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I am a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private practice in Latham, New York (near Albany). I am traditionally trained, and prior to starting my own practice, I worked at Community Health Plan (CHP) specializing in the area of trauma. I am also a former adjunct professor at Siena College. Because of my sincere desire to help my patients heal from some very difficult situations, and recognizing that talking about problems frequently only served to re-traumatize them or make things worse, I began to explore alternative ways to help.

In the mid 90's I studied EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and from there began to hear about Thought Field Therapy (TFT).   (See the Methods section of this website for more details on the methods in which I am trained). Mental health practitioners had begun to talk about using acupressure meridian points, and even though I hadn’t heard of meridians before, I was able to purchase a set of videotapes in order to learn a simplified version of TFT called EFT.   I was shocked as some of my patients responded so quickly, being able to release anxiety and phobic reactions within minutes.  In 1998 I traveled to California to study with the developer of TFT, Dr. Roger Callahan. This experience opened up an entirely new field of psychotherapy for me called Energy Psychology. I found that by having clients tap or apply pressure to meridian points along their own body while thinking of a distressing emotion, situation or belief, they could begin to calm down in ways they were previously unable to do. The nightmares and flashbacks stopped for them, and they were able to feel more empowered in their lives.

I continued to explore new Energy Psychology methods and became involved in the professional organization ACEP (Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology), helping to bridge these therapies into mainstream psychotherapy by setting standards of practice, promoting research, humanitarian work, and education. I am the past-president of this association, which has an international membership. Most recently, in order to deepen my knowledge of energy and healing I have been studying Traditional Chinese Medicine and Medical Qigong with Master Nan Lu in NY and his Master, Grandmaster Professor Xi-Hau Xu in China. 

I have trained hundreds of clinicians in Thought Field Therapy and other Energy Psychology methods.  I’ve developed a one-day course on using Energy Psychology for Multiply Traumatized Patients and an eight week on-line course on healing trauma through the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine  (NICABM).  I present at conferences both nationally and internationally and I have produced two treatment videos: Transforming Trauma with Thought Field Therapy and Transforming the Trauma of the World Trade Center. In addition, I supervise a monthly consultation group for clinicians who are integrating these methods into their practice.   In 2004, with a desire to share these methods with the general public, I produced a video entitled Thought Field Therapy for Stress Management & Peak Performance.(See the video/DVD section for more info).

As I continued to work with energy psychology methods, it became clearer to me the power of a person’s beliefs to create situations and scenarios over and over in their lives. I listened as clients stated goals and intentions, and found that if a client had a conflicting belief, they would stay stuck even though they truly desired change. I began to develop ways to diagnose and treat these blocking beliefs, and in November 2007, released the book The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention & Release Blocking Beliefs  with my co-author, psychologist Sheila Sidney Bender. (Visit our Energy of Belief website for more information about this book.)

Over the past decade, in addition to my commitment to advancing safe, humane trauma treatment, I became increasingly drawn to the spiritual dimension of healing and health. Recognizing that all of us have undergone difficult times, I focused more and more on the spiritual implications of traumatic or overwhelming experiences and how spiritual disconnection or soul loss resulted in dis-ease on a mental, emotional and physical and spiritual level.  I met and began to learn esoteric and energetic teachings from Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. I began to offer meditation and spiritual discussion groups to assist clients and colleagues in their own journey of re-integrating the self.

I hope you will explore the resources available here and, if needed, seek appropriate treatment from myself or someone on the referral page.  You can sign up for the monthly newsletter to learn about integrative workshops in the area or come to a spiritual discussion/meditation group. If you are a mental health clinician, I hope you will also consider training in energy psychology methods and adding these techniques to aid your patients.

Warmly.


Mary

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