others is deeply influenced by something you may not even be aware of: your attachment

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5 Ways Trauma Rewires Your Brain for Survival

Anxiety, Managing emotions, Neurology

The human brain is remarkably adaptive, especially in response to trauma and adversity. When individuals experience neglect, emotional or verbal abuse, sexual abuse, or witness family violence—particularly in early childhood—their brains undergo survival-based changes to help them navigate a dangerous world. These adaptations are, in many ways, a reflection of the brain’s resilience. However, when trauma survivors move into safer

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How to Best Choose a Therapist: 3 Essential Tips to Ensure the Right Fit for Success

Managing emotions, Podcast

Choosing the right therapist can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re already facing personal challenges. However, knowing how to choose a therapist and understanding what to look for in a therapist can simplify the process. Drawing from expert insights by Dr. Connor McClenahan, director of Here Counseling, this guide highlights three essential qualities—availability, authenticity, and helpfulness—to help you find a therapist

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Young Adults Need to Feel Strong: Why “Vibey” Therapists are Unhelpful, and Tips to Find a Good One for Your Young Adult

Anxiety, Podcast

Navigating mental health as a community college student is no small feat. At Pasadena City College (PCC), where about 24,000 students—fresh-faced high school grads, career switchers, and everyone in between—chase their dreams, the mental health team works overtime to keep up. Dr. Andrea Bailey, Faculty Lead and Clinical Director, compares her job to running a small city’s mental health system,

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emotional numbness

Feeling Nothing? The Truth About Emotional Numbness in Men

Managing emotions

Why Do Some Men Feel Emotionally Numb? You find yourself going through the motions, unable to feel much of anything. Maybe you know you should be happy, sad, or excited but instead, you feel…nothing. Emotional numbness is a silent struggle many men experience, often without realizing it. Rather than feeling deeply, everything becomes muted, like watching life through a foggy

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