KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

EMDR

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Complex PTSD: When Trauma Is How Your Body Learned to Survive

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Many new people come into my office asking the same question: Why am I not getting better? For many people, the missing piece is complex PTSD vs...

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Deep brain reorienting

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When EMDR Isn’t Enough: How DBR Reaches the Places Words Can’t

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If you’ve ever had EMDR therapy for adult trauma processing and felt the strange relief of something shifting inside you-without having to walk back...

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How to Overcome Trauma: Strategies for Healing

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Trauma changes the brain, leaving a lasting imprint on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. It doesn’t simply live in the past as a distant...

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What is Trauma Therapy?

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What is trauma? Many people unknowingly live with what I often call “trauma brain.” It’s an invisible force shaping their reactions, emotions, and...

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