ICM Directory
Certifications
- LICDC-CS
- LPCC-S
- PhD
- REAT
- RMT
- RYT® 500
Biography
Dr. Jamie Marich (she/they) describes herself as a facilitator of transformative experiences. A clinical trauma specialist, expressive artist, writer, yogini, performer, short filmmaker, Reiki master, TEDx speaker, and recovery advocate, she unites all of these elements in her mission to inspire healing in others. She began her career as a humanitarian aid worker in Bosnia-Hercegovina from 2000-2003, primarily teaching English and music while freelancing with other projects. Jamie travels internationally teaching on topics related to trauma, EMDR therapy, expressive arts, mindfulness, and yoga, while maintaining a private practice and online education operations in her home base of Warren, OH. Jamie is the author of numerous books on trauma recovery and healing, with many more projects in the works. Marich is the founder of The Institute for Creative Mindfulness.
Her bibliography currently includes: EMDR Made Simple (2011), Trauma and the Twelve Steps (2012), Creative Mindfulness (2013), Trauma Made Simple (2014), Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation (2015), EMDR Therapy & Mindfulness for Trauma Focused Care (2018, with Dr. Stephen Dansiger), and Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery (2019). She has also written guest chapters and contributions for several other published collections. North Atlantic Books released a revised and expanded edition of Trauma and the 12 Steps, in the Summer of 2020. Jamie’s own company, Creative Mindfulness Media, published two supplemental resources, a daily meditations and reflections reader and a trauma-responsive step workbook in the Autumn of 2020 to accompany.
Jamie was interviewed as a master clinician in the DVD, Trauma Treatment: Psychotherapy for the 21st Century (2012) alongside icons like Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Robert Scaer, and Belleruth Naparstek. Jamie had the privilege of offering trauma recovery retreats at the Kripalu School for Yoga & Health, the Esalen Institute, and the Amrit Yoga Institute. In 2015, Marich launched her own EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Therapy training curriculum and now enjoys training a new generation of EMDR clinicians alongside her global team of collaborative faculty members and consultants. The New York Times featured her work with Dancing Mindfulness in 2017 and 2020 as part of their Meditation for Real Life series.
Jamie seeks to incorporate music and other forms of creative expression into her practice. As her career developed, Marich’s love for experience-oriented methods of healing and trauma resolution intensified, prompting her to explore the conscious dance scene and various ways of applying these “come as you are” practices into the healing process. Having completed several trainings and experiencing other conscious dance practices at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, Marich was encouraged and inspired to develop her own, unique practice, which now exists in the form of Dancing Mindfulness. To date, Marich has taught conscious dance seminars at various conferences nationally, internationally, and online, and has trained more than 500 facilitators in the Dancing Mindfulness practice.
She completed her Reiki Master teacher training in the Usui Shiki Ryoho system of Reiki under Master Valerie Spitaler. Marich is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT) through the International Association of Expressive Arts Therapists and offers a full certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy through her Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Jamie is a registered yoga teacher (RYT-500), with special training in yoga nidra and several other trauma-informed and recovery yoga approaches. Additionally, Jamie developed the Yoga Unchained approach to trauma-informed yoga with Jessica Sowers and currently runs the Yoga for Clinician programs under the umbrella of ICM’s expressive arts therapy program. In 2017, she earned her Women Empowered Pink Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu through Gracie University of Jiu-Jitsu and along with collaborator Anna Pirkl, is working on a book about Jiu-Jitsu and trauma recovery (North Atlantic Books, due out 2022).
NALGAP: The Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies awarded Jamie with their prestigious President’s Award in 2015 for LGBT advocacy in her writing and training. In 2019, the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) granted Jamie their EMDR Advocacy Award for using her public platform in media and in the addiction field to advance the cause of EMDR therapy and to reduce the stigma around mental health and addiction. Jamie currently sits on the Clinical Work Group Committee of EMDRIA’s prestigious Council of Scholars. Jamie also serves on the Wisdom Council of the internationally known expressive arts ministry Abbey of the Arts, and is an advisory board member of HealingTREE Non-Profit.
Consultation Details
NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CONSULTANTS
Rates: $150/hour for individual consultation
Consultant Specialities: dissociation/DID; integrating expressive arts into EMDR therapy; addiction & self-injury; spirituality and EMDR therapy; LGBTQ+ issues; EMDR therapy intensives/retreats
Dr. Jamie Marich is excited to offer EMDR consultation specifically focused dissociation for a limited number of groups in 2020.
*Experience in online EMDR therapy training model*
Certifications
- LCDC III
- LPCC-S
- M.S.Ed.
