Richard Zwicky speaks with Rachel Stanton, a clinical social worker and founder of EMDR Intensives in Boston, on clinical innovation in mental health care. Stanton explains Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a process of “memory reconciliation” that helps the adult brain integrate new information with past traumatic memories.
She clarifies that EMDR intensives are best suited for clients with some stability, not those in severe crisis. A major focus of the discussion is the critical gap in mental health education, particularly the chronic lack of training on dissociation among practitioners, which Stanton attributes to historical stigma.