Modality
EMDR and Its Role in Trauma Treatment
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a structured, well-researched approach to reducing the distress carried by traumatic memories.
Resources
Writing on the modalities I use and approach
ModalityInternal Family Systems
IFS views the mind as made up of different parts, each with its own perspectives, memories, and emotions — and helps us befriend the ones carrying the most.
ModalitySomatic Experiencing and Psychotherapy
Our emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations are interconnected — and stress and trauma can be stored in the body.
ModalityDialectical Behavioral Therapy and Psychotherapy
DBT teaches skills to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships — through a neurodivergent affirming, trauma-informed lens.
PerspectiveCW: Functioning labelsConsidering Autism as a wheel or circle, rather than a spectrum
A spectrum classifies people as "high functioning" or "low functioning." A wheel makes room for the fact that no two Autistic experiences are the same.
PerspectiveRejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
RSD is the intense emotional — and even physical — pain that can follow a sense of rejection. It's very real, and it deserves more than a quick fix.
PerspectiveCW: AbleismAbleism and Accommodations
Ableism can happen silently across every system in our society. Naming it is the first step toward building environments that actually include people.