Episode 18 - Mondays with Melissa
Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.
On today’s episode, Melissa opens up about what led her to finally going to therapy and how she ultimately ended up discovering EMDR. Melissa will share with you a glimpse of how she knows that EMDR is helping her continue to move forward in healing. If you aren’t sure how to even start, this episode will give you the opportunity to hear about how therapy is definitely not linear! As always, contact Melissa through Instagram, Facebook or via email (melissa@mendingfamilieswa.com) anytime!
Topics Melissa mentions:
*Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs are based on research done by Kaiser Permanente of over 17,000 participants. To read about ACEs and the results of the study, go to www.acestoohigh.com
*The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris
*The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
*Go back and listen to episode 7 and episode 8 to hear the backstory of what led Melissa to seeking therapy
*If you have more questions about any of the therapeutic modalities and tools that Melissa touched on today, email her at melissa@mendingfamilieswa.com
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