Effectiveness of Virtual EMDR Therapy and Training

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...

Why SAFE EMDR Approach?

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...

Finding the Real Problem in Therapy: The Universal Theme

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...

Embodied Compassion

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...

The Time is Now. A Call for Change.

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...