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- Collection: A Community of Heart, by Marilyn Luber
Community of Heart: Marilyn LuberMarilyn Luber, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in general private practice in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her…
Graciela Rodriguez Graciela Rodriguez is a dynamic, jubilant woman from Argentina. She is a physician and a psychiatrist and started her career as a…
Esly Carvalho When a powerful person walks into a room, it is evident. Whether it is the surety of step, the self-possessed presence, and/or the…
A Community of Heart: Kathy E. B. DavisDespite roots that go deep into American history, Katherine Davis’ experience in life has turned her into a woman who deeply understands the diversity…
A Community of Heart: Mona Zaghrout-HodaliMona Zaghrout-Hodali is Head of Counseling in the Rehabilitation services of the East Jerusalem YMCA, which provides services throughout East…
A Community of Heart: Peggy MooreTurning points in our lives often contain earth-shaking events precipitating a change in worldview sometimes over time and sometimes in a flash.…
A Community of Heart: Lourdes MedinaLourdes (Lulu) Medina comes from the Republic of the Philippines, an archipelago of 7,107 islands bordered by the Philippine, Sulu, South China and…
A Community of Heart: Mark RussellIn 1995, Mark went from being a Marine to joining the Navy and becoming a “squid”, as there were no medical facilities in the Marines. It was a shock…
A Community of Heart: Bessel van der KolkHow does one choose one’s way in life? Bessel van der Kolk believes that “Lives are accidental and unexplainable. Stuff happens and then life is never…
A Community of Heart: Gyða EyjólfsdóttirGyða Eyjólfsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. Gyða’s father, Eyjolfur Thor Georgsson, was working as a taxi driver when he met Dora Olafsdottir,…
A Community of Heart: Susana Gabriela Uribe RamirezSusana’s love of her family, her community and her country are the guiding principles that inspire the choices in her life. She is the sixth child of…
A Community of Heart: Carol ForgashCarol Forgash is one of our EMDR community treasures. Her parents were immigrants; her motherwas from Belarus, and her father was from Galicia. They…
A Community of Heart Profile: Susan RogersSusan Rogers’ recounting of her life is as clear and as straightforward as her teaching. Her father, George Phillips Rogers, was from Corry,…
A Community of Heart Profile: Louise MaxfieldLouise Maxfield has been one of the most prolific and interesting women that I know. She was born in Southend-on-Sea in London to parents who found…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ana GomezAna M. Gomez is our Colombian-born colleague who now lives in the United States. Her mother, Elizabeth Ramirez, and father, Pedro Jose Gomez, met each…
A Community of Heart Profile: Bennet WolperWhen you first get to know my good friend and colleague, Bennet Wolper, you would not think that his early life was filled with neglect and abuse. He…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jinsong ZhangAlthough Jinsong Zhang is a soft-spoken woman, she has had a strong impact on psychiatry in China. She was born in 1966 at the beginning of the…
A Community of Heart Profile: Sombat TapanyaSombat Tapanya grew up in a loving home, where people appreciated learning. His father, Sriwang, was an elementary school teacher and lived in a small…
A Community of Heart Profile: Mazal MenahamMazal Menaham lives in the southernmost tip of Israel called South Arava, near the Red Sea. It is the junction where Israel, Jordan and Egypt come…
A Community of Heart Profile: Silvia GuzSilvia Guz was born in the municipality of Santo André in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil. Her father’s family emigrated from Poland…
A Community of Heart Profile: Sandra WilsonWhen I think of Sandra Wilson, I think of a kaleidoscope of dynamic shapes and colors coinciding with the different facets of her life: caring friend,…
A Community of Heart Profile: David WilsonOver the many years that I have known David Wilson, each time I meet or talk with him I learn something I did not know before about him. Whether he is…
A Community of Heart Profile: Robert TinkerBob Tinker is no stranger to trauma. It began when he was 5 years old and his mother died of breast cancer. In retrospect, he realized that this event…
A Community of Heart Profile: John SpectorWhen I think back to when I learned EMDR compared to now, I marvel at the numbers of people who are trained in this methodology. I can go anywhere in…
A Community of Heart Profile: Roger SolomonIn this time of increasing world-wide disasters -both natural and man-made- and in the wake of September 11 th , I have joined many of my colleagues…
