Autumn ETQ: how carefully do you think about the words you use with clients?
29 November, 2024

In this the last edition of ETQ for 2024 we think about suicide, EMDR and coaching and the words we use with our clients; along with regular updates from EMDR UK committees and SIGs. Thank you for reading and your support this year. Wishing you a peaceful and restful end to the year.
Words can harm, words can heal: The power of inclusive language in healthcare
As therapists, words are the tools of our trade, yet how much attention do we give to the eLects that some words have on our clients? Philippa Oakley is an award-winning chiropractor and LGBTQIA+ advocate. In this article, she explains the possible impact of words relating to sexuality and gender and shows how we can use words sensitively to achieve the best therapeutic outcomes.
When things go wrong in supervision
As ever, in this column, I am attempting to look at supervision from the supervisee’s point of view, as we all are (or should be) receiving supervision for our EMDR practice. Rupture and repair It is inevitable that, as with any other kind of relationship, things sometimes go wrong and ruptures occur. It is worth […]
Trauma therapist reflects on murder, art and the uncanny
EMDR consultant, Jessica Woolliscroft reviews and dissects Sir Salman Rushdie’s book “Knife” from the perspective of a trauma therapist. She highlights how adaptive information processing is activated to promote healing and how love and validation are necessary components of recovery.
EMDR-Informed Coaching for Transformative Growth: Taking EMDR outside the therapy room
EMDR is being used increasingly outside the therapy room. In this article, Dr Hannah Bryan writes about how she has cross-pollinated her coaching practice with EMDR to develop a six-step coaching programme.
Breaking the taboo of suicide – we need to talk
Suicide aLects us all in our private lives and in our clinical practice, but Annabel McGoldrick and Mark Brayne point out that rarely do we give the subject the space that it deserves in our professional discourse.
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