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Ground Breakers EMDR

Ground Breakers Coaching and Consulting provides culturally centered EMDR support and resources.

02/27/2026

POV: you’re earning your CEs with ocean views instead of fluorescent lighting. 🌊✨

If you have to get the hours anyway… why not do it somewhere that actually restores you? Somewhere you can learn, connect, regulate your nervous system, and still make it to sunset on the deck.

We organize not just retreats, but we gather a community. We help you expand your EMDR practice while your body gets to exhale. You don’t have to choose between professional growth and real rest.

Go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/events to stay updated on our next groups.

02/26/2026

Your badge might say “therapist,” but your nervous system doesn’t know when the session ends. It carries the stories. The grief. The collective weight. Day after day.

We talk about expanding our clients’ window of tolerance… but when was the last time you checked in on your own? What worked five years ago might not be enough for the climate we’re living in now. If your version of “self-care” is just surviving until the weekend, that’s a sign it’s time to reassess.

👉🏾 You deserve support too. Consultation isn’t just about case conceptualization and phases of EMDR, but really about making sure you are regulated enough to hold the work sustainably. If you’re ready to strengthen how you show up clinically and personally, I’d love to walk alongside you.

Go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/store to join me in consultation.

02/25/2026

There was a time when therapy felt… sterile.

Neutral face. Minimal reaction.

For a lot of BIPOC clients, that kind of blank-slate approach didn’t feel safe. It felt distant. It felt like being studied instead of understood.

But happily, things are changing.

Culturally attuned therapists know that defense mechanisms aren’t “bad behavior"... they’re survival.
We understand that lived experience shapes the nervous system.
We know that sometimes appropriate self-disclosure builds trust instead of breaking boundaries.
And we believe healing doesn’t have to fit into one rigid mold to be real.

The future of therapy is human, nuanced, and culturally aware.
It makes space for laughter, grief, anger, joy, identity, and complexity.

If you’re a therapist who wants to practice EMDR in a way that honors culture, context, and community,
Go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/events and let’s build the next generation of therapy together.

02/23/2026

If you’re fresh out of grad school (or still in practicum) and EMDR feels exciting but intimidating… this is your sign. 🚨

You don’t have to “wait until you’re more experienced.” You don’t have to earn some invisible badge before learning a modality that can completely transform how you help others heal from trauma.

Some of the strongest EMDR clinicians I know started early. Why? Because they built their foundation with it.
They didn’t have to unlearn years of rigid patterns. They grew alongside the model. If you’re curious, that curiosity is enough. You’re more ready than you think.

Go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/events for info on upcoming virtual and in-person dates. Let’s start your EMDR journey the right way.

02/20/2026

There’s a difference between surviving another year in your practice…
and walking into a new one feeling grounded, confident, and actually excited about your work.

If 2025 felt like juggling complex trauma, burnout, imposter syndrome, and a nervous system that never fully clocked out… this is your reminder: you don’t have to keep doing therapy the hard way.

When you learn how to truly integrate EMDR, not just the phases, but the attunement, the pacing, the regulation... everything shifts.
Your sessions feel clearer.
Your clients move differently.
You stop second-guessing yourself every five minutes.

2026 isn’t about adding more to your plate.
It’s about upgrading your toolkit so you can work smarter, safer, and more sustainably.

If you’re ready to start the year regulated and skilled, go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/store for details on my consultations slots.

02/19/2026

“I don’t ask for help.”
“I hate conflict.”
“I get bored when things are calm.”
“I overthink everything.”

Sometimes that’s not just preference. Sometimes that’s survival. And survival kept you safe… but it might not be serving you anymore.

This is exactly why surface-level advice doesn’t cut it. You can’t mindset your way out of patterns your body learned in chaos. That’s where deeper trauma work, like EMDR, comes in.

If you’re a therapist who wants to help clients move beyond coping and actually reprocess what shaped these patterns, check out https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/events and let’s get you equipped to treat the root, not just the symptoms.

02/18/2026

You didn’t quit EMDR because you’re incapable.
You stalled because you were scared… and alone.

I’ve seen so many brilliant therapists invest time, money, and heart into EMDR training, and then quietly stop using it. Not because they don’t believe in it. Not because it doesn’t work. But because it felt clunky, overwhelming, or unsupported.

