Ms. Bobbie Jo Shepard, MSW LCSW

(She/Her)
Preferred Name: BJ

EMDRIA 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, Somatization/Dissociation expert, and expressive arts integrated clinician

Specialty Area

  • Abuse/Neglect
  • Addictions
  • Alcohol/Substance Abuse
  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • 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)
  • Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
  • 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
  • First Responders
  • Immigrants
  • LGBTQ+
  • Underserved
  • Veterans/Military

Language

  • English
  • Hungarian
  • Spanish

Insurance

  • Magellan Health
  • Sliding Scale