Welcome to my site
I am a psychotherapist, author, lecturer, consultant and researcher fascinated with the complexities of our human existence. My mission is to work on promoting wellness and wholeness within, with others and with everything that exists.
As a psychotherapist,
I accompany families, children, adolescents, and adults in their healing journeys through the use of scientifically grounded approaches.
As an author,
I have written numerous books, articles, chapters and therapeutic material for children that have emerged from almost 20 years of clinical practice and the latest findings in neurosciences and psychology.
As a consultant,
I am committed to supporting the growth of other mental health professionals based on my extensive experience working with families, children, and adults.
Last but not least, as a researcher,
I am committed to expanding our understanding of the best therapeutic interventions for families and children.
As a teacher and lecturer,
I am dedicated to providing trainings full of creative ideas, based on the latest research and literature to mental health professionals, paraprofessionals, educators, and parents.
EMDR Books and Kits By Ana
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The Thoughts Kit for Kids
$45.00The Thoughts Kit for Kids consists of four sets of cards. Two sets are for young children and the other two for young adolescents. Each set contains child-appropriate positive and negative cognitions along with a VOC scale with which children can play and interact. In addition, The Thought Kit for Kids contains a 16- page booklet with specific EMDR therapy games and protocols than can be used with the cards.
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Dark, Bad Day…Go Away: A Book for Children about Trauma and EMDR Therapy- Second Edition
$30.00Dark, Bad Day…Go Away is the first hard cover, illustrated book for children that motivates, prepares and guides children to use EMDR therapy. It is now available in Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese.
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Let’s Have a Visit With Our Feelings
$30.00This book was written with a vision of assisting children who struggle with adversity and are unable to embrace their emotions. An important part of living a healthy emotional life is the ability to feel and accept our feelings. If hardship has occurred, being able to tolerate, mindfully observe, and hold with compassion the feelings associated with such adverse events will be an essential aspect of healing.
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Stories and Storytellers:The Thinking Mind, the Heart, and the Body
$30.00This book is especially designed for mental health professionals trained in EMDR therapy to use with the children they treat. This book has been written to help children with histories of trauma and adversity better understand why they think, feel, and somatically respond to the present the way they do.
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EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation
$65.00$31.25This is the first book to provide a wide range of leading-edge, inventive, tangible, step-by-step strategies for clinicians working with children with severe dysregulation of the affective system using EMDR therapy and adjunct approaches.
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All the Colors of Me: My First Book About Dissociation
$22.99All the Colors of Me is one of the first books worldwide that embraces the goal of helping children and adolescents understand their dissociative experiences.
