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The Pressure to Be Nice: Women, Boundaries, and EMDR Therapy

The Pressure to Be Nice: Women, Boundaries, and EMDR Therapy

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This episode explores the complex relationship between women, societal expectations to "be nice," and how these dynamics show up in the EMDR therapy room. Whether you're a therapist or a client, we unpack how people-pleasing, boundary-setting, and emotional safety intersect during trauma processing. Along with EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Consultant, Katie Quinlan, CMCH, we will discuss how therapists can hold space for authenticity over politeness and support clients in unlearning the pressure to perform niceness, especially when healing from trauma rooted in those expectations.

Resources

  • What Is EMDR Therapy?
  • Online EMDR Therapy Resources
  • Introduction to EMDR Therapy (video), EMDRIA, 2020
  • Go With That Magazine® (member login required to view complete articles)
  • Guerra, K. (2024). Badass Bonita. Balance.
  • EMDR International Association, Adaptive Information Processing, 2024
  • EMDRIA™ Library

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.


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