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™️
MElissa Babiarz LMHC
Melissa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor with over 18 years of clinical experience, specializing in Addictions. She completed the EMDR Basic Training in July 2015, became an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ in EMDR in July 2017, and earned her EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️status in 2019. She has also been an OASAS-approved trainer in Motivational Interviewing since 2007. She is accepting new consultees for individual and group consultation. Her office is located at 337 Cleveland Dr. Suite 6, Cheektowaga, NY 14215. Contact Melissa at (716) 572-8677 or at melissababiarzlmhc@gmail.com
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW-R, RPT-S™️
Ann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in western New York. Her specialties include problems of attachment and child and adolescent trauma. She is a Registered Play Therapist™️, supervisor, and approved provider of play therapy continuing education through the Association for Play Therapy. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️and is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️and a faculty member of the Child trauma Institute. Ann can be reached at 716-553-2256 or by email at ann.beckleyforest@gmail.com
KATHRYN BOOKER, LSCW, RPT™️
Katie (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in WNY. She is a trauma specialist working with all ages; excelling in work with teens and young adults. Additionally, Katie is a Registered Play Therapist™️and is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. Katie was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Newly Trained Clinician Award by the WNY EMDR Regional Network. Katie can be reached at 716-491-6516, by email at Katiebookercounseling@gmail.com, or visit her website at Katiebookercounseling.com
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). You can reach Tom at (716) 220-7496 and 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 at seaghanc@gmail.com
Jessica Horder, LMHC
Jessica is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York, and she works for the Trauma Institute and Child Trauma Institute. Jess has been a practicing clinician for over 24 years, with approximately 2/3 of her career working primarily with adolescents. Areas of specialty include emotional neglect, and complex trauma. She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️, and is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. She is a member of EMDRIA, a member of ISSTD. You can reach Jessica at JessicaHorderLMHC@gmail.com.
Kaitlin Incorvia, LCSW
Kaitlin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Western New York. She specializes in attachment, foster care, and high-risk behaviors. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️, and a Certified Safe and Sound Provider. Kaitlin was Clinical Director of OLV’s Residential Treatment Facility prior to leaving to pursue full time private practice. Kaitlin can be reached at 716-440-4983 or kaitlinlcsw@gmail.com.
KRiss Jarecki, ACSW, LCSW-r
Kriss has been a certified social worker since 1987. Kriss is currently in private practice working with children, teens, women, couples, and families and treats challenges such as PTSD. self-injurious behaviors, depression, anxiety, phobias, and adjustment issues. She previously worked for over ten years as a clinician and mid-manager / supervisor for Erie County Medical Center Outpatient Department Of Chemical Dependency. She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️(2004) and the co- regional coordinator of the EMDR Buffalo Network group. She is also an EMDRIA Approved Trainer™️ and Progressive Counting trainer with Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute since 2011. You can email Kriss at harmonyhearth64@gmail.com
Kelly Mccall, msw, lcsw
Kelly has focused her entire career on trauma treatment and trauma informed care. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. She has attended multiple trainings on working with children and adolescents with complex trauma, with specific focus on trauma related behavioral disorders, children in foster care and adoption related concerns. Kelly is skilled at engaging resistant youth, helping them to understand how their past is impacting their current lives and guiding them, along with their families, to moving through the process of healing through trauma therapy and resolution. Contact: Phone: (716) 440-7165 or e-mail: kellymccalltherapy@gmail.com
Annie J. Monaco LCSW-r, RPT™️
Annie Monaco, LCSWR is an EMDRIA Approved Trainer™️, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️and faculty member of Child Trauma Institute. Annie travels extensively throughout the US and internationally providing a multitude of trauma-informed trainings and agency and therapist consultation. Annie has over 25 years of experience serving children, teens, families and adults. She has extensive experience in complex adult trauma, family therapy, and play therapy. She specializes in dissociation, foster care, out of country adoption and offenders. You can email Annie at anniemonaco@icloud.com
MARCELLA MOSLOW, LCSW, RPT-S™️
Marcella is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in western New York. She has experience with complex trauma in children, adolescents and adults. She specializes in attachment, dissociation, foster care and out of country adoption. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️, A Registered Play Therapist™️ - Supervisor, and is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. Marcella can be reached at 716-867-5027 or by email at marcella.moslow@gmail.com. Her website can be found at https://www.marcellamoslow.com/
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 at 597-6178 or email at mnixon709@gmail.com
Mary Plonka, LCSW-R
Mary Plonka is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️. After working as a school social worker and substance abuse counselor for over 30 years, Mary was inspired to help people learn how to change their brains. She was trained in Trauma protocols such as TF-CBT, Progressive Counting as well as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. (EMDR)
Currently, Mary is in private therapist at the Miriam Center for Hope & Healing in Olean NY. Mary can be reached at (716) 373-6735, miriamcenterforhope@gmail.com, or visit her website at miriamcenterforhope.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. Lisa can be reached at 716-510-6921 or at Lisa.Prefontaine@gmail.com.
SARAH SMITH, NYS LCSW-R
Sarah has been a Certified Social Worker since 1994 and initially was trained in EMDR Therapy in 2008. Her experience includes working with complex trauma, co-occurring disorders, and Traumatic Brain Injury. She worked for community mental health agencies for 16 years and then started the Center for Clarity in 2014. She has found that both addiction and eating disorders are often a factor when working with more complex PTSD. In addition, traumatic brain injury often occurs for individuals with complex trauma and often goes undiagnosed. In addition to extensive training, consultation and supervision, Sarah also has been in a program of recovery since 1990. A heavy emphasis in her consultation is focusing on self-care and potential vicarious trauma for the therapist. Sarah can be reached at (716) 430-2524, sarahsmith@centerforclarity.com, or visit her website at www.centerforclarity.com
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 at 598-0963 or email at Stacey@scscounseling.org.
Nicole E. wolasz, msw, lcsw-r
Nicole has been servicing youth & families in WNY since 1997. Nicole specializes in trauma therapy, family therapy & juvenile offender work. She has expansive experience in the use of many treatment modalities including: EMDR, PC, & CBT to provide therapy for grief/loss, anxiety, coping & stress management. In addition to providing trainings in the area of Bullying Prevention & Anger Management, Nicole has presented Internationally on use of Peacemaking Circles and serves as a national trainer for professionals for the Child Trauma Institute. She is a clinical consultant to two local child service agencies for trauma informed treatment. Nicole is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™️ and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™️, contact her at nicolewolasz@gmail.com or at (716) 228-8205.