05/25/2026
I attended a virtual (all parent focused!) EMDR training today. I am excited to be trained in GPEP (Group Parent Episode Protocol) and Parenting Wheel, created by Ana Gómez. I'm dreaming of various options ways to bring this material to clients.
As I don't have (human) children, I used my experiences as a fur parent during practice sessions, which was more insightful than I could have predicted. It's fascinating how our unprocessed and unintegrated "stuff" is unknowingly activated and gets into dances with other people's (and our most loved fur children and children) and can become part of our children's inner working model of attachment experiences, sense of self and beliefs about themselves and others.
So, as always, continuously being aware of our stuff and working to heal it is amazing, life changing work for ourselves, our children and our community. The work you are doing is sacred, generational work. ❤️
This isn't therapy but please reach out to a therapist if you'd like to begin!