Ms. Bobbie Jo Shepard, MSW LCSW
(She/Her)
Preferred Name: BJ
About Me
Approved Consultant who speaks both English and Spanish with EMDR with 27 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, peak 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, Somatization/Dissociation expert, and expressive arts integrated clinician
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (Two year Wellness Institute Program Completed/ ASCH level one and two)
Specialty Area
- Abuse/Neglect
- Addictions
- Anxiety/Panic Attacks
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Illness/Medical Issues
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Domestic Violence
- Gender Identity
- Grief/Loss/Mourning
- Marriage/Relationship Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Performance Enhancement
- Phobias
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual Abuse
- Somatic Issues
- Spirituality
- Sports Injuries
- Suicide Risk
- Survivor's Guilt
- Traumatic Incident
Population Served
- Adolescents (13-17)
- Adults
- Children (4-12)
- Community Mental Health Center
- Couples
- First Responders
- Immigrants
- LGBTQ+
- Underserved
- Veterans/Military
Language
- English
- Hungarian
- Spanish
Insurance
- Cigna
- Magellan Health
- Sliding Scale
