If you have been in therapy for years and still feel stuck — this episode is going to make a lot of things click.

Brad Galvin is an EMDR certified therapist who has spent over two decades helping people heal from trauma, addiction, and the childhood wounds that quietly run adult life. And what he will tell you in the first ten minutes of this conversation is something most therapists never say out loud — talking about your trauma is not always enough. And for a lot of people it is actually keeping them stuck.

EMDR works differently. It does not ask you to relive your pain. It asks your brain to process it in a way that talking never reaches. And when you combine it with Internal Family Systems — the idea that you are not one person but many parts all trying to protect you — something shifts that years of traditional therapy could not move.

This episode is for anyone who has done the work and still feels like something deeper is untouched. Brad explains exactly what that something is — and what actually reaches it.

Connect with Brad Galvin:
🌐 brieftherapyworks.com
📞 206-339-4546
📧 brad@brieftherapyworks.com

In this episode: — What EMDR actually is and why bilateral stimulation works when nothing else does — Internal Family Systems — the parts of you still trying to protect a version of yourself that no longer needs protecting — Why talk therapy falls short for trauma and what it is missing — How trauma lives in the body and the brain and how EMDR rewires both — The nervous system in fight flight freeze and how EMDR calms the chaos — The real root of addiction and why it has nothing to do with the substance — The connection between childhood longing and adult self destruction — How to start healing even if you do not have access to therapy right now — Why trusting your therapist is part of the medicine not just the method — How traumatic memories become empowering stories on the other side of EMDR

Timestamps: 00:00 — Meet Brad Galvin — EMDR therapist and inner parts guide 02:00 — What EMDR actually is and how eye movements process trauma 03:24 — Internal Family Systems — the parts inside you still running the show 04:23 — EMDR vs somatic work vs hypnotherapy vs ketamine 05:16 — Why the therapeutic relationship is part of the healing 06:14 — Attachment focused EMDR and the resources already inside you 07:42 — Why healing takes time and why that is not a failure 09:33 — What talk therapy misses and how to use it more effectively 10:32 — How EMDR calms the amygdala — the brain's trauma alarm system 14:51 — How to know which therapy is right for you 17:31 — The roots of addiction — what is really driving the behavior 21:39 — How traumatic memories transform into empowering stories 25:16 — Fight flight freeze and how to heal in the present 28:45 — Gambling addiction — how it works and how EMDR addresses it 34:52 — Childhood longing and how it shows up in adult life 40:52 — Practical tools for healing when therapy is not accessible 46:31 — Trusting your own inner wisdom — the path back to yourself

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