Licensed Professional Counselor Training

Dr. Shafer has presented at over 40 conferences internationally including as an invited keynote speaker, and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs to discuss diverse topics pertaining to relationships, substance abuse, and living with chronic health conditions (asthma, cancer, PTSD).

She conducts corporate workshops, and supervision and consultation for professionals seeking licensure or advanced training in various therapies including helping therapists complete basic training and obtain certification in EMDR.

When she graduated from New York University, she was among the team of professionals that designed the first residential treatment center for addiction in New York City called Stuyvesant Square at Beth Israel Medical Center.

After her residency in Manhattan, she completed her doctorate at Barry University in Miami, Florida designing an international substance abuse training during the collapse of the Soviet Union, in Russia and the Ukraine. Her consulting abroad includes a Spanish immersion and addiction program in Costa Rica, integrating somatic therapies at an addiction center in Nicaragua (restorative yoga for adults), and completing Asthanga Yoga Teacher Training in Mysore, India.