How to Overcome Frustrating Thought Loops - Rumination Management
Release Date: 07/23/2025
What is EMDR Therapy, and Can It Help With Christian Counseling to Heal from Traumatic Experiences and Emotional Pain?
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Have you heard EMDR and it sounds like just an alphabet soup of letters that gets tossed around? Have you wondered what EMDR therapy might be? Would you like to find out if emdr-based Christian counseling could be a good fit for you as you work to heal from traumatic experiences or emotional pain? Well, in this episode, I've give you the deets as they say, the low down skinny on what EMDR is, and I'm going to demystify it. READY for REAL HEALING? Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian? Do you want to honor your faith even in...
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What Are You Carrying That Keeps You Overwhelmed, Unable to Relax, and Holding Stress? 4 Things You Can Let Go of So You Can Breathe Easier.
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Have you ever considered what you are carrying that you can let go of to gain some more mental space, emotional peace, freedom, and clarity? If you are wondering how to break free from being overwhelmed, are unable to relax, or are holding stress that doesn't belong to you, today's episode will give you a start toward letting go and feeling lighter with 4 Things You Can Let Go of So You Can Breathe Easier. READY for REAL HEALING? Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian? Do you want to honor your faith even in your therapy? Would you love...
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What If Trauma Release Didn't Have to Take So Long?
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Do you long for healing and mental and emotional freedom? Do you wish you could skip the journey and just be at the destination of inner peace already? It all starts with one next step to make it reality. That's what we're talking about in today's episode. READY for REAL HEALING? Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian? Do you want to honor your faith even in your therapy? Would you love to incorporate deep healing in a way that aligns with God's Word and the evidence-based treatments for trauma healing? I can help...
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1 Power Move to Combat Thought Distortions So You Can Breathe Easier and Feel Better
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian? Do you want to honor your faith even in your therapy? Would you love to incorporate deep healing in a way that aligns with God's Word and the evidence-based treatments for trauma healing? I can help you with all of that. If you would like to work with me, you can schedule a free 15 minute consultation call with me so that we can get to know each other and see if we are a good match for your therapy needs. Go to to connect with me. Do you feel like your thoughts have a mind of...
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Six More Things You Need To Get Inner Peace- HInt: It Takes More Than Talk Therapy to Heal From Traumatic Experiences
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian? Do you want to honor your faith even in your therapy? Would you love to incorporate deep healing in a way that aligns with God's Word and the evidence-based treatments for trauma healing? I can help you with all of that. If you would like to work with me, you can schedule a free 15 minute consultation call with me so that we can get to know each other and see if we are a good match for your therapy needs. Go to to connect with me. Mental and Emotional pain is not just...
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Why Your Anxiousness is Always Something to Pay Attention to as a Christian Woman and 5 Easy Ways to Relax Your Nervous System
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Do you feel like your anxiousness is out to get you? Anxiety often gets a bad rap, but it's not completely unhelpful or bad. If you would like to learn how to make friends with your nervous system so that you can live more peacefully in thoughts, emotions, and your body and spirit, today's episode will offer you practical tips you can use right now! FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. ...
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4 Things You Can Do to Lighten Your Heavy Emotional Load
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
When you have experienced hard things, it is easy for your nervous system to get triggered into feeling unsafe again. This doesn't have to be a permanent experience of distress and frustration. In today's episode, I share 4 things you can do to start to take the edge off of the experience of stuckness. FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. WORK WITH ME-- MICHELLE CROYLE, LPC If you are a...
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How to not Dismiss Your Needs - Overly Responsible and Burnt Out
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Do you feel overly responsible for other people's actions, feelings, thoughts, and emotions? If you find yourself sacrificing what is good for you to keep other people's reactions at bay or neglect your own needs, wants, and self to try to keep the peace, you may be engaging in a trauma response called self-abandonment. This leads to burn out, stress, and guilt whenever you stop the protective but self-dismissing behavior. If you'd like help with this, listen in! FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I...
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Why You Aren't Bad for Having Strong Feelings
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Do you ever feel like there is a real way you feel deep inside and a way you think you "should or shouldn't" feel that drives your actions on the outside? If you have strong feelings but feel that they are too much or wrong for a Christian woman to have, listen in. You don't have to suck it up, ignore yourself, or throw yourself under the bus. FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. WORK WITH...
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People Pleasing, Over Explaining, or Shutting Down?
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Insecurity, Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiousness, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, Grief, Emotional Abuse
Wonder why you people please, over explain, or shut down? Here's what's going on and how to help yourself with it. FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. WORK WITH MICHELLE CROYLE, LPC: If you are a Christian woman who feels ready for deeper, focused trauma healing than typical weekly talk therapy can offer, you may want to consider an EMDR-based Therapeutic Intensive with me. I clear my...
info_outlineThoughts that loop are "ruminations." They try to get you to a desired outcome, but they really just lead to frustration and exhaustion if left to their own devices. In today's episode, Michelle discusses tips for how to understand the need below the thought loop and get relief.
Would you like to work with Michelle?
She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania.
Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the results of weekly therapy in a shorter, more concentrated amount of time, allowing for accelerated healing.
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*Michelle is not currently accepting clients for weekly sessions
**All Mental Health for Christian Women and Trauma Healing for Christian Women content is for education and information only and not to be considered professional therapy of any kind. If you are in crisis, please call 911 in the USA, or go to your nearest hospital emergency room.