by Aubrey Holden | Apr 17, 2023 | LGBTQ, Mental Health
All across America, we are seeing state legislatures attack the LGBTQIA+ community. According to the ACLU, at least 417 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the United States this year. That’s more than double the amount introduced in...
by Aubrey Holden | Feb 27, 2023 | LGBTQ
In Tennessee, transgender and non-binary people are under attack by the supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly. Unfortunately, they have passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA+ youth under the age of 18. As a psychotherapist, I am deeply...
by Aubrey Holden | Jan 2, 2023 | Trauma
If you’ve done EMDR with your therapist, you know that it can initially feel incredibly strange in comparison to more traditional talk therapy modalities. Particularly, the idea of reprocessing traumatic memories using eye movements or other bilateral stimulation...
by Aubrey Holden | Oct 25, 2022 | Mental Health, Trauma
One highly evidenced-based practice known to heal a variety of mental health issues, especially trauma, is a modality known as Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. Created by American Psychologist Francine Shapiro (1948-2019) in the late...
