Articles

These pieces are where I work out, in writing, what I do clinically. They're written for the kind of reader who arrives at therapy already articulate about their patterns and is looking for something the patterns alone haven't moved. There's no required order, but a few natural starting points are below.

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

Nattan Hollander LMFT Nattan Hollander LMFT

Imagination Is Real

Imagination isn't fantasy, and it isn't only visual — it's a perceptual faculty across all the senses, and the nervous system receives it as real. Why understanding this changes how trauma persists and how it heals.

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