EMDR for Healing Trauma with Emma Stevens - Ep 38

In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Emma Stevens, whose new memoir The Gathering Place: An Adoptee’s Story was written during her treatment with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR has helped her deal with her adoption trauma and other developmental trauma from her troubled childhood. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX =============== RESOURCES: Emma’s information: Emma’s book The Gathering Place: An Adoptee’s Story: https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Plac... Other resources mentioned in this episode: Baby Scoop Era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Sc... Find an EMDR Therapist: https://www.emdria.org/find-an-emdr-t... Reckoning with the Primal Wound documentary: https://reckoningwiththeprimalwound.com/ Our episode with Rebecca Autumn Sansom, the filmmaker of Reckoning with the Primal Wound: https://anchor.fm/safe-home-podcast/e... Other Resources: Other Parents Like Me -   / other.parents.like.me   Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/ Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/th... Join the Safe Home Bookclub - https://bookclubs.com/clubs/5964570/j... =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at [email protected] Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube Support Safe Home on Patreon =============== TIME STAMPS 3:56 Emma’s adoption story 6:38 Alcohol was part of her family’s routine…and later her routine 11:23 Exploited by a therapist, then found EMDR 12:45 Starting EMDR and her memoir 15:10 Implicit memories stored in our bodies 16:16 Adoption’s primal wound 20:08 EMDR today 24:43 In utero and infant trauma 27:44 Personal growth for struggling teens + for parents of struggling teens 29:22 Dealing with infertility loss 33:23 Reckoning with the Primal Wound with Emma’s cameo