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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jul 21, 2025 7:36:38 PM
There’s a kind of love that doesn’t bloom gently—it twists in your chest, tight and unrelenting. It’s not love’s absence that hurts, but the constant question of whether it’s real enough, right enough, deep enough. This is what Relationship OCD...
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KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jul 21, 2025 7:25:59 PM
Do you often think or feel something’s off." not dangerous, not dirty—just... wrong. The book isn’t crooked, but it isn’t straight enough. The...
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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...
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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...
