EMDR Is a Little Witchy with The Witchy Therapist Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Stacey Aldridge, LPC, Reiki Master Intern, and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner based in Mississippi, and Charity O'Reilly, LPC, an intensive trauma therapist in Pennsylvania who specializes in EMDR for complex PTSD, attachment trauma, and sexual trauma, and together they host The Witchy Therapist Podcast. We talk about something that doesn't get said enough in our field: EMDR is a little witchy. We get into how intuition, ancestral practices, and holistic modalities like Reiki and tarot aren't separate from trauma work, they can be woven right into it. Stacey shares how she incorporates Reiki and QHHT alongside her clinical practice, and Charity talks about how the sacred Lenape healing land her retreat cottage sits on has become a living resource for her intensive clients. We also get into what it looks like to come out of the broom closet as a witchy therapist — and why doing so means the right clients finally get to find you. Plus the blackberry analogy for alignment that I haven't stopped thinking about since we recorded this. One line that stayed with me: "Being a witchy therapist is just about being trauma-informed. It's just about giving people choices to pursue whatever healing looks like for them." Find Stacey Aldridge: Website: staceyaldridge.com Instagram: @holisticallystacy Find Charity O'Reilly: Website: charityoreilly.com | teawithatraumatherapist.com Instagram: @teawithatraumatherapist | @thewitchytherapistpod