EMDR takes reps. It takes real case consultation. It takes someone saying, “You’re not behind. Let’s walk through it together.”

The difference between “I guess EMDR isn’t for me” and “Wow… I can actually do this” is usually ✨ support✨, and not skill.

If you were trained years ago or last month and it fizzled out, this is your reminder: nothing is wrong with you. You just need the right container to practice, regulate, and refine.

Check out https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/store if you’re ready to finally get a return on that EMDR investment. Let’s dust it off and do it right this time.

02/16/2026

There are a few things I truly don’t care about in session, and maybe more of us need to say that out loud.

If you’re late, we’ll work with what we have. If you don’t know where to begin, we’ll start exactly where you are. If you stim, eat, cry, cuss, or show up not “put together,” you’re not breaking any rules. You’re being human.

As a neurodivergent, BIPOC-specialized therapist, my priority isn’t performance, but making sure you feel safe.
Regulation over rigidity. Progress over perfection. And yes, even choosing not to process something today can still move the work forward.

If you’re a therapist who wants to build spaces like this for your own clients (grounded, affirming, and real), go to https://www.groundbreakerstherapy.com/store.
Let’s grow your EMDR skills in a way that honors the full human in the room.

02/14/2026

Meet the virtual team behind the work, the wisdom, and the heart. 💚

I am so proud to introduce our EMDR Training Team for our upcoming Virtual EMDR Basic Training and Refresher, a grounded, relational, and deeply intentional learning space for clinicians ready to grow with integrity.

✨ Yunetta Spring Smith, LPC-MHSP, NCC
EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer
Founder of Ground Breakers Therapy, committed to trauma healing that honors culture, nervous systems, and lived experience.

✨ Dr. Arielle Jordan, LPC, PhD .ariellejordan
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Bringing depth, clinical excellence, and a thoughtful approach to consultation and case conceptualization.

✨ Marcken Volmy, LMHC, LPC, NCC
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Known for clarity, attunement, and helping clinicians build confidence while staying rooted in protocol.

📍 Virtual EMDR Basic Training and Refresher
🕰 Hosted in Central Time with a flexible schedule
📅 March 20–22 and March 28–29
⏳ Registration deadline: March 17

If you are looking for EMDR training that balances structure with compassion, fidelity with flexibility, and learning with community, this space was built with you in mind.

🔗 Register at: GroundBreakersTherapy.com/events or on the site directly

Come learn with us, grow with us, and be supported every step of the way.

02/13/2026

When a group practice owner tells me that a talk changed the way they lead, regulate, and hold space for their team… I listen. 🤍

Last year at the Entrepreneurial Innovators Retreat, therapists didn’t just learn about leadership in theory, but actually practiced how to regulate themselves as leaders, how to acknowledge emotions without being overwhelmed by them, and how to channel feelings into grounded, constructive outcomes instead of burnout or shutdown.

This is the kind of learning that stays with you long after the event ends... in your sessions, your supervision, and the way you show up for your community.

✨ And we did it again.
We gathered in Cape Town last week to meet entrepreneurs and clinicians who want to grow their impact without sacrificing their nervous system.
If you've missed this chance, don't worry! We've got plenty more summits and retreats coming up.

Go to my link in bio to get the info 📱

02/12/2026

When you’re the trauma therapist…
but you’re on vacation and your therapist side is clocked ALL the way out 😌✋🏾

*Please be advised, this video is created for entertainment purposes only. The actions shown are not recommended or intended to be replicated. Violence of any kind is not supported or condoned.

02/11/2026

In 2026, working smarter means:
👉🏾 getting your CEs without sitting in a stiff chair, under fluorescent lights, pretending you’re not exhausted.

If you’re going to invest the time anyway, it might as well feel good. 🌟
Learning hits different when you’re rested, regulated, and actually enjoying where you are.

Retreats give you space to breathe, integrate, and remember why you chose this work in the first place, not just power through another training.

If you’re done doing CEs the hard way and ready to do them in a way that actually supports you…
check the link in my bio. 📱

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2515 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard Suite 107
Clarksville, TN
37040

Telephone

+19315393662

Website

https://linktr.ee/GroundBreakers1

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