The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy Mindfulness, EMDR, and Wearable Tech: An Interview with Dr. Steve Dansiger
Aug 4, 2025
Dr. Steve Dansiger, a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant, shares insights on integrating mindfulness with EMDR. He debunks common myths about mindfulness and emphasizes its role in stabilizing trauma work. Steve highlights how wearable tech, utilizing sound and vibration, can help clients during sessions. He discusses the importance of maintaining a personal mindfulness practice for therapists and explores innovative applications for wearable healing technology in therapy and beyond.
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EMDR Is Inherently Mindful
- EMDR already contains implicit mindfulness elements like present-focused noticing and reporting during bilateral stimulation.
- Bringing those implicit mindfulness practices explicit enhances stabilization, reprocessing, and long-term skill-building.
From AA Retreat To Lifelong Practice
- Four months into recovery Steve attended a Zen retreat and endured long zazen sessions despite initial resistance.
- That surprising painful experience hooked him and launched a decades-long meditation practice.
Teach Mindfulness Through Trauma Phases
- Frame mindfulness training within the three-phase trauma model: stabilization, reprocessing, and relapse prevention.
- Teach resourcing and mindfulness as tools that both reduce symptoms and enable better trauma reprocessing.
