Writing
These pieces are where I work out, in writing, what I do clinically. Most are for people considering or already in this kind of work; a few are written for clinicians and marked as such. There's no required order, but a few natural starting points are below.
How I use AI in this writing
A few starting places
What Is Depth EMDR? — for the work in one piece
When Understanding Isn't Enough — if you've been in therapy and feel stuck
On Spirituality in My Work — how I hold meaning-making in therapy, and how I don't
How to Use Therapy in the Age of AI — what each is for, and what only the human work can offer
For Clinicians: What AI Is Articulating About EMDR
AI can now run the EMDR protocol without a clinician. What it can't carry is the field the protocol was always there to hold open — and the contrast is clarifying what EMDR actually is.
The Part of EMDR Nobody Can Fully Explain
EMDR's bilateral activation may be the most mysterious component of trauma therapy. Nobody fully knows why it works — but it may be a deliberate, concentrated version of something the body already knows how to do when we go for a walk to work something out.