by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Apr 1, 2024 | Anxiety Relief, Test Anxiety
As a mental health therapist, I’ve witnessed firsthand the debilitating effects of test anxiety on bright, hard-working individuals. It’s heart-wrenching to see their talent and effort overshadowed by test anxiety. Many people who struggle with test...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Mar 1, 2024 | Sleep, Uncategorized
On March 10, we’ll set our clocks forward an hour for Daylight Savings Time (DST). It seems simple: gain an hour here or lose an hour there. But this simple shift can disrupt your sleep more than you think. Research shows this isn’t just about losing or...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Feb 15, 2024 | Anxiety, Anxiety Relief, Bilateral tapping
Have you ever felt like your mind is stuck on a loop, replaying worries or replaying an event over and over again in your mind. That’s rumination, a common but exhausting mental treadmill where negative thoughts about the past and future consume us. But there’s...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Jan 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been through a traumatic event or experienced ongoing traumatic stress, such as being in an abusive relationship or wartime, you know firsthand how completely overwhelming and frightening this can be. When struggling with acute stress, your sense of...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
The holiday season is a wonderful time to connect with loved ones. Yet, for many of us, it also brings a unique brand of stress, especially when it involves family gatherings. Love for our family is often deep, but family dynamics can often be difficult. This year,...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Nov 17, 2023 | Anxiety Relief, Bilateral tapping, Community mental health, First Responder, Post traumatic stress
Healing Community Trauma: The Traditional Approach In 2017, a gunman opened fire during a music festival, killing 59 people and injuring 500 more. Many people in attendance at this concert were from southern Utah. As the regional coordinator for EMDRIA (EMDR...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Dec 20, 2022 | Anxiety, Bilateral tapping, EMDR Equipment, EMDR Therapy, EMDR Tools, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Bilateral coordination is a term that is interchangeable with bilateral stimulation and bilateral tapping. Bilateral coordination is something we engage in every day when we walk, eat or read, to cite a few examples. Occupational therapists regularly help their...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are experiencing a mental health crisis in our communities on a level that has never been seen before. For example, during the pandemic, there was an 891 percent increase in calls to national hotlines. (1) The needs have continued to exceed the help that is...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Oct 11, 2022 | Anxiety, Anxiety Relief, Post traumatic stress, Uncategorized
Helping someone feel calmer and safer is one of the top priorities after a traumatic event. After a crisis or traumatic event, Bi-Tapp is a resource that is used to help someone’s nervous system begin to calm down. The Bluetooth tappers pair to an App and the...
by Cindy A Jones, LCSW | Sep 29, 2022 | EMDR Equipment, EMDR Therapy, EMDR Tools, Uncategorized
EMDR equipment has helped with the advancement of EMDR therapy throughout the world. Bilateral stimulation is part of EMDR therapy. Initially, therapists provided the hand movements needed for this type of therapy. However, not every client could do the eye movements...
