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Can You Hear It? - The Sound of Avoidant AttachmentOne colleague described sitting with a client with an avoidant attach...
06/23/2026

Can You Hear It? - The Sound of Avoidant Attachment

One colleague described sitting with a client with an avoidant attachment strategy this way:

"I could be a blowup doll. They could leave a life-sized doll in my chair and I'm not sure the client would notice."

In Issue 9 of The 51st Minute, I share three signals to listen for — including what Fosha calls "deal and not feel," the mechanism Bowlby named decades ago, and what small doses of connection look like in a session.

Link in comments.

An early therapy case was a client discharged 24 hours after a su***de attempt — after losing a child.I was a grad schoo...
06/10/2026

An early therapy case was a client discharged 24 hours after a su***de attempt — after losing a child.

I was a grad school intern. I'd just learned CBT case conceptualization. I sat there thinking: how is this supposed to help?

I never forgot how stuck I felt and it's motivated exploring new frameworks — and why a recent book on attachment patterns caught my attention.

If a client is stalling and you can't figure out why, this might help.
Issue 8 of The 51st Minute is live: https://tinyurl.com/51stissue8

When you grow your confidence using the eight phases … you're on your way to mastering the EMDR model.You've graduated f...
06/01/2026

When you grow your confidence using the eight phases … you're on your way to mastering the EMDR model.

You've graduated from EMDR Basic Training
You're working toward certification,

But do hours alone build the thing certification is really asking for?

Mastering the Model is a small EMDR certification consultation group. With just four therapists, one EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and five months, you're supported in layering skills and organizing cases so clients progress.

Demonstrate fidelity to the standard protocol and earn up to 10 consultation hours.
Through developmental feedback — build clinical 'muscle.'
It's led by Donna Hunter, M.A., CMHC — an EMDR Approved Consultant and Facilitator who thrives in the deep end of complex trauma and dissociation, and who can document your certification hours.

Fall 2026 · Saturdays 10–12 MT on Zoom · Aug–Dec · intentionally small, just 4 seats.

See full details by clicking the link in the comments.

Not sure whether you need certification consultation or general case consultation? Start here: embodiedtraumatherapy.com/clinician-services

Are You Considering EMDR Certification?The new 2026 EMDRIA standards finally describe what the consultation hours are su...
05/25/2026

Are You Considering EMDR Certification?

The new 2026 EMDRIA standards finally describe what the consultation hours are supposed to feel like — not just what to count.

They name three things a consultant is doing at once and they're explicit that consultation is a developmental relationship, not an 'hours' transaction.

Issue 7 of The 51st Minute walks through what each one looks like in the room, what it asks of you in return, and how to interview a prospective consultant in an intro call.

It's for you if you've graduated Basic Training and considering the certification list of requirements, wondering what to do next.

Link is in the comments below.

Maybe you've seen this in your work. Even though symptoms have diminished, if they re-emerge in a different form, it can...
04/20/2026

Maybe you've seen this in your work.

Even though symptoms have diminished, if they re-emerge in a different form, it can be interpreted as backsliding.

What's going on?

Something else is happening. And it's one of the most clinically delicate windows in trauma therapy.

Issue 5 of The 51st Minute is live.

Three observations about fear in CPTSD clients (including the one I think most therapists misread) and why struggle after EMDR processing can shift.

It's the kind of issue that can help you make sense of what you're seeing.
Three observations about fear in CPTSD clients (including the one I think most therapists misread) and why the nature of problems after EMDR processing shifts.

The 51st Minute is what happens after the session.You exhale after your last client leaves. Turning back to your desk, y...
04/18/2026

The 51st Minute is what happens after the session.

You exhale after your last client leaves. Turning back to your desk, you toggle between half-finished notes, Candy Crush, and thinking about the last hour.

Eventually the questions start:

They looked calm… were they actually present?

Did I talk too much or push too soon?

Why does CPTSD present differently from client to client?

These questions are the work.

That's why I started The 51st Minute — a newsletter for what trauma therapists think about after the session ends.

If you're EMDR-trained, work integratively, and you're juggling insurance, documentation, and a full caseload while seeing clients with complex trauma — this is for you.

Because the complexity has patterns. And we can learn to see them.

Comment 51, and I'll send you the link

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