Interview by Jordan Shafer, MS, LPC with DaLene Forester, PhD, LMFT, LPCC about EMDR therapy.  DaLene is Director and Trainer at the Advanced Education Institute and Jordan is an EMDR Trainer with CompassionWorks.

Jordan Shafer

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