What if we learned to welcome every emotional experience we had–even the unpleasant ones?
Natasha Vayner, LCSW, talks about how she uses radical acceptance in the work she does with her clients. “There’s space for feeling, for thoughts, and there’s space for anger–really anything,” Natasha explains. “Anything is welcome.”
She also explains how she uses EMDR, a technique that provides a specific methodology for clients to create this room for new experiences.
“[With EMDR] clients hear themselves saying the things that they never thought they would say. They are feeling the things that they never thought that they would feel. And the clinician is there to support [the client] in going deeper and deeper.”
We start by talking about Natasha’s first exposure to the idea of radical acceptance through the work of Tara Brach and how it changed her life and her practice.
For more about Natasha’s work, visit https://www.groundedpsychotherapy.com/
To learn more about Matt Shedd’s work and the services he provides for therapists, visit https://mattshedd.com
