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Jamie Marich is a trauma therapist, author, researcher, educator, singer-songwriter, producer, and advocate.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She is best known for her work as a trainer in Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)[7] and for disclosing her own mental history with a dissociative disorder.[8] She also developed an approach to conscious dance called Dancing Mindfulness, and wrote a book of the same name. [9]

Early Life

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Marich was born in Youngstown, Ohio to parents who met in Croatian folklore groups. Marich performed in the same group that her mother did as a young child, and she was also active in figure skating and theatre.[10]

Marich grew up attending a Catholic parish and elementary school, while also attending an Assemblies of God church. Her father converted to this evangelical movement when she was very young. She writes about the spiritual trauma experienced in this religious upbringing in You Lied To Me About God: A Memoir.[11]

Jamie Marich attended Youngstown State University for her undergraduate studies where she was a University Scholar.[12] She graduated from Chaney High School in Youngstown in 1997. [13]

Marich lived in Bosnia-Hercegovina from 2000-2003 where she worked with various humanitarian aid and parish projects connected to the parish of Medjugorje.[14][15][16][17] As of 2022, Marich is a Croatian citizen.[18]

Career

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Marich is based in Ohio and travels internationally, speaking on topics related to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, trauma, addiction, expressive arts and mindfulness.[19][20][21] She completed her doctoral dissertation on the use of EMDR therapy with addiction.[22][23]

Marich is the founder of The Institute for Creative Mindfulness and its publishing and media arm, Creative Mindfulness Media. [24]

She is the winner of the 2015 President’s Award from NALGAP: The Association of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies.[25] She is the winner of the 2019 EMDR Advocacy Award from the EMDR International Association.[26]

Marich refers to herself as an expressive artist to define her connection to creative projects.[27] She directed I Wanted to Write You a Think Piece (2021), served as a consulting producer and on-call trauma therapist on the short film Garage (2021)[28], a co-producer of the short film Silk (2022), and was featured as herself in the documentary Stop Breathe Let Go (2018)[29]. She is a performing singer-songwriter and records music.[30][31][32]  

Personal Life

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Marich identifies as bisexual.[33][34]

She is in active recovery from alcohol and opiates.[35]

Marich has two stepchildren who she calls her “bonus boys” from a marriage that she is no longer in.[36][37]

Publications

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  • You Lied to Me About God: A Memoir (2024)[38]
  • Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life (2023)[39][40][41]
  • Transforming Trauma with Jiu-Jitsu: A Guide for Survivors, Therapists, and Jiu-Jitsu Practitioners to Facilitate Embodied Recovery (2022)[42]
  • Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy (2022)[43]
  • Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery (2020)[44]
  • Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery (2019)[45]
  • EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care (2018)[46]
  • Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation (2015)[47]
  • Trauma Made Simple: Competencies in Assessment, Treatment, and Working with Survivors (2014)[48]
  • EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches to Using EMDR with Every Client[49]

Discography

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  • Give Us Your Peace/Daruj nam mir (2002)[50]
  • Under My Roof (2004)[51]
  • Grace of a Woman (2012)[52]
  • You Lied to Me About God (2024)[53]
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The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

Redefine Therapy

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  2. ^ August 30; at 12:00a.m, 2012. "Music is therapy for area singer-songwriter". http://vindyarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help); External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  4. ^ "Dissociative identity disorder is distressing and stigmatized. It's also a 'brilliant adaptive coping mechanism'". Los Angeles Times. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  5. ^ "Trauma and Addiction Recovery: An Interview With Jamie Marich". Recovery.org. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  6. ^ "I Have Multiple Distinct Dissociative Identities — And It's Nothing Like What You've Seen On TV". HuffPost. 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  7. ^ "How Do You Heal Core Trauma? | Psychology Today Canada". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  8. ^ "The Heartbreak of Dissociative Identity Disorder | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  9. ^ Gelles, David (2017-08-30). "How to Be Mindful When You Are Dancing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  10. ^ Marich, Jamie (2015). Dancing mindfulness: A creative path to healing and transformation. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing.
  11. ^ Marich, Jamie (2024). You lied to me about God: A memoir. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
  12. ^ YSU Sokolov Honors College (2021-02-10). Failing Forward with Dr. Jamie Marich. Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ September 20; at 12:00a.m, 2009. "MILESTONES". http://vindyarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help); External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  15. ^ Marich, Jamie. Trauma and the 12 steps, revised and expanded: an inclusive guide to enhancing recovery. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
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  26. ^ "EMDRIA Awards & Winners". EMDR International Association. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  27. ^ "Dr. Jamie Marich, Expressive Artist and Workshop Leader". 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  28. ^ "I Wanted to Write You a Thinkpiece". FILM FESTIVAL FLIX. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  29. ^ "Jamie Marich | Producer, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  30. ^ "Pride Youngstown returns to downtown". vindy.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  31. ^ August 30; at 12:00a.m, 2012. "Music is therapy for area singer-songwriter". http://vindyarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help); External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ November 16; at 12:00a.m, 2002. "YOUNGSTOWN NATIVE Here or in Bosnia-Herzegovina, musician identifies with roots". http://vindyarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help); External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ "LARKER Issue 9: In the Key of Variant by Larker - Issuu". issuu.com. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  34. ^ http://nalgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NALGAP_2015_1.pdf
  35. ^ "Q&A with Dr. Jamie Marich". Addiction/Recovery eBulletin. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  36. ^ "Q&A with Dr. Jamie Marich". Addiction/Recovery eBulletin. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  37. ^ Marich, Jamie (2024-07-30). "More Than One Kind Of Parent". Good Faith Media. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  38. ^ PowerfullyPowerless (2024-06-09). "The Healing Power Of Being A Book Reviewer As Someone With A Disability". Powerfully Powerless. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  39. ^ "The Heartbreak of Dissociative Identity Disorder | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  40. ^ "Unmasking Ritual Abuse, DID, and the Threat of Suicide | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  41. ^ "Dissociative identity disorder is distressing and stigmatized. It's also a 'brilliant adaptive coping mechanism'". Los Angeles Times. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  42. ^ John Gibson (2022-05-18). True Story # 85 Jamie Marich, Ph.D. Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via YouTube.
  43. ^ "Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy". www.springerpub.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  44. ^ "Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded by Jamie Marich: 9781623174682 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  45. ^ www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/addiction/article/serve-many-flavors-expressive-therapies. Retrieved 2024-08-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  46. ^ "EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care". www.springerpub.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  47. ^ Gelles, David (2017-08-30). "How to Be Mindful When You Are Dancing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  48. ^ "Trauma Made Simple". catalog.pesi.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  49. ^ "EMDR Made Simple". catalog.pesi.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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  51. ^ Under My Roof, 2004-12-22, retrieved 2024-08-08
  52. ^ Grace of a Woman, 2012-05-10, retrieved 2024-08-08
  53. ^ "Dr. Jamie Marich, Expressive Artist and Workshop Leader". 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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