EMDR

Laura L. Knutson, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 25 years of psychotherapy experience.  She is a certified EMDR Therapist,  Approved Consultant and has been a Facilitator for EMDR training since 1991.   EMDR has proven to be effective in helping people desensitize and reprocess highly charged or traumatic childhood and adult experiences.

ACT

Laura has also trained in cognitive-behavior therapy, most recently  in what is being referred to as the third wave of cognitive therapy,  ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) which is a therapy that helps people change their relationship to their thoughts through mindfulness, acceptance, commitment and values-based living. 

"ACT is not about fighting your pain; it's about developing a willingness to embrace every experience life has to offer.  It's not about resisting your emotions; it's about feeling them completely and yet not turning your choices over to them.  ACT offers you a path out of suffering by helping you choose to live your life based on what matters to you most..."  Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.  (www.contextualpsychology.org)

ACT has proven very helpful for people struggling with anxiety, depression or problem anger.  It is also helpful with relationship issues, work-related problems or other emotional reactivity based on childhood experience.

"Willingness is a yes or no question in the moment"

                   Steven C. Hayes