Tamie's Blog

Clinician Consultation Newsletter Providing connection and fostering growth through clinical consultation November 2026 Was this forwarded to you? Sign up for the monthly newsletter to get updates and resources. This Month's Reflection [...]

Most of us have heard the saying Stuck in The Mud . Usually, when a person comes to therapy they are figuratively stuck in the mud and the goals they want to achieve are somewhere on the horizon, and quite often on [...]

As an EMDR therapist, I speak with my clients regarding the Window of Tolerance. The optimal window was originally developed by Dr. Dan Siegel to note the optimal zone of arousal to function . The optimal window is when a person [...]

Emotions are vital and commanding in our lives; we are not able to exist and act without them. What I have discovered, personally and professionally, is a fair amount of us are not fluent in our emotions. We go to school and learn to read, [...]

Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP) The adaptive information processing model (AIP) is foundational to EMDR. According to the AIP model, under the right circumstances, our brain has the natural capacity to heal in a healthy and adaptive [...]