Consultation for Psychotherapists


About Coaching or Psychotherapy areas of service, my brain-as-self and self strength work frame or improvement processes. I provide individual case consultation within specific psychotherapy methods or concerning the interweaving of methods.

Examples:

A. EMDR Consultation.As an EMDRIA™ Approved Consultant and EMDR Institute Facilitator, I provide individual consultation for EMDR trained clinicians toward being an EMDRIA™ Certified Therapist or Consultant. Clinicians already Certified in EMDR or who are not pursuing Certification at present also consult for specific clients. Eligible EMDR trained clinicians can join and find excellent listserv advice at http://emdr.com/list.htm.

B. DNMS Consultation. Psychotherapists can find excellent training, consultation and listserv advice about the application of Shirley Jean Schmidt’s Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy from her at http://www.dnmsinstitute.com. My contribution is supplemental to that venue.

C. Self Development or Self Strength Work Consultation.

 Some find it beneficial to consult regarding my self-development or self-strength work approach for specific clients. My practical understanding of mind-brain-body-spirit-as-self concepts, dynamics, and psychotherapy processes have elements in common with or utilize such methods as
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and its specialized applications,
  • ego state therapies (e.g., SJSchmidt’s DNMS (Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy); Schwartz’ Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy; A Steele’s Developing A Secure Self; Gestalt; Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT),
  • hypnosis,
  • mindfulness/interpersonal neurobiology (e.g., D Seigel, D Fosha’s Advanced Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP),
  • self/attachment therapies (e.g., M Main/Bowlby; the Masterson Institute approach to self-in-attachment or personality disorder work; A Steele’s Developing A Secure Self; A Schore’s Self Origin, Regulation, and Repair Trilogy; P Manfield’s work),
  • visualization/guided imagery (e.g. Interactive Guided Imagery, IGI), mind-body approaches (e.g., P Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SMP), P Levine’s SE (Somatic Experiencing), Thought Field Therapy (TFT, now expanded and called AIT, Advanced Integrative Therapy), and
  • Linehan’s Dialectical & Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

Sometimes I am able to provide useful ‘translation’ among approaches (See Improvement Processes).

Call me to inquire about your specific goals, needs, and method interests.