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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 12, 2025 8:20:57 AM
There’s a kind of fear that hides in the ordinary. A doorknob. A grocery cart. The memory of a word. Contamination OCD is not about being tidy—it’s about terror masquerading as hygiene. It’s about a nervous system that screams danger where others...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 12, 2025 8:07:45 AM
There’s a particular pain that comes not from sin itself, but from the fear of it. A weariness that settles into the bones, not from wrongdoing, but...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 5, 2025 8:24:32 AM
Some fears arrive like thunderstorms—loud, visible, and unmistakable. Others creep in quietly, like fog—unwelcome, disorienting, and hard to explain....
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: May 31, 2025 2:06:35 PM
There is a particular kind of suffering that lives within people with POCD—a heavy, choking, and insessient nagging of what ifs. If these sufferers...
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KD Holmes, MS, LPC & Tyler LaFleur RN, BSN, CPT, CEP, CFMP, MLAS: May 31, 2025 12:42:51 PM
Conventionally, most people understand the concept of how our bodies operate. The brain, as the central processor, conjures up the command for an...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Nov 29, 2024 3:00:53 PM
After 48 years and countless therapists, I've come to challenge the traditional narratives surrounding mental health. Therapy often begins with...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Mar 20, 2024 8:02:54 AM
In today's fast pace and often unrelenting world, where success is measured through tangible achievements and milestones, it is imperative to focus...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Mar 10, 2024 10:09:18 AM
I am told by my clients I am gentle, approachable, easy to talk to, and silly. However, working in a room with just one other person can make it...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Feb 11, 2024 3:41:50 PM
The sorrow over my father's death lingers, a deep ache in my heart, triggered by reminders. Today is one of those days, the anniversary of his...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Dec 2, 2023 4:15:54 PM
One of my most cherished memories of my grandfather, Pappa Joe, is the time we all gathered and had a blast breakdancing. Of course my grandmother...
