Ep. 123 Healing the Unimaginable: Dr. Laurel Parnell on Child Loss & EMDR

Clinical psychologist and EMDR pioneer Dr. Laurel Parnell joins me for a conversation on child loss, trauma healing, and spiritual connection after death. Laurel shares her own experience of losing her son to murder, and how it reshaped her clinical work in EMDR, Resource Tapping, and Attachment-Focused EMDR. In this episode, we move between the personal and the professional. Laurel draws on decades of clinical expertise to talk about trauma, spiritual connection after death, and the healing approaches she has developed and taught to clinicians worldwide, including EMDR, Resource Tapping, Attachment-Focused EMDR, and her signature Multidimensional Integrative Healing. 🔑 Key Points of Discussion: • Multidimensional healing and the spiritual experience of child loss • Soul parts, soul contracts and after-death communication • When grief, diagnosis and deeper spiritual experiences intersect • The overlooked grief of stepparents and changing identity after loss • What truly helps someone who is grieving • EMDR, resource tapping and rethinking what healing means — "broken is not wrong" 🎧 Listen to the full episode of The Grief Talk Podcast w/ Vonne Solis and discover a deeper conversation about grief, healing, trauma, spiritual connection, and finding your way forward after loss. 👉 Watch, listen, and subscribe to The Grief Talk Podcast for more honest conversations and practical insights for navigating life’s hardest hits. #EMDR #EMDRTherapy #GriefTalk #ChildLoss #TraumaTherapy #TraumaHealing #GriefSupport #GriefJourney #SpiritualConnection #AfterDeathCommunication #ResourceTapping #AttachmentFocusedEMDR #LaurelParnell #ClinicalPsychology #GriefAndLoss #SoulContracts #HealingFromTrauma #GriefRecovery #MentalHealthPodcast #BrokenIsNotWrong Resources & Links: Dr. Parnell's website: drlaurelparnell.com Connect with The Grief Talk Podcast: 📸 Instagram:   / grieftalkwithvonnesolis   🌐 For books and resources on grief, identity, and finding your way back to yourself: https://www.vonnesolis.com