S1 Ep 18: Unfreezing Trauma - Mary Held

In this episode, you will meet Mary Held from Lansing Michigan. Mary is a retired school teacher who had a life changing experience through therapy.  I fully enjoyed this conversation and you will too!

For 11 years, Mary suffered from debilitating seizures that left her spending most of her time at home. She was unable to find the cause, despite consulting with physicians, neurologists, and psychiatrists. Finally, a friend recommended Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She found an EMDR therapist and started work. Through EMDR she discovered that her seizures were caused by PTSD. Four months later, she was almost totally free from seizures and living a life she describes as “full of joy.”

Mary wrote about each session and what happened to her between sessions. Her journal, supplemented by her therapist’s comments on each session, became a book, “Unfreezing Trauma: My Personal Journal of EMDR Recovery.” Now Mary is dedicated to talking about her story, the book, and EMDR in general. Her goal is to make sure everyone who suffers from PTSD knows about EMDR.

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