Biography
Amber Stiles-Bodnar is a Licensed Supervising Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC-S) and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC III). She earned a Master of Science in Education in Community Counseling from Youngstown State University. Amber has worked in mental health and chemical dependency treatment providing therapy as a residential, outpatient, and dual diagnosis counselor. Her distinctive background includes 12 years of law enforcement experience allowing her a unique insight when helping those in specialized occupations such as police, fire, EMS, and the armed forces. She has provided trainings focused on trauma and its effects on individuals, including children, at a national level. Amber is a Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). She is also a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the American Counseling Association, the Ohio Counseling Association, and volunteers for the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP). Amber has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 10 years specializing in PTSD/issues related to abuse and trauma, addiction treatment (chemical and behavioral), co-occurring disorders, LGBT, and women and children’s issues. Amber has dedicated herself to improving the lives of those faced with trauma and hardships which is evidenced in her clinical work with adults, children, and families. She is the clinical director of Blue Star Family Counseling Services, Inc., a frequent sponsor of our EMDR Therapy trainings.
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialty: Adults/children/adolescents/family systems; complex trauma, complex PTSD, dissociation; military and their families; public safety personnel and their families; TBI; SMD/thought disorders; autism spectrum; addiction; agency/billing/documentation issues
Groups held at Blue Star Family Counseling Services, Inc., 2996 State Route 5 (Elm Rd.), Suite B, Cortland, OH 44410 with teleconferencing available for all groups. Contact directly for appointments, or see and RSVP for her currently scheduled groups below.
$80/hour for individual consultation ; $50/two-hour group consultation
Mixed in-person and teleconference groups.
Certifications
- LMFT
- PsyD
Biography
Dr. Stephen Dansiger played CBGB and Max’s Kansas City in the late 70s; drank, played drums in a toy rock band and then got sober in the late 80s; became an international educator and rocker again in the 90s; and a sought after clinician, writer, and meditation teacher in the 2000s. Dr. Steve attempted to “cure” Marc Maron on WTF, is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant/Certified EMDR therapist, and provides EMDR Therapy Training and Advanced Topics courses with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. He helped set up the premiere Buddhist addictions rehab center, Refuge Recovery Treatment Center in 2015. At the center he developed and instituted the MET(T)A Protocol (Mindfulness and EMDR Treatment Template for Agencies), a design for agency treatment using Buddhist Mindfulness and EMDR Therapy as the theoretical orientation and primary clinical practices. The MET(T)A Protocol is now being implemented at other treatment centers nationally and internationally, and transferability of the protocol to other environments such as private practice and general mental health agencies is in progress. He first presented on MET(T)A at the EMDRIA Conference 2016 in Minneapolis, and presented an updated version at EMDRIA Conference 2018 in Atlanta. He is the author of Clinical Dharma: A Path for Healers and Helpers (StartAgain, 2016) and avidly blogs and podcasts on topics related to mental health, recovery, and mindfulness. Besides maintaining a private practice in Larchmont Village in Los Angeles, he travels internationally speaking and teaching on Buddhist psychology, EMDR therapy, the MET(T)A Protocol, trauma, addictions, and clinician self-care. He has been practicing Buddhist mindfulness for 30 years (including a one year residency at a Zen monastery), and teaches dharma classes regularly in Los Angeles and internationally. His second book (co-authored with ICM founder Dr. Jamie Marich), EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care, is available now from Springer Publishing. His third book, Mindfulness for Anger Management: Transformative Skills for Overcoming Anger and Managing Powerful Emotions, is available on Althea Press. For more, go to http://www.drdansiger.com
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: mindfulness/Buddhist-informed practice; addiction/MET(T)A method; anger management; diversity issues
Offers a mixture of in-person and teleconferencing group consultation in the Los Angeles, CA area. Contact directly for appointments.
Rates: $195/hour for individual consultation
Suzanne (Suzi) Rutti she/her
Senior Faculty, Approved ConsultantCertifications
- LISW-S
- MSW
Biography
Suzi Rutti, MSW, LISW-S (she/her) owns and operates the private practice group Rutti Counseling & Consultation, LLC in Columbus, Ohio. She is a co-owner of the Ohio Institute for Trauma and Wellness, LLC and the Central Ohio EMDR Connection, LLC. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan with a concentration in Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health. She is a Clinical Social Worker that works with children, adolescents and adults of all ages, and does not have a minimum age requirement. She specializes in the treatment of complex PTSD, dissociation/dissociative disorders, preverbal trauma, sexual violence, childhood abuse, traumatic birth experience, intimate partner violence, and other adverse life experiences. Suzi primarily practices using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), play therapy, and mindfulness-based practices into her work. Suzi is a senior faculty member with The Institute for Creative Mindfulness and provides EMDR Therapy foundational training and Advanced Training topics in Central Ohio. She provides clinical supervision and EMDR therapy consultation as an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant to clinicians across the nation. Suzi believes in the importance of making high quality trauma treatment accessible to all communities, and has presented to numerous local and national audiences on a variety of topics relevant to the impact of trauma and how best to support survivors.
