Archive for May 2023

I actually suck at explaining EMDR to patients. At least, succinctly. If you’ve got 10 minutes, I can muscle my way through it, but I’m never sure if I’ve raised more questions than I’ve answered by the time I’m done.  Today I’m going to take a stab at explaining it in writing.  EMDR (eye movement…

Hi Dr. Darcy, I’ve always been somewhat insecure in my personal life but it recently started showing up professionally after I was laid off from my tech job.  I’ve had 2 group interviews and even though I’m as qualified as the other candidates, I couldn’t answer the questions with the level of confidence the others…

Years ago, I was terrified of opening the mail. Email was easier for me, but it rubbed up against the same nerve. And voicemail? Forget it. I hated checking voicemail so much that I was one of the earliest adopters of having it translated to email – the absence of affect making it easier to…

You have to be on the receiving end of an over-talker to understand the complex feelings that the dynamic provokes in the listener.  I used the word dynamic, but really there isn’t one since it’s literally a one-way conversation, monopolized and controlled by the compulsive talker.  For me, the hallmark of the overtalker is not…