http://www.aimeegrimm.com/home daily 1.0 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502560410761-77XCQM0ESMHFBY9ZDR7R/image-asset.jpeg home - - couples - how did we get here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/73cc0261-00b7-49e9-8fe1-1cf74a4fe5ff/images.squarespace-cdn-1.jpg home - - business - team consultation & training https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg home questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become | david whyte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502841017932-938EKY7X42U0AN4PC7I4/image-asset.jpeg home - - individual - we realize we are not as we want to be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502551118277-NBVJH2RXAR47J7KCUMPU/image-asset.jpeg home - - family - a beautiful letdown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502560325036-ZV6SVCN34ED3H5NNDM72/image-asset.jpeg home - - trauma - what happened? http://www.aimeegrimm.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502841621960-XGCPEBIKW8AGVKS7CB7U/image-asset.jpeg about - - about therapy - people have fascinated me for as long as i can remember. i wonder - why do we do the things we do? how can we live life to the full? what keeps us from movement? this curiosity informs my approach to psychotherapy. i believe each of us have a desire to be understood and loved. we long to become the person we know we can be. pain, grief and trauma move people to feel "stuck" and feeling stuck feels hopeless. if you long to get "unstuck" and become the person you have always wanted to be, then come be curious with me. let's figure out how to be fully present in the moment and experience life to the full! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502552897943-H6H95VLMVQTCIN80E0A1/image-asset.jpeg about therapy is a unique conversation ... let's move https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502841304430-Z875XH5G7UT4NKZQ9YSP/image-asset.jpeg about - - couples - how did we get here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502556546693-7ZDWKPQ1Y8X6LZ8X8DSK/image-asset.jpeg about - - individual - we realize we are not as we want to be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502556629028-J7IPGMYSGFY4DGLL2DKF/image-asset.jpeg about - - trauma - it is experienced in different forms and is one of the keys to our moving forward in life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502841260666-3G2MHY1SOC9QKEYATIG4/image-asset.jpeg about - - family - both our family of origin and the family we create hold both many of our pains as well as to place for greatest movement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502841917313-3Q7RL4C75QF3M9INCE2L/image-asset.jpeg about - - about me - I am a graduate of Azusa Pacific University with a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology My specialized training includes EMDR, an effective intervention for PTSD and trauma recovery, Restoration Therapy and Prepare & Enrich for couples. The key influences on my therapeutic approach include Daniel Siegel, Irvin Yalom, Melanie Klein and Brené Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1551407450117-FFZ08UNUZXHN01SB2CDM/IMG_8867.jpg about http://www.aimeegrimm.com/connect daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg connect Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow ... we can only love others as much as we love ourselves | brené brown http://www.aimeegrimm.com/couples daily 0.75 2017-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502840339993-6ZRN34TRSSLXULAEWTGW/image-asset.jpeg couples - - Couples - are you asking, "how did we get here?" "why am I with this person?" some of our deepest pain in life is experienced within our most intimate relationships. whether you are stuck in destructive communication patterns, recovering from an affair, or just feeling unfilled in your relationship, come and be curious. Let's explore who you are now in your relationship and how that effects your partner. Let's seek to understand one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg couples treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being | daniel siegel http://www.aimeegrimm.com/individual daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502589341059-AIV4OI0VK6LAJG5IAD0L/image-asset.jpeg individual - - individual - do you feel stuck? stuck in an unhealthy relationship? stuck in the same emotional state - anxious, fearful, depressed, numb? stuck in communication patterns that leave you feeling empty? you keep trying to feel or be something different but it just doesn't work? feeling stuck can be one of the most paralyzing states. as Sheryl Sandberg says, "we cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change." with curiosity as our leader let's become aware of what we feel and why we feel it. by leaning in we can begin to move. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg individual we are what we believe we are | c.s. lewis http://www.aimeegrimm.com/family daily 0.75 2017-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502840850550-AJW6OB2IEGXLKZ5X07N3/tree+3.jpg family - - family - families hold our deepest hurts and greatest joys. their voices become our inner voice. sometimes we seek help because we cannot calm or soothe that inner voice. it screams at us constantly causing us to doubt, fear, blame and shame ourselves. other times we have become that negative voice in our family and do not know how to repair the damage we have done. let's explore together where you come from and who you have become. let's create space for that inner voice to sing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg family you don't choose your family. they are god's gift to you, as you are to them | desmond tutu http://www.aimeegrimm.com/trauma daily 0.75 2017-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg trauma there are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds | laurell k. hamilton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502821703722-N0ASPAF20J2ZFZA4J1P7/image-asset.jpeg trauma - - trauma - what happened? mr. rodgers said, "anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. when we can talk about our feeling, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. the people we can trust with that important talk can help us know we are not alone." trauma feels chaotic and can manifest in confusing ways. it has a way of getting trapped in the mind and body causing us to be triggered by some of the "smallest" things. let's explore the chaos, identify where it is trapped in the body and together create movement. my primary technique to create movement is EMDR. click here for more information on EMDR   http://www.aimeegrimm.com/business daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/ec2f1e51-f7e2-4649-8ada-04d787096cca/images.squarespace-cdn-4.jpg business - - business - we spend significant portions of our week in the presence of our colleagues. their voices provide us much of our worth and value as adults. often these relationships become our most significant and shape us in ways we may not even be aware of. this could be with a peer or perhaps with someone that reports to us. often it is between us and those that have been entrusted to care and lead us in our place of work. like all of our relationships, our professional ones require care and attention and often are not given the support and relational assistance required to make them thrive. our relationships at work have the potential to be significant beyond the work accomplished, they can change us beyond what occurs during our work week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55efa71de4b0b4a9db966af3/1502554978611-0A942BMTQNSQVZU2MXNQ/image-asset.jpeg business you don't choose your family. they are god's gift to you, as you are to them | desmond tutu http://www.aimeegrimm.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2024-05-04