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What’s Better EMDR or BRAINSPOTTING?
Both EMDR and Brainspotting (BSP) are comprehensive brain-body based psychotherapy interventions that treat a variety of symptoms such as trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. I am honored to be able to offer both of these psychotherapy treatments to my clients. I often have clients ask about which one would be better for them and we talk about their symptoms, their therapy goals, and the differences between BSP and EMDR.
What is a Brainspot? How do you find Brainspots?
Read this blog and watch this linked video to learn more about what a brainspot is and how to find them!
Happy 4th Anniversary to Coriander Living Collective!
Happy 4th Anniversary to Coriander Living Collective (CLC)! It has proven to be another interesting year in honoring limits, learning to flow with rather than resist change, and practicing patience for the next right thing to manifest. To our clients, friends, family, and colleagues, thank you for your continued support and trust.
EMDR Therapy: RESOURCING
Curious to understand more about EMDR and learn an EMDR Resource that you can practice at home? Join Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Certified EMDR Therapist for this workshop, EMDR Therapy: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Resourcing on Thursday, February 22, 2024 from 6-7:30pm at the River Falls High School. Pre-registration is required.
Anxiety: A Metabolic Disorder? Not a Psychiatric Disorder.
I thought this article was worth posting because my training background does not deem anxiety a psychiatric disorder, and philosophically, I believe there are ways to treat anxiety besides medications. I conceptualize anxiety as an overacting stress/threat response due to trauma or ongoing stress. I think dietary deficiencies can create stress in our bodies and that prolonged stress hormones wreak havoc in our bodies. Pointed supplementation can be a meaningful part of anxiety treatment along with psychotherapy. Anxiety: A Metabolic Disorder? The most basic symptoms may relate to energy use, and the most direct treatment may be dietary. By Hara Estroff Marano, September/October 2023/Psychology Today.
Anniversary NUMBER THREE for Coriander Living Collective!
It’s anniversary NUMBER THREE for Coriander Living Collective (CLC)! The curiousness of life continues to amaze me. I am blessed to have so many wonderful clients, supporters, and colleagues. I am grateful to have the capacity to own and manage my own business, and to be able to positively impact the lives of others.
*PIC: Open Floor Moving Meditation, Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm, owner Christine Melby & Cori. Love collaborating with local business owners!*
Sick of Chasing Symptoms? Ready to Heal?
We all know that if we get a cut on our skin, we should clean the wound, we might put on some antibiotic ointment, if it’s more serious we might go to the ER, but there is a natural process of healing that happens in our bodies where new cells are generated and the wound closes even if we’re left with a scar.
What happens when the injuries we suffer are not only physical? When they’re emotional, cognitive, psychological, relational, or spiritual? What are the scars left then? What are we supposed to do to support our natural healing process?
Stephanie Larson Loves Providing Therapy to Older Adults and Those Processing Trauma
Stephanie Larson, MSW, LCSW WI, LICSW MN, EMDR therapist, takes special interest in helping clients process trauma as well as working with older adults; two interests that may or may not overlap in her work. She focused her elective studies in Trauma and Gerontological Social Work. She was also an Area of Emphasis in Aging (AEA) Scholar during graduate school and remains involved in aging services networking throughout Western Wisconsin and the Twin Cities Metro area. She currently serves on the Aging Services Professional Advisory Committee Meeting at Northwood Technical College, is a member of the Minnesota Gerontological Society, and an active alumnus with the University of St. Thomas Aging Scholars program.
The 8 Phases of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
Coriander Living Collective has two EMDR therapists, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN and Stephanie Larson, MSW, LCSW WI, LICSW MN. Please reach out for a consultation to learn if EMDR may be appropriate for you.
Ways to Meet 2023 with INTENTION!
The longer I live, the more I recognize the value in being aware and intentional in all aspects of life. Coriander Living Collective’s mission is “encouraging life satisfaction through connection to self, others, and the world by embracing one’s humanity and lifestyle with insight, intention, and action through psychotherapy & counseling, workshops & retreats, and collective growth practices.” Looking forward to 2023, Coriander Living Collective is delighted to have the following offerings to support you in creating a life well lived!
Defining: Health, Trauma, & Healing
Hello! Recently, Coriander Living Collective made website updates adding Stephanie Larson, MSW, MN LICSW, WI LCSW to our practice, adding language on Health, Trauma, & Healing, and a page on EMDR & Brainspotting. Take a look!
INTRODUCING! Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI
I am so excited to welcome psychotherapist and clinical social worker, Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI to Coriander Living Collective! Adding Stephanie increases Coriander Living Collective’s ability to serve therapy clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin!
She has immediate openings for individual new clients ages 14+ to older adults in WI and MN.
BEYOND TALK THERAPY: You Don’t Have to Talk About “It” to Heal “It!” + Welcome to Open Floor 101!
Coriander Living Collective offers three types of intervention that are able to access the lower brainstem, middle emotional brain, and body to metabolize stress and trauma responses: 1) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), 2) Brainspotting, and 3) Open Floor resource based-mindful movement classes and workshops.
This Fall, I have two OPEN FLOOR DANCE/MOVING MEDITATION Series scheduled. These are beginner courses for those new to mindful movement and dance. Look, come move, heal, and claim wholeness!
Happy 2nd Anniversary Coriander Living Collective!
It is with a grateful and happy heart that I announce Coriander Living Collective’s 2nd Anniversary! This business that I’ve built with the support of many, and the trust of even more people, has afforded me a meaningful vocation, and the freedom and lifestyle flexibility that my soul craved for so many years!
Trauma and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
EMDR is an information processing therapeutic approach that allows the whole person to reprocess disturbing experiences shifting them into adaptative outcomes. EMDR treats most types of symptoms such as anxiety, grief, and PTSD. If you are seeking treatment beyond talk therapy, results, and true healing EMDR may be for you. Please contact, Certified EMDR Therapist, Cori Hildebrandt for a free consultation.
Nightmares Haunting You or Someone You Love?
Coriander Living Collective uses the brain-body based interventions of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and BRAINSPOTTING to treat nightmares caused by trauma/stress reactions. Time to get that good sleep! Reach out today.
Certification in Brainspotting = ACHIEVED!
After several months of training, practice, and consultation, I am proud to announce that I have been granted my CERTIFICATION IN BRAINSPOTTING!
I am committed to ongoing learning and growth, and to expanding my therapeutic abilities and offerings, constantly evolving to be my best, and to support clients better on their healing journeys.
Phobias and the Power of Brainspotting!
I often hear people say things like, “I hate snakes, I don’t like heights, I can’t fly, the sight of blood makes me queasy,” and typically people seem to accept those self-limiting beliefs and make choices to avoid those feared things.
If you’re one of those people and you might like to fly somewhere without panic, or not freak out over a snake, then BRAINSPOTTING could help!
Ever Suffered a Single-Incident Trauma? Still Messing You Up? Checkout EMDR Therapy!
Great news! You do not need to continue to suffer with symptoms following a traumatic event! There are interventions that can help shift, release, heal, and move you beyond your trauma responses. The nightmares can end, the startle responses, the driving with white knuckles, etc. can be stopped. Checkout EMDR!
The Power of BRAINSPOTTING: Noted Outcomes!
BRAINSPOTTING is a promising therapy for most types of symptoms such as sleep disturbance, low mood, anxiety, irritability, negative beliefs, interpersonal issues, trauma and stress responses, and chronic pain. Many clients notice shifts and sense relief even during their first Brainspotting session.