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EMDR/LOSS Therapy: When the eyes really are windows to the soul… By Robert McGowen, MBA, MA, LPC Robert McGowen, MBA, MA, LPC Robert McGowen is an EMDR trained therapist and a primary referral source for the LOSS team of Tarrant County (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors). He provides individual therapy at Mental Health America of Greater Tarrant County. Clients are often able to be seen as soon as seven days after the death occurs. He has seen EMDR therapy help process, not only the specific loss of a loved one, but past incidents of trauma. Learning Objectives 1. Learn the basics of EMDR therapy as relates to working with suicide survivors. 2. Explore the nuances of working with individuals that have lost a loved one to suicide. 3. Understand how EMDR therapy helps clients process questions that do not have tangible answers. Definitions 1. EMDR –Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing 2. LOSS –Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors 3. SUDS –Subjective Units of Distress Scale 4. VOC –Validity of Cognition 5. Suicide Survivor – Significant other of person whom died by suicide
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