Consultation is an essential part of mastering EMDR. It offers clinicians support for their EMDR practice, keeps them up to date on the latest research, provides education on cutting-edge EMDR protocols, and assists in mastering the EMDR protocol.
EMDRIA Approved Consultants™️
ThomaS BUCKLES, LMHC
Tom is a professional in the mental health field with more than 20 years of experience. He is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️who uses EMDR as well as other, person-centered, trauma informed practices to foster personal growth in his clients. His focus is trauma and anxiety but he also has extensive training in treating substance abuse. Additional interests of his include working with individuals living with chronic pain and energy healing (e.g. - chakra balancing and Reiki).
Contact Tom:
Phone: (716) 220-7496 email: thomasbuckleslmhc@gmail.com
Seaghan Coleman, LSCW-R
Seaghan Is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Trainer™️. He’s also a trauma therapist in the MICA / trauma services department at ECMC in Buffalo. He provides integrative psychotherapy to individuals with long history of abuse, neglect, trauma, dissociation, and addiction. He is the lead trainer for departmental staff and the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️across the ECMC Hospital system. He is trained in DBT, ACT, attachment/re-parenting work, schema focused therapy and MBSR. He provides consultation for consultees working with adults. He specializes in simple and complex trauma, association and other ego state disorders, attachment/re-parenting and emotional deprivation schema work.
Contact Seaghan:
email: seaghanc@gmail.com
Cassandra King, LCSW-r
Cassandra is a licensed clinical social worker. She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️
Contact Cassandra:
Phone: 248-910-9928
email: cassandralmerrill@gmail.com
EMDRIA Website: https://www.emdria.org/directory/people/cassandra-merrill-king/
Mary Nixon, LCSW-r
Mary has been practicing since 1990 and an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️since 2012. She worked at Baker Victory Services as a therapist and clinical coordinator for 14 years. Mary became certified in EMDR in March, 2014. Mary has been in private practice since 2004 and currently sees individual adults ages 18 and up. She also worked for some years with elderly clients and caregivers. Her focus now is trauma work, childhood abuse, PTSD and anxiety. Mary has also worked extensively with dissociation an will be doing training’s on this topic for our WNY EMDR community. She also worked for about 5 years with UB social work students, as an outside supervisor in their placements. Mary is a Certified Consultant.
Contact Mary:
Phone: 716-597-6178 email: mnixon709@gmail.com
LISA PREFONTAINE, LMHC
Lisa Prefontaine LMHC is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. Lisa has practiced EMDR since 2013 and plans on becoming a trainer for EMDR and trains on other trauma-related modalities. After being in practice for over 15 years, other therapeutic specialties include DBT, Co-occuring disorders, Perinatal disorders, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Ego State/Parts work, Complex Trauma, and Brainspotting. Lisa has primarily worked with an adult population but has experience with adolescents and children. Lisa was Clinical Director of Mental Health Services at Horizon Health Services prior to leaving to pursue full time private practice and consultation service delivery in May of 2019.
Contact Lisa:
Phone: 716-510-6921 email: Lisa.Prefontaine@gmail.com
SAmanatha Sessamen, LMHC-D
Sam is a social-justice and Health At Every Size oriented therapist who practices in person in Western NY and virtually across NY, Oregon and Florida. Sam is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Diagnostic Privilege. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. Her specialties include Disordered Eating, Dissociative Disorders, Complex Trauma and ADHD Evaluations.
Contact Sam:
Phone: 585-409-1140 email: samanthasessamenlmhc@gmail.com Website: samanthasessamenlmhc.org EMDRIA Directory: https://www.emdria.org/directory/people/samantha-j-sessamen/
Stacey Stevens LMHC
Stacey has been a practicing clinician in the Buffalo area since 1997. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from SUNY at Buffalo, and a Master’s Degree from Canisius College, she has been fortunate to have worked for leading local mental health agencies. Those agencies provided extensive training and experiences that Stacey now brings to her private practice. Clinically, Stacey’s focus is on the special needs of those affected by trauma. This includes the counseling of children who have been the victim of sexual abuse, as well as adults, adolescents and families of those who have been affected by sexual violence. She is an approved consultant.
Contact Stacey:
Phone: (716) 598-0963 email: Stacey@scscounseling.org
Samantha Zimmermann, LCSW
Samantha is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training™️. Samantha is in private practice in Western New York, as she provides psychotherapy to individual adults (18+), having previously practiced as a clinician and supervisor in outpatient and residential settings. Areas of expertise include anxiety and trauma-related disorders, co-occurring disorders, substance abuse, perinatal and veteran populations. Samantha incorporates Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, DBT and attachment interventions into her EMDR practice.
Contact Sam:
Phone: (716) 453-4839 email: samanthazimm.counseling@gmail.com