Getting sober is one thing. Building a life that genuinely sustains recovery is another. Trauma and recovery are deeply intertwined \u2014 once the substance is gone, the pain it was managing often comes forward. I use EMDR to process the underlying trauma driving addictive patterns \u2014 addressing the root, not just the behavior. For many, this also opens spiritual questions: Who am I now? What is my life for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Getting sober is one thing. Building a life that genuinely sustains recovery is another. Trauma and recovery are deeply intertwined \u2014 once the substance is gone, the pain it was managing often comes forward. I use EMDR to process the underlying trauma driving addictive patterns \u2014 addressing the root, not just the behavior. For many,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,43,25,45,26,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emdr","category-somatic-awareness","category-pause-breathe-reflect","category-skills-practice","category-trauma-informed-care","category-motivational-interviewing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n