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Apr 2021
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Ep 7 - Therapy is Hard Work

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This week, Mandisa and Laura talk about how hard the work of therapy is. We also talk about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and how it can aid in the healing of all kinds of trauma.

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