by Dr. Monica Borschel | Jun 9, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, EMDR, Emotions, Teenagers
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR helps desensitize anxiety, trauma, and other symptoms of stress. It’s a helpful tool that allows you to understand yourself at a deeper level. In the fourth episode of the “The Behaviour Sleuths,”...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Jan 6, 2021 | Children, EMDR, Love
When Andrew was little, he would often try his best to get his parent’s attention. He would joke, perform, clean, get good grades, and do anything else that he thought would make his parents see him. Andrew was too young at the time to realize that his parents...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Nov 25, 2020 | EMDR, PTSD, Therapy & Psychology, Trauma
Angela would get anxious hours before she had her EMDR therapy. She would often walk into her therapists’ rooms with sweaty hands. The anticipation of the EMDR treatment made her adrenaline go up. She felt safe with her therapist, but the unpredictability of the...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Oct 14, 2020 | EMDR, Family, Love, Relationships, Self-Esteem
Riley was feeling troubled about her current work situation. Because of COVID-19, she had to work longer hours to help her colleagues out who had to homeschool their children. Riley was expected to work longer hours because she didn’t have children. She began...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | May 13, 2020 | EMDR, Emotions, Self-Esteem, Trauma
When Sam was a child, his father would drink and then come home and smash the house. From his bed, he could hear his mother crying. His mother would crawl into Sam’s bed at night and cry. Sam was confused. He didn’t know how to help his mother, and he...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Apr 15, 2020 | Anxiety, EMDR
As uncomfortable as anxiety can be, we all need a little bit of anxiety to motivate us to meet our deadlines and to survive. However, when our anxiety becomes too big, we can feel like we are spinning out of control. It might be hard to focus and be efficient...
