My name is Briana Benn-Mirandi, LPC, CLAT. When I first got into private practice, I didn’t have the thousands of dollars to get me started in EMDR or similar trainings. But I needed something because I soon learned that everyone comes in with trauma! They may no know it when they complain of anxiety or depression, it at the root? It was trauma and I needed to be able to treat it. My masters program had taught me nothing about this! I didn’t realize how lucky I was whe

At this moment, I sit with my husband as he trusts me and surrenders control to a substance- something he has never, EVER wanted to do. This is my husband who has never been drunk. This is my husband who never tried marijuana. This is my husband who never wanted to try ketamine. “It’s not my thing.” He would say. He would recount examples of family members with substance addictions. When being especially honest, he would confess “I don’t feel comfortable if I’m not in c