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Why Recovery Sometimes Takes More Than Physical Care
Injury or surgery doesn’t just affect the body- it can affect your nervous system, identity, sense of safety, and trust in yourself. Yet most recovery plans focus almost exclusively on the physical needs: range of motion, strength, post-op timelines, and milestones in physical therapy.
This blog shares from two different helping professionals who support folks pre and post surgery and in recovery from injuries. Dr. Michaela Soules PT, DPT is a dedicated physical therapist and certified life coach who created Soul Strength for one purpose: empower clients to successfully navigate their recovery after surgery or life-altering injuries. Michelle Spurgeon, LCSWS is an EMDR therapist who can support clients pre-surgery or in recovery to create effective coping plans, heal from medical trauma or strengthen their inner-self for recovery.
Why Can’t I Think My Way Out of Anxiety or Trauma Triggers?
Many of the clients I work with already have a deep understanding of their patterns. They can trace reactions back to childhood experiences, past relationships, or major losses. They’re not lacking awareness.
What they’re missing is a way to help their body feel something different, not just understand it.Approaches like EMDR help access the parts of the brain where these reactions are actually stored. Rather than endlessly rehashing the story, we work with how the experience lives in your body and nervous system—so it can finally update.
A Deeper Way to Start the New Year: Therapy Intensives Explained
Looking for deeper new year therapy support? Learn how therapy intensives and EMDR intensives support insight, regulation, and lasting change.
How to Navigate Grief During the Holidays
Your grief doesn’t disappear just because the calendar says it’s time to celebrate. Grief during the holidays can feel heavier because the absence of your loved one is felt more deeply. With the right holiday grief support, it’s possible to move through this season with more gentleness, intention, and care.
Therapy Intensives Are a Partnership: Here’s How We Work Together
Therapy intensives are a collaborative partnership between client and therapist, creating space for faster, deeper healing. Learn how working together in a therapy intensive supports your trauma recovery and emotional growth.
Understanding the impact of trauma on mental health
If you have experienced trauma and now struggle with your mental health, it is important to remember: this is not a flaw in your character. Developing PTSD or other trauma-related challenges is your brain and body’s natural response to overwhelming experiences. Trauma and mental health are deeply connected, and understanding that connection is the first step toward healing.
Therapy Intensives for Personal and Relational Healing
Therapy intensives are a flexible, focused way to work on your emotional health—whether you’re recovering from trauma, feeling stuck in your personal growth, or looking to strengthen your relationship. They’re not just for “crisis mode.” In fact, many people use intensives to deepen the progress they’ve already made in therapy or to jump-start healing they’ve been putting off.
What to Expect Starting EMDR Therapy
If you’re new to EMDR or even to therapy in general, it’s completely normal to feel nervous or unsure about what to expect. Many people worry they’ll have to dive straight into painful memories or talk about everything all at once. But EMDR therapy, especially for beginners, begins gently and intentionally.