By Deb Kennard, PTI Founder Virtual EMDR Benefits and Considerations In 2020 we experienced a global pandemic crisis threw many into panic mode and it threw some of us into action mode. Crisis is an opportunity for growth and change. The Personal Transformation...

By Deb Kennard, Founder of the Personal Transformation Institute and Developer of the SAFE EMDR approach. SAFE EMDR was developed by me, Deb Kennard, in 2014. I was fortunate to be introduced to EMDR in 1995 and even more fortunate to have been trained by Francine...

By Deb Kennard,PTI Founder Freedom is possible. At the Personal Transformation Institute we see amazing transformation happen. We offer a somatic and attachment lens and unique tools that invite an opportunity to access the true experiential root of a problem or...

Principles for Effective Treatment and Living By Deb Kennard, PTI Founder There are some principles I believe are important for effective clinical treatment, these principles are imperative if working with trauma.  I will be exploring how some important principles are...

By Deb Kennard, Founder of the Personal Transformation Institute.  Deb offers a free live webinar every month.  This will be the topic of her webinar airing on Dec. 1, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00 EST.      This year has been a difficult time for so many, it is a time of...

Dear Friends and Colleagues in the PTI Community, We at PTI wish to add our voice to the many who are speaking out against the tragic murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the countless unnamed others who have suffered and died as a result of...

What has changed in the past 2 months?  How have you adapted?  What have you learned about yourself in this time of world crisis?   What will be better because of the global pandemic? At Personal Transformation Institute (PTI) we have faced the challenge of adapting...

Deborah Kennard, MS, PTI Founder We are called the Personal Transformation Institute for a reason.  We offer an invitation for Personal Transformation for all who seek it.  Notice we say all who seek it and not all who need it.   This includes: Training Participants...

Alice Stricklin, PTI Trainer It was our 9th or 10th session.  They all blurred together.  It almost felt like de ja vu.  We weren’t getting anywhere. The client was not experiencing any movement and was getting frustrated.  I was getting frustrated.  The client...

Written by Deborah Kennard, Founder of Personal Transformation Institute.     The concept of resourcing causes much confusion in the therapy world. There are resources like “grounding” and the “container exercise” that many view as techniques to be performed on the...