504: EMDR with Adolescents with Curt Widhalm, LMFT
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 762 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week's episode is a replay from 2021 with Curt Widhalm, LMFT.
Curt is a group practice owner, podcaster and EMDR Consultant In Training based in Los Angeles, CA, In this replay episode, Curt explains more about EMDR and how he uses it with adolescents. He explains how he got into using EMDR after experiencing it himself following an accident, and some of the ins and outs of working with teens using this method.
Curt Widhalm is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. He is certified in EMDR and a consultant-in-training. His group practice specialises in working with teens and their families, especially those undergoing trauma or self-harm.
Curt is the co-founder of the Therapy Reimagined Conference and co-host with Katie Vernoy of "The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide" podcast. He teaches in the MFT programs at California State University-Northridge and Pepperdine University and is a member of the CAMFT Ethics Committee.
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