224 - Healing From Trauma With EMDR Therapy With Authors Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn, PsyD

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Michael Baldwin says EMDR saved his life. Deborah Korn, PsyD uses EMDR to help people overcome trauma. Together, they wrote a book called Every Memory Deserves Respect. Some of the things they talk about are how EMDR works, why it is so effective in addressing PTSD, what to expect from an EMDR session, and the symptoms that tend to improve with treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:46.7	Okay. Today I'm talking to Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn.
0:50.8	They co-authored a book together called Every Memory Deserves Respect.
0:57.5	Debbie is an EMDR therapist, and Michael is an advocate of EMDR. After experiencing it for himself and undergoing an extreme transformation, he now loves to tell other people
1:02.0	about the benefits. EMDR, if you're not familiar, is a type of treatment that's used specifically
1:07.5	to help people heal from trauma. Debbie and Michael will explain more about what it is and how it works during this episode.
1:14.5	Some of the things they talk about today are how traumatic experiences affect us,
1:19.1	what happens during an EMDR therapy session, and why it's so effective.
1:23.9	Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the therapist's take.
1:27.5	It's the part of the show where I'll give you my take on the strategies Michael and Debbie share
1:31.5	and explain how you can apply them to your own life.
1:34.5	So here's Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn on how EMDR therapy might help you heal from trauma.
1:41.0	Michael Baldwin and Dr. Debbie Korn, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. Thank you, Amy. Thank you for having us.
1:48.1	Absolutely. I'm excited to talk to you both. I came across your book called Every Memory Deserves Respect. But as a therapist myself, I happen to know that the initials EMDR also stands for something else.
2:01.9	So I was excited to check out why you wrote this book and to hear a little bit more about it.
2:05.9	So maybe before we dive in, though, maybe you can explain a little bit about what EMDR is, Debbie.
2:11.2	Yeah, absolutely.
2:12.7	So maybe let's start with the acronym EMDR.
2:17.1	EMDR stands for eye movement, desensitization, and
2:21.4	reprocessing. Now, desensitization refers to the reduction of distress, of fear, of anxiety,
2:28.5	and reprocessing refers to the reevaluation or the restructuring of thoughts and beliefs and basically the transformation of one sense of self relative to past traumatic experiences.
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