Interesting Web Sites

You will be fascinated! by the brain scan pictures of a brain before and after EMDR at this educational site: San Diego Trauma Therapy

April Steele (www.april-steel.ca) is an EMDR therapist on the west coast. April specializes in issues of early neglect, abuse, and trauma.  For years I have been reading her wise posts on the professional list servs I belong to. April has developed some lovely tools for therapists working with people who have missed out on the nurturing that is so important in the formative years.

Lee Kraemer (www.leekraemer.ca) is a therapist practicing in central Toronto and North York. Lee’s training and experience parallels that of Couples In Step therapist, Irene Oudyk-Suk. Lee also leads photography tours to places such as South Africa and Peru: www.innerscapes.ca

If distance prevents you from accessing Couples In Step services you may locate a therapist at GoodTherapy.org, a free directory of empowering and nonpathologizing therapists and counselors.

Sites related to Marriage Counselling

The Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy (www.eft.ca) taught by the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute and the Gottman Method  of Couple’s Therapy (www.gottman.com) are the models that guide marriage counselling at Couples In Step. Couples In Step therapist Irene Oudyk-Suk continues to train in both these models. An article on each of these models will soon be posted on the free stuff page.

You can read about BESTCO (Board of Examiners for Sex Therapy Certification in Ontario) here.

EMDR Sites

The following websites provide additional information about EMDR (including research information):

• EMDR International Association
• EMDR Canada
• EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program
• This link takes you to an on-line forum where you can read questions and answers others have about EMDR. Scroll down the page and click on the EMDR tab.