Dr. Pria Alpern

Dr. Pria Alpern Clinical psychologist | Trauma, EMDR & SE
EMDRIA Approved Trainer
📍NYC

One of the most common missteps in trauma work is moving to processing before the client is ready. These are the 5 signs...
04/22/2026

One of the most common missteps in trauma work is moving to processing before the client is ready. These are the 5 signs I look for before moving into trauma processing. Save this for your next consultation.

04/21/2026

The reason I became an EMDR trainer has nothing to do with trends – and everything to do with impact. My next EMDR Basic Training starts July 17th – EMDRIA-approved, 50 hours including consultation, virtual. It’s ACE ASWB and NY STATE approved for continuing education hrs. 🔗 in bio.
If this resonates, send it to a therapist colleague who’s been thinking about training.

04/21/2026

Yes, I brought my 7-year-old to Cats: The Jellicle Ball. TodayTix recommended it for ages 12+, but I made a call. He danced, clapped, and cheered through the whole thing. In the second half there’s a slideshow honoring the icons of ballroom culture, most of them gone. He cheered for them too. Loudly. For people he’d never heard of, from a world he didn’t know existed. ✨I’m a therapist. I sit with adults still looking for the kind of belonging this show is built on. It was worth every minute🎭

04/20/2026

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04/20/2026

Stabilization is not a detour from trauma treatment…it IS trauma treatment. Window tolerance work, resourcing, and affect regulation are all things that you do in therapy that make deep trauma processing possible. Slow is not the same as stuck.

04/19/2026

Period

04/18/2026

Crystal ❄️

04/18/2026

Resource development and installation is a great Phase 2 intervention in EMDR. Here’s a clip from my EMDR Basic Training introducing RDI to a new cohort of therapists. If you’re a therapist wanting to learn EMDR from the ground up, my next virtual training starts July 17. All the details are in my Beacons 🔗.

04/17/2026

I ran EMDR consultation this morning and I’m still buzzing trom it. This is exactly why I built my membership community...to have a Space Where trauma therapists can think out loud together, work through stuck points, and not have to figure it out alone. If you’re looking for that kind of community, your first month is free. 🔗 in bio

04/17/2026

This is one of the most important reframes in trauma work. Not just for clients, but for how clinicians conceptualize the problem.

When we locate trauma in the event, we miss the person. Two people can go through the same thing. One develops PTSD and the other doesn’t. What made the difference was the capacity of the nervous system to process, contain, and integrate what happened.

That capacity is shaped by so many things: early attachment, prior trauma history, the presence of protective relationships, cultural context, & biological predisposition. It’s not a character flaw.

Save this. Share it with a client or colleague who needs this reframe today.

04/17/2026

Financial abuse is intimate partner violence. It doesn’t leave bruises, but it takes everything.

If this is your life or someone you know:

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or thehotline.org

WomensLaw.org for state-specific legal resources

04/16/2026

Replying to Lauren Madison thanks for the question! Here are my thoughts

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