Amanda Martin Counseling

01/13/2026

Positive thinking isn’t just a mindset—it’s a powerful tool for both your mental and physical health. 🌱

When you focus on supportive, hopeful thoughts, your brain and nervous system respond by reducing stress, improving emotional regulation, and increasing resilience. Research shows that positive thinking can lower anxiety and depression, improve sleep, boost immune functioning, and even support heart health.

Manifesting isn’t about ignoring challenges—it’s about intentionally aligning your thoughts, beliefs, and actions with what you want to create. When practiced alongside evidence-based mental health care, it can help you build confidence, clarify goals, and strengthen your sense of control and self-trust.

If you’re ready to shift patterns that no longer serve you and support lasting emotional wellness, therapy can help you turn intention into meaningful change.

✨ To learn more about our mental health services, visit www.amandamartincounseling.com today.

01/12/2026

Unlock new expertise in trauma-informed care.
Join the on-demand workshop from Compassion Works: “Using EMDR Therapy with Neurodivergent Clients” — tailored to adapt EMDR for clients on the autism spectrum, ADHD profiles, and other neurodivergent experiences.

✔️ 3 hours of advanced continuing education
✔️ EMDRIA credits included
✔️ Flexible, on-demand (watch at your pace)
✔️ Practical strategies, live-demo videos, forms & reference guides

Whether you’re EMDR-trained or ready to deepen your trauma-work toolkit, this workshop helps you:

Summarize current research on EMDR with neurodivergent clients

Integrate clinical adaptations for preparation & processing

Differentiate PTSD-type symptoms and neurodivergent presentation

Modify bilateral stimulation (BLS), re-processing, and session pacing

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🌐 Visit compassionworks.com → “On-Demand Workshops” to enroll.

01/09/2026

Healthy relationships do more than warm the heart—they help regulate the nervous system. Supportive connection can calm the autonomic nervous system (ANS), reduce stress, and increase feelings of safety, balance, and overall happiness. When we feel seen and supported, our bodies and minds function better.

To learn more, call our office or visit www.amandamartincounseling.com.
Happy Friday—and we hope you get to spend it in the company of a dear friend 💛

01/07/2026

Nervous in the saddle—even when you know you’re capable? 🐎

Equine-Assisted EMDR helps equestrians retrain the brain and nervous system to reduce riding anxiety, rebuild confidence, and support peak performance. By addressing the underlying stress responses, riders often experience improved focus, emotional regulation, and a stronger mind-body connection—both in and out of the arena.

Ready to ride with more confidence?
To learn more, call our office or visit www.amandamartincounesling.com

01/06/2026

When someone is acting out, try curiosity instead of judgment.

“I wonder what has made them feel unsafe?”

Behavior is often a signal—not a character flaw. When people don’t feel safe (emotionally or physically), the nervous system shifts into survival mode. Safety is essential for calming down, regulating emotions, and reconnecting.

Practicing curiosity helps create understanding, compassion, and space for healing—whether with others or ourselves.

To learn more about the mental health services our office offers, call 832-422-8702 or visit www.amandamartincounseling.com

01/06/2026

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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a presidentially designated observance that raises awareness about human trafficking and empowers individuals, organizations, and communities to take action to prevent and respond to it.

01/05/2026

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EMDRIA-Approved | 40 CE Credits | Led by Dr. Amanda Martin

01/05/2026

✨ Calling All Clinicians! Ready to expand your EMDR skills? ✨

Join us February 7, 2026 for a live online workshop designed to help you integrate EMDR Therapy into short-term treatment settings—with practical tools you can use right away! 🔗

In this 3-hour live webinar, you’ll learn how to adapt EMDR’s eight phases for time-limited programs, sequence targets strategically, plan effective treatment, and create a roadmap for implementation that maintains clinical integrity. This training is CE-approved and perfect for clinicians working with trauma, crisis, addiction, and complex cases. (compassionworks.com)

✔️ Expand access to trauma-focused care
✔️ Get practical strategies you can apply immediately
✔️ Earn continuing education credits
✔️ Learn from expert trainer Amanda Martin, PhD 🌟 (compassionworks.com)

📅 Date: February 7, 2026
💻 Format: Live Online via Zoom
🎓 CE Credits Included
💡 Open to Licensed & Pre-Licensed Clinicians (compassionworks.com)

👉 Register now and elevate your EMDR practice!
🔗 https://compassionworks.com/registration/emdr-therapy-short-term-feb-2026/

01/05/2026

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Advanced in-person workshop for EMDR-trained therapists. Earn CE, NBCC, and EMDRIA credits in Houston, TX.

01/02/2026

✨ Feeling stuck in stress mode?

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) training using HeartMath technology helps retrain your nervous system for greater calm, focus, and resilience. Many clients notice reduced anxiety, better sleep, and improved performance in daily life.

📩 DM HRV to learn more or 📞 call 832-422-8702 to get started today.

12/29/2025

🌿 Grounding in Nature: A Simple Path to Better Mental & Physical Health 🌿

Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or disconnected? Spending intentional time in nature can help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress hormones, improve mood, and support physical well-being. Grounding practices—like walking barefoot on grass, mindful breathing outdoors, or simply sitting under a tree—can increase calm, focus, and emotional balance.

✨ Benefits of grounding in nature include:
• Reduced anxiety and stress
• Improved sleep and energy
• Enhanced mood and emotional regulation
• Support for overall physical health and resilience

💬 We’d love to hear from you:
What’s your favorite place to ground in nature—or a practice that helps you feel more connected? Drop it in the comments below!

📞 To learn more about mental health services offered, contact our office at 832-422-8702 or visit www.amandamartincounseling.com

Reconnect. Regulate. Restore.