Articles on Trauma Recovery, Burnout, and Living Well

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EMDR Therapy for Burnout: When Your Body Finally Says No
Burnout and Stress, Trauma and EMDR Shante Breitenbach, LPC Burnout and Stress, Trauma and EMDR Shante Breitenbach, LPC

EMDR Therapy for Burnout: When Your Body Finally Says No

Burnout isn't just tiredness. It's what happens when someone has been running on obligation and willpower for so long that the body stops cooperating. For a lot of the women I work with, burnout isn't the problem. It's the signal. Something underneath has been driving the overdrive for years, and rest alone was never going to fix it.

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Does Online EMDR Therapy Actually Work?
Trauma and EMDR Shante Breitenbach, LPC Trauma and EMDR Shante Breitenbach, LPC

Does Online EMDR Therapy Actually Work?

If you're in Augusta, Macon, or a suburb of Atlanta, driving to a trauma therapist isn't always realistic. The good news: you don't have to. Research on telehealth EMDR, particularly since 2020, supports its effectiveness for most presentations. The work doesn't lose something in translation just because it happens over a screen.

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