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Author Archives: Claire Lindsey and Jennifer Szweda Jordan of Unabridged Press
Posted inMENTAL HEALTH

Trauma has a new, unlikely opponent: How your eyes can help you emotionally heal

by Claire Lindsey and Jennifer Szweda Jordan of Unabridged Press

Editor’s note: This story contains references to trauma and sexual violence.   Madalyn Guthrie credits much of her recovery from a 2019 rape to — if you boil it down — quickly moving her eyes. A therapist treated Guthrie for PTSD with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, referred to as EMDR. “It really is […]