by Natalie Feinblatt | Sep 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
You finally have nothing to do. Nobody needs anything from you. There’s no crisis. Your work is finished. You have an entire evening to yourself. This is supposed to feel good. Instead, you feel anxious. Maybe you become restless and start looking for something...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re having a disagreement with someone and suddenly…nothing. Your mind goes blank. You can’t find the words you want to say. You may feel numb, disconnected, confused, or strangely far away from what’s happening. Maybe all you can think about is getting out of the...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
What Does an Emotional Flashback Feel Like? Sometimes something relatively small happens in the present, and suddenly you feel absolutely awful. Your partner seems annoyed with you. Someone criticizes something you did. A friend doesn’t respond to your text....
by Natalie Feinblatt | Aug 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re sitting at home. Nothing bad is happening. Nobody is angry with you. There’s no emergency. You may even be doing something that is supposed to be relaxing. And yet your body is acting like something is wrong. Maybe you feel tense or restless. You’re waiting for...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Jul 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Trauma healing doesn’t always have to happen in one-hour increments. For some people, an EMDR intensive offers the opportunity to spend several focused hours — or even several consecutive days — working through traumatic experiences with the support of an...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Jun 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Trauma doesn’t always come from a single terrifying event. For many people, it lives in the patterns formed early in life, in the relationships where we first learned whether the world was safe and if we were worthy of love. Attachment-focused EMDR is a therapy...
by Natalie Feinblatt | May 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Takeaway: Trauma can shape the way we think, feel, and move through life, often in ways that are difficult to fully understand. Many people wonder why their reactions continue long after a traumatic event has ended. In reality, the recovery process is rarely a...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Apr 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Takeaway: Impulse control disorders involve difficulty resisting urges that may be harmful to oneself or others, even when the consequences are clear. As a therapist, I often work with individuals who describe a sense of being “taken over” by urges they don’t fully...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Mar 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based form of psychological therapy that helps people develop greater awareness, resilience, and flexibility in the face of life’s challenges. Rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts or emotions,...
by Natalie Feinblatt | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fawning is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood trauma responses. While fight, flight, and freeze are easy to recognize, fawning often hides behind politeness, helpfulness, and people pleasing. The fawn response develops when your nervous system learns that...
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