"EMDR: A THERAPY FOR THE AGE OF THE SHORT ATTENTION SPAN"

Featured Presenter: PAUL VELEN, MS, LMFT

Disturbance is harmful to overall health. It is possible to rid or at least reduce nagging disturbances that overwhelm, and improve health. EMDR is an efficient way to manage crippling big T traumas and histories of little traumas.

Objectives:

1. Participants will learn about the Adaptive Information Processing Model.

2. Understand neurobiological conceptions of Dan Seigel and Daniel Amen as related to EMDR.

3. Participants will be aware of the past, present, and future orientation of EMDR.

4. Participants will become aware of the EMDR standard Protocol.w

Bio:  Paul Velen is a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist in practice in downtown Riverside, as well as a group facilitator for caregivers. He received his Master of Science in Counseling from California State University, Fullerton in 1982, and was licensed as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in 1985. Additionally he holds a certificate in gerontology from CSUF, and is a fully-certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist. Paul is a fully certified EMDR therapist. EMDR is recognized as effective trauma treatment in numerous practice guidelines worldwide. In the US, this includes organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association and Department of Defense. Paul uses EMDR along with skills gained from over thirty years as a teacher (rated Excellent by the Chicago Board of Education, 1976) and social worker in child and Adult Protection in Orange County, California. He also facilitates free caregiver support groups in Riverside and Grand Terrace listed by the Alzheimer’s Association. 

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