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EMDR: What to Expect
There are many different approaches to therapy, and each one has its own strengths. One that I specialize in is Eye Movement...

Elliot Huemann
Aug 263 min read


Dissociation: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How Healing Happens
Have you ever scrolled through TikTok or Instagram and seen videos describing dissociation ? Sometimes it’s framed as zoning out during...

Elliot Huemann
Aug 243 min read


Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Healing Body & Mind
Over the past 5 years being a therapist I've learned so much. While I'm so grateful for the education I got at The Seattle School of...

Elliot Huemann
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Attached?
It's possible that in my time being a therapist no single theory has been more impactful than Attachment Theory. This psychological model...

Elliot Huemann
Feb 10, 20242 min read


Superbills - How to get money back from insurance for out of network therapists!
Maybe you found a great therapist and learned they aren't In Network with your insurance. Or maybe you're just starting to learn about...

Elliot Huemann
May 2, 20233 min read


Trauma's impact on the body
Trauma, its everywhere these days. Suprisingly, even though its a word many of see daily on Instragram or hear about on TikTok, few of us...

Elliot Huemann
Apr 28, 20233 min read


The mind-body connection: how thoughts and emotions affect the body
The concept of the mind-body connection has been a topic of interest for centuries. This idea suggests that our thoughts, emotions, and...

Elliot Huemann
Apr 21, 20232 min read


Healing with Mind and Body
An introduction to working with body-oriented psychotherapy, focussing specifically on how sensorimotor psychotherapy can help in healing.

Elliot Huemann
Apr 14, 20232 min read


Powerful and Easy Ways to Work with Stress
Stress is a natural part of life, and we all experience it to varying degrees. However, chronic stress can have severe consequences for...

Elliot Huemann
Apr 7, 20232 min read


Stillness & Stagnation
As I sit down to write this, we in the United States are 520 days into the global pandemic related to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,...

Elliot Huemann
Aug 17, 20217 min read


Insidious Self: Internalized Homophobia
In this blog post, I’ll briefly explore the last of the three pillars of the minority stress perspective, one theory behind why queer...

Elliot Huemann
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Why Am I So Worn Out? Stigma and Stress of Queer Folks
To carry on to the next pillar of the Minority Stress Perspective, summarized here, this week I’d like to jump into how stigma creates a...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 29, 20192 min read


Clowns, Queers, and Bodies on High Alert
Following up from my post last week on the stress faced by LGBTQ+ people, I wanted to take a deeper dive into the first of the three core...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 23, 20192 min read


"Why is being gay so stressful?"
Stress is common. We all have many different moments of stress in a given day. Most commonly, we are stressed by relationships or work or...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 15, 20192 min read


"Why does coming out hurt so much?"
Coming out is a huge, important step in becoming you. It also can feel so very painful.

Elliot Huemann
Sep 8, 20192 min read


Integration = Mental Health
In my work as a therapist, I rely heavily on the field of Interpersonal Neurobiology to guide my actions. To make a complex topic more...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 1, 20192 min read


The Wheel of Awareness
The Wheel of Awareness, created by Dr. Dan Siegel, can increase integration in only 20 minutes. I've used it many times and after each...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 1, 20191 min read


What is Psychotherapy?
We all need some help sometimes. As this video from The School of Life shows, a psychotherapist can create a space to process, heal, and...

Elliot Huemann
Sep 1, 20191 min read
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