EMDR is a therapeutic technique designed for resolving issues and clearing blocks related to disturbing memories, trauma, abuse, anxiety, phobias, grief and loss, chronic pain and addictions.
When a disturbing event occurs, it can get “locked” in the nervous system. One thought is that the right brain, the less analytical hemisphere, holds on to the trauma [...]
by Stephen Levine
(Note: the first time you use this meditation, do not pick a big hurt, but simply work on a small one; over time, you can work up to the more significant resentments in your life. Full Circle Staff)
Bring into your heart the image of someone for whom you feel much resentment. Take a [...]
About Beds
Generally a good supportive mattress is best with the new pillow top style, or put an egg crate on your mattress. For some people, a firmer mattress or even sleeping on a camping pad on the floor will be better. Take your egg crate pad and pillows or other supports with you when you [...]
Eating mindfully means becoming aware of the eating process itself. Often, we eat mindlessly, while talking, watching television, driving, and so on. When our mind is tuned out during mealtime, the digestive process may be 30% to 40% less effective. When we eat on the run or while thinking about other things, we are often [...]
Treatment with Thyroid Hormones with “Normal” Blood Tests
The presence of thyroid dysfunction in nonthyroidal illness (NTIS Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome, previously known as the Euthyroid sick syndrome) is well-described in the medical literature and is particularly receiving attention in recent years in the critical care literature. This is believed to represent both hypothalamic-pituitary axis dysfunction (thus [...]
The Full Circle Pain Program was featured in a couple of articles in 2008 in the Eureka Reporter:
Locals with chronic pain don’t gain as another practice closes: Part 1
By
CAROL HARRISON, The Eureka Reporter
Published: Apr 1 2008, 10:56 PM · Updated: Apr 1 2008, 11:28 PM
Topic: Health
The county’s only multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic closed Tuesday when Dr. [...]
June 13. Well, I have landed in Vancouver and started work at the residency. Huge learning curve, but I am excited to be here and they seem happy to have me. My first lecture to the residents is in a few weeks. I can choose any topic I want and have been invited to talk [...]
The Full Circle Center for Integrative Medicine is now closed. We will be accessible through the website for the pharmacy and for questions after a brief delay to reconstruct the website.
To have medical records released, please send a records release form and $30 to Mad River Hospital, 3800 Janes Road, Arcata, CA 95521.
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