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Dr. Kathy Shafer

LCSW, CAP, C-IAYT, 500RYT, LFYT

Psychotherapist, Certified Trauma and Yoga Therapist, Author, Speaker

Mar 24, 2025

Purim & Faith

Reprinted with the permission of Rachel Epstein. This month we celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, which celebrates Jewish people’s survival of the wrath of Haman. In We Are Not Meant to Die. Dr. Jerry explains the significance of Purim and how the actions of the heroine, Queen Esther, exemplify the Ten Cosmic Laws, commonly known as […]

Healing with EMDR Consultation, Brainspotting & Yoga Nidra
Feb 11, 2025

Why CBT Needs Integrative Therapies: The Power of Falling Awake: The Fun™ Guide to EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra for Trauma and Self-Regulation

By Dr. Kathy Shafer As a therapist with extensive training in EMDR, Brainspotting, addiction recovery, and yoga therapy, I’ve seen firsthand how many of the traditional therapeutic approaches, like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), can sometimes miss the pivotal healing moment when it comes to help controlling reactive emotions, deeply held resentments, or resolving trauma. While CBT has its merits and […]

Comprehensive-Mental-Health-Care-Coverage
Sep 11, 2024

Mental Health Parity

I have been working with clients as a psychotherapist for 40 years…. long enough to witness just how difficult insurance companies make it for clients to access benefits for mental health care, not to mention how difficult they make it for providers to be paid for their services. Today I came across the attached article […]

Applications of Brainspotting
Sep 4, 2024

Falling Awake

I wanted to reach out to you and give you the information about my 2nd book coming out in November, 2024 called Falling Awake:  The FUN(TM) Guide to Integrating EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra for Trauma and Self-Regulation.  The ISBN # is 9781839977893.  I am attaching the publisher’s (Singing Dragon) announcement as the book is […]

Sep 2, 2024

Falling Awake: A Journey into Conscious Living – Introducing Dr. Kathryn Shafer’s New Book

Welcome to the launch of Dr. Kathryn Shafer’s latest literary endeavor, Falling Awake: Embracing Conscious Living in a World of Distractions. As a distinguished scholar and passionate advocate for mindful living, Dr. Shafer brings her extensive expertise and profound insights into this transformative new book. If you’ve ever felt adrift in the chaos of modern […]

ai-and-psychology
May 2, 2024

AI and Therapy

Since the last blog I wrote about the 60 Minutes AI Therapy segment, it seems that articles on this topic are popping up everywhere. Just this week I read an article by Matthias Barker in Psychotherapy Networker titled “Ready or Not, AI is Here.” The article is so good that I will link it below […]

ai and mental health
Apr 15, 2024

AI and Mental Health

Did you ever think that we would think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could fill the demand for the “shortage of therapists?” Did you know there was a shortage? On Sunday, April 7th, 2024, CBS ran a segment on 60 Minutes reporting this and implied we can replace live mental health therapy with Artificial Intelligence. This […]

May 23, 2023

Earth Chakra

Earth Chakras Just as you have energy centers in your body called Chakras, so too does Mother Earth. As we walk upon the earth, we walk upon a living being more similar to ourselves than we imagine. Just like us, the earth has both a physical body and an energetic body, complete with a chakra […]