How EMDR Can Help You Change Your Drinking and Your Life

Alcohol Tipping Point

Megan Salar is on the show to teach us about using EMDR to help rewire our brain to change our drinking and our lives. Megan is a Certified EMDR clinician, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Advanced Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, who formerly owned and operated one of the largest treatment centers for substance abuse and trauma in Idaho. Megan is the author of EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories, and Take Back Your Life. She is breaking ground on conversations surrounding trauma, addiction, EMDR and traditional talk therapy. Using her unique, hands-on approach, Megan will challenge you to embrace your true authentic self and break your drinking habit.

We talk about:

• What EMDR is
• How EMDR can help treat drinking problems
• Megan walks us through an EMDR exercise
• Some ways we can practice EMDR on our own
• Top tips for someone who wants to change their drinking
• Other ways to cope besides turning to drinking
• The role of self-compassion in overcoming drinking problems
• How we can change our negative core beliefs
• Megan’s program Recoverhe for men and what makes it unique.

Find Megan:

• Website: https://thementalsurvivalist.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thementalsurvivalist/
• Book: The Emdr Workbook for Trauma and Ptsd: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories, and Take Back Your Life

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Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions
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