When a person suffers a traumatic event, it can become locked in the nervous sytem. Every time the person thinks of it (which is often and even comes back as flashbacks), it carries with it the emotions, physical sensations, and distorted cognitions which often drives behaviors such as drug abuse, inability to maintain relationships or hold employment.. The trauma is unaffected by psychotherapy or medications and has ruined countless lives, i.e the Vietnam veterans. What EMDR does is to break up the blockage and allow the healthy and adaptive processing to get through. It was discovered that bilateral stimulation, along with the protocol used by a trained therapist, enables the sufferer to be free of the damaging effects of the trauma. Janet has been doing this work with clients and they're delighted with it. You can learn more about EMDR by visiting the website -- www.EMDR.org

Janet is trained in Eye Movement Desensitzation and Reprocessing and is a member of EMDRIA, the international association of EMDR. She holds degrees from Towson State University and Loyola College and has studied at the Johns Hopkins University. She is an Advanced Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, a member of the Imago Institute International for Relationship Therapy, the National Board for Certified Counselors, the Maryland Mental Health Counselors Association, the Maryland Association for Counseling and Development and the American Mental Health Counselors Association.