Ms. Bobbie Jo Shepard, MSW LCSW

(She/Her)
Preferred Name: BJ

EMDR Certified Therapist

EMDRIA Approved Consultant™

Online Therapy

About Me

Approved Consultant who speaks both English and Spanish with in EMDR with 26 years of EMDR Practice. Military Family Life Consultant working with children and adults. Offering facilitation at EMDR Trainings for Dr. Shapiro's EMDR Institute. Providing individual & Group Consultation, with emphasis on EMDR, multi- cultural sensitivity, homelessness, refugees, newcomers, substance use disorders, peek performance, vicarious trauma, somatization disorders, dissociative disorders, primary care & emergency medicine settings, inmate population, children who are in custody and foster care, energy medicine-holistic health, spirituality and child-family complex trauma Reiki Master Teacher Clinical Certified Hypnotherapist EarthSongEMDRConsulting.com BobbieJShepard@yahoo.com

Education & Experience

LCSW MSW Two-year certificate program completion in Clinical Hypnosis Military Family Life Consultant with Veteran and active duty assignments locally and abroad, to children, families and active duty service people.

Professional & Volunteer Affiliations

Facilitator for Dr. Francine Shapiro's EMDR Institute Trainings Previous Volunteer Coordinator Central Indiana HAP and EMDRIA Regional Network Energy medicine, Energetic Psychotherapy-somatic based and expressive arts integrated clinician

Specialty Area

  • Abuse/Neglect
  • Addictions
  • Alcohol/Substance Abuse
  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Trauma/Pregnancy Loss
  • Chronic Illness/Medical Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief/Loss/Mourning
  • Mood Disorders
  • Performance Enhancement
  • Phobias
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Somatic Issues
  • Spirituality
  • Suicide Risk
  • Survivor's Guilt
  • Traumatic Incident

Population Served

  • Adolescents (13-17)
  • Adults
  • Children (4-12)
  • Community Mental Health Center
  • Couples
  • Families
  • First Responders
  • Immigrants
  • LGBTQ+
  • Underserved
  • Veterans/Military

Language

  • English
  • Hungarian
  • Spanish

Insurance

  • Magellan Health