What if therapy didn’t ask you to conform to what others think is normal or to simplify who you are to fit in—but instead made space for all of who you are? This article explores how queering therapy reimagines healing in ways that affirm LGBTQIA+ identities and people of all identities seeking more inclusive, authentic support.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is practiced by more than 100,000 clinicians across the world and millions of people have been treated successfully. Dr. Francine Shapiro began to EMDR in 1987 after she noticed that certain eye movements seemed to alleviate negative thoughts about previous traumatic events.