Ms. Debra L Kaplan

“My therapeutic focus is experiential, emotion focused and supportive. In my work with complex trauma (trauma and personality), childhood abuse (sexual, physical, verbal, emotional, spiritual), and co-occurring mood disorders (anxiety, depression), my clients have voiced success in living happier lives and healthier relationships both within themselves and with others. My clients can anticipate learning effective and successful tools in creating inner emotional safety and emotional regulation. Together, we will address decreasing impulsive & self harming behaviors that once served as adaptive measures from experiences of rejection, abandonment, and/or invalidation.

My focus is to support a client's enduring, positive change away from self-defeating behaviors and toward healthier experiencing of self-empowerment and happiness.

I am trained in the practice of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) which is a non-invasive method of accelerating recovery from traumatic memories, onetime events or enduring childhood trauma. It is a collaborative approach utilizing eye movements to minimize/resolve negative beliefs and feelings associated with past traumatic events and memories.”