Background
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Erin majored in psychology and minored in communications, with a strong emphasis on research and evidence-based treatment. Erin completed her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at West Chester University and has spent her career treating clients in a variety of settings, including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings for both adolescents and adults. Erin is trained in relational trauma repair (RTR), attachment-based family therapy (ABFT, level 2), and is a certified therapist & approved consultant in eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR). On a case-by-case basis, Erin utilizes animal assisted therapy (AAT) with her collie/poodle mix, Max.
 
In addition to clinical work, Erin has extensive experience in EMDR curriculum building, conference writing & presenting, EMDR group & individual consultation for basic training, certification, and consultants in training, and EMDR basic training practicum facilitation. Erin has helped practicum facilitate EMDR basic training for over 200 clinicians, provided over 130 hours of individual consultation, provided over 200 hours of group consultation, and presented at 4 conferences in the last two years. For professional or consultation inquiries, please reach out to Erin here. 
 
Clinical Expertise:

• EMDR 

• IFS-Informed EMDR

• Attachment Based Modalities

• Relational Trauma Repair

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Areas of Expertise:

• anxiety & depression

• PTSD & C-PTSD

• dissociative symptoms

• childhood trauma

• medical trauma, including birth trauma and fertility struggles

• conflict avoidance, including difficulty feeling and expressing emotions such as anger and frustration within relationships

• financial trauma, including money-related stressors, impulsive spending, and financial abuse

• relational & interpersonal trauma, including narcissistic abuse from parents and partners

• attachment wounding, including developmental trauma, betrayal trauma, and difficulties feeling connected to others

 
Specialty Populations:

• High achieving women

• Small business owners

• Female-identifying therapists

• Women in leadership

• First Responders 

• Women who are estranged from narcissistic parents

• Women who used perfectionistic coping skills to receive love from caregivers as a child

• Women who did not feel seen or heard as a child due to mentally unwell caregivers

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Work with me to:

• heal younger parts of yourself that unsuccessfully try to get needs met in adult relationships through people pleasing, avoiding conflict, and/or numbing behaviors

• understand and shift parts of self that may react one way in one situation and a completely different way in other situations

• be compassionate, calm, and confident when listening to what parts of self are trying to express through emotions, thoughts, and actions​