A Community of Heart Profile: Steven M. SilverIn a world filled with conflict, confused thinking and cacophony, Steven M. Silver is the person that you want covering your back. Whether it is on a…
A Community of Heart Profile: Elan ShapiroFrancine Shapiro…was she a cousin…a long lost relative? That is what Elan Shapiro wondered when he heard about the first EMDR training that took place…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Servan-Schreiber (2)On July 24, 2011, our friend and colleague, David Servan-Schreiber died at 50 years of age. He was a leader in our field. He brought his special…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Servan-Schreiber (1)There is a man who is taking the French-speaking world by storm and his name is David Servan-Schreiber. He has written a best selling book called…
A Community of Heart Profile: Reyhana Seedat-RavatAt a time in all of our lives when conflict, racism and divisions are rampant throughout the world, Reyhana Seedat-Ravat offers an alternative way of…
A Community of Heart Profile: Tri Iswardana SadatunThe district of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam is located in northern Sumatra and possesses one of Indonesia’s largest reserves of natural gas and oil. This…
A Community of Heart Profile: Udi OrenUdi Oren comes from a tradition of service to family, community and country. Yechezekel Oren, Udiʼs father was born in Poland and came to Israel as a…
A Community of Heart Profile: A. J. PopkyAJ (short for Arnold Jay) Popky has always been an innovative thinker and curious about all life has to offer. Born to Rose and Charles Popky in…
A Community of Heart Profile: Michael PatersonIf ever there were a good candidate for leprechaun, Michael Paterson would be our man. Light of step, keen of wit and big of heart, this engaging…
A Community of Heart Profile: Regina MorrowWhat is immediately noticeable about Regina D. Morrow when you first meet her is her heart and capacity for joy. She embodies the best of the legacy…
A Community of Heart Profile: Richard MitchellThe circumstances of Richard Mitchell’s birth were symbolic of many of the things that would become important in his life: separateness; trauma;…
A Community of Heart Profile: Sushma MehrotaExtraordinary women flourish in our EMDR organization. Sushma Mehrotra from Bombay, India has followed in the footsteps of Francine Shapiro as a woman…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jack McCarthy & Peggy BaconJohn J. McCarthy (Jack) and Margaret S. Bacon (Peggy) met in 1992, while participating on a consultation team. Both were psychologists who shared a…
A Community of Heart Profile: John MarquisSince John Marquis recently told me that he rides his bicycle almost 60 miles a week going home and to work, I have been having this wonderful vision…
A Community of Heart Profile: Elfrun MagloireElfrun Magloire was born Elfrun Saynisch in Hemer, Germany during World War 2. She was conceived while her father was on leave but he never returned.…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jennifer LendlJennifer Lendl is the epitome of the Renaissance woman. She is a multilingual world traveler, an academic with advanced degrees in history and…
A Community of Heart Profile: Christopher LeeAn inquisitive and adventurous nature is often an attribute that describes early pioneers in EMDR. In 1992, Christopher Lee was given an offer he…
A Community of Heart Profile: Emre KonukEmre Konuk is a man of service. Since he was a young man, he has been interested in understanding and improving the human condition and thought he…
A Community of Heart Profile: Barbara KorzunThose of us on the East Coast of the United States have created a family of facilitators over the many years we have been working together. Because of…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jim KnipeWho is this man, Jim Knipe, who lives in the mountains of Colorado? Here is what his friends and colleagues say: “I remember the first impression of…
A Community of Heart Profile: Frankie KlaffAt EMDR Institute trainings, Frankie Klaff likes to introduce herself as “Borderline.” The joke is that she lives on the border of Delaware, Maryland…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ignacio JareroWhat provides the impetus for us to choose the paths that we take? For Ignacio “Nacho” Jarero, his drive to care for othersʼ came from the influences…
A Community of Heart Profile: Masaya IchiiOn a sunny, lovely day, at the EMDRIA 2002 Conference in San Diego, I had the chance to visit with Masaya Ichii, in the Rose Garden, and learn about…
A Community of Heart Profile: Arne HofmannArne Hofmann is influential in the world of trauma education and healing, especially in his native country, Germany. Those who know Arne have been…
A Community of Heart Profile: John HartungIt was in the early days of EMDR that I first met John Hartung. He always had a sparkle in his eye and he was interesting and enthusiastic. Over the…