What is EMDR? Inside the practice that helped Valerie Bertinelli

She’s taking it one day at a time .

As she walked the streets of NYC this week, “Hot in Cleveland” actress Valerie Bertinelli reflected on the “mental, emotional beatdowns” she has suffered.

“It’s really a tribute to our brains and our hearts and our human bodies because it does, our bodies do hold trauma,” Bertinelli, 65, said Wednesday in an Instagram video .

Valerie Bertinelli attends the 51st annual Daytime Emmys Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles on June 7, 2024. She recently reflected on the “mental, emotional beatdowns” she has experienced. Getty Images

Bertinelli’s trauma dates back to childhood. She was “ literally born into grief ” because her older brother, Mark, died from accidental poisoning while her mother was pregnant with her. Her par