Episode 427: How We Heal Ourselves: EMDR and Moving from Rigid to Secure Attachment Styles with Melissa Parks

<p>We continue our conversation about healing ourselves with guest Melissa Parks! Melissa is a licensed therapist who specializes in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and trauma therapy. I learned about her work through TikTok when she kept appearing on my For You Page. I have since come to learn just how insightful she is around the topic of attachment styles and the modalities she uses in her practice.</p> <p>In this episode, we explore some of the modalities, such as EMDR and Somatic therapy. Melissa also describes the four different attachment styles, anxious, avoidant, disorganized, and secure; and how they may manifest in our lives. She also explains how we can move through rigidity (avoidant or anxious, for example), to a place of security and healing.</p> <p>You’ll hear:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">EMDR: what it is and what symptoms it can help treat. Plus, it is not just a modality for treating trauma, it can be used for treating anxiety, depression or even lack of motivation. (6:47)</li> <li aria-level="1">Melissa explains how attachment styles are like strategies, shares the four different kinds and explains how the goal is moving from rigidity to consistency. (18:55)</li> <li aria-level="1">How someone can move into a secure attachment style. (27:39)</li> <li aria-level="1">Examples of when unhealthy attachment styles can cause conflict in a relationship. (33:22)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Somatic tools and skills: what they are and when someone would use them. (40:32)</li> </ul> <p><a href= "http://andreaowen.com/427">http://andreaowen.com/427</a></p> <p> </p>