Heather enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults. She brings a unique approach to therapy combining two modalities of clinical work; play therapy to address the inner child trauma, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to desensitize the past trauma so the residual effects of anxiety and depression subside.
Heather also believes in educating clients about brain function and implementing tools to help change brain chemistry so clients no longer feel impaired. Heather is a Licensed Specialized Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist. She is also certified in EMDR, Trauma Focused - CBT, Grief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Biblio Therapy.
Heather also believes in educating clients about brain function and implementing tools to help change brain chemistry so clients no longer feel impaired. Heather is a Licensed Specialized Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist. She is also certified in EMDR, Trauma Focused - CBT, Grief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Biblio Therapy.
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Play therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses play to help children and adults deal with emotional and mental health issues. By using play as the medium, children are able to explore their feelings and share them with the therapist or the parents. In addition, adults can access inner child trauma using sand tray, or art modalities - using visual aids tell stories our words cannot articulate.
EMDR therapy is a structured therapy to treat traumatic memories by reconnecting the client in a safe and measured way to the images, self-thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with the trauma, while at the same time experiencing bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or alternating sounds) to desensitize vivid memories that cause a visceral response in the body.
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a trauma healing modality that works with the felt sense of the body. The approach was created by Dr. Peter Levine who observed animals in their natural state in the wild. He noticed that animals would come into contact with life threatening situations daily, yet they did not seem to have signs of trauma long term such as chronic anxiety, PTSD, or shutdown.
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