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Trauma Recovery

Eye Movement Desensitization Retraining (EMDR) is an effective technique in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and deep-seated fears. When an individual experiences a trauma, the experience can keep reoccurring in their dreams or in their everyday life in response to environmental triggers (e.g. a specific sight, sound, and/or smell) that reminds the individual of the traumatic event. The PTSD sufferer continues to experience the trauma as if it were actually happening in present time. EMDR is an effective and efficient tool for eliminating or mitigating these impacts. EMDR can take between three to ten sessions to achieve resolution during which time the client gains a gradual desensitization to the traumatic triggers.

Dr. Franklin has successfully used this technique with many clients and has trained with the EMDR Institute including the Level I, Level II, Level III, Advanced Clinical Applications of EMDR to Addictive Behaviors and EMDR Applications for Pain Management.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is frequently used as an evidence-based psychotherapy helping people heal by accessing and healing their protective and wounded inner parts. IFS creates inner and outer connectedness by helping people first access their self and from that core come to understand and heal their past.