Consultation Details
Rates:
$100/hour for individual consulting ($75 for agency clinicians and EMDR therapy trainees)
$100/two-hour group consultation ($75 for agency clinicians and EMDR therapy trainees)
Consultant specialties: children (all ages); pre-verbal trauma; chronic/complex trauma and dissociation in adults and children
For more information and current schedule, please click here
Certifications
- PsyD
Biography
Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist based in Chicago, IL who has been in private practice for more than 20 years. She specializes in grief and trauma, the emotional aspects of medical crisis, especially around pregnancy & parenting, and providing developmentally supportive, relationship-based care to families. She presents internationally on these issues and consults to health care providers and hospitals, guiding their efforts to improve the level of psychological support and care to families during and subsequent to medical crisis. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant, and is an affiliate faculty member in training with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Mara is also certified in Emotion-Focused Couples and Family Therapy and is a Gottman Institute Certified Relationship Therapist. She is the co-author of Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey (Fulcrum, 2004) and Intensive Parenting: Surviving the Journey through the NICU (Fulcrum, 2013). More information can be found at docmara.com
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: grief/loss; couples: Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT); all issues surrounding perinatal and birth trauma (parent/child)
Offers consultation in the Chicago, IL area. Contact directly for appointments.
Rates: $150/hour for individual consulting ($100.00/hour for ICM trainees; other fee adjustments possible if paying for multiple sessions)
Certifications
- CAP®
- LMHC
Biography
Irene M. Rodriguez, M.S., LMHC, CAP is the founder and director of Mindful Journey Center. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT) with a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University. She is an EMDRIA approved consultant and faculty of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. She is also Certified Laughter Yoga Facilitator, Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) Facilitator/Trainer and certified Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator/Trainer affiliated to The Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Irene has a private office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she has been treating adults and children. She specialized in trauma-related disorders, PTSD, and addiction. She enjoys teaching clinicians how to incorporate EMDR therapy, Mindfulness, and Expressive Arts therapy in the services they provide to their clients.
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: Fluent in Spanish (native speaker); general EMDR therapy practice issues.
Rates:
- $65/two-hour group consultation for ICM Trainees working towards completing their required 10 hours
- $80/two-hour group working towards EMDRIA certification
- $75/two-hour group consultation
Certifications
- PsyD
Biography
Layla Asamarai, Psy.D., LP is a licensed Clinical Psychologist based in Minnesota. She has practiced EMDR therapy since 2006. Dr. Layla has extensive experience working with trauma survivors including refugees and survivors of torture, as well as individuals with complex trauma and dissociation. In addition to her work in the Twin Cities, she has over 8 years of clinical experience in Dubai UAE where she led a psychology department for nearly 5 years and was in private practice for over 3 years. She provides direct service to clients and also enjoys teaching and providing training and consultation to mental health professionals. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant, and is an affiliate faculty member with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness.
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: Fluent in Arabic (native speaker); EMDR therapy with refugee populations and victims of torture; complex trauma/general EMDR therapy practice issues
Rates:
- $95/hour for individual consulting
- $47.50/hour for 2-hour group consultation
Certifications
- LCAC
Biography
Jennifer Harwood, LCSW, LCAC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor in Indiana. She has been in clinical practice for 18 years with about 10+ years prior to that working with in-patient and out-patient psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. She has an extensive knowledge of the workings of hospital-based practices, as well as hospital standards of care, JACHO and Joint Commission Reviews, and has worked with ASAM criteria most of her career. Jennifer is currently in private practice and shares an office with two colleagues. Having been through the gambit of populations in behavioral health, she now specializes in adult population, with some teen work. She works mainly with trauma, PTSD, and sexual violence, as well as a variety of general mental health concerns. She also continues to work extensively in substance abuse treatment. Jennifer has worked with Dr. Marich for the past 4+ years to incorporate EMDR into the main model of treatment for her practice. Jennifer is a Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant and was recently given the privilege of becoming faculty at ICM as she prepares for her role as an EMDR Trainer. On the side, Jennifer has recently learned to play violin and is returning to her guitar. She loves her cats, both the 2 that live with her, and the entire Kentucky Wildcat Nation! Feel free to reach out to her for any requests or questions.
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: Addictions, PTSD and sexual abuse and assault, dual diagnoses.
Rates:
- $45/hour for individual consultation
- $60/two-hour group consultation
Certifications
- LISW-S
- MSW
Biography
As owner and co-founder of Renew Wellness, a holistic counseling practice specializing in EMDR therapy, mindfulness practices, and yoga, Anna Schott believes that real change comes from connecting the mind, body, and spirit utilizing a variety of holistic modalities and interventions.
Anna is a LISW-S and earned her Masters in Social Work and Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Management through The Ohio State University. She earned her BA in Psychology from Denison University. She is trained in and utilizes EMDR therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy, and DBT. Anna is a Certified EMDR Therapist and an Approved Consultant through the EMDR International Association as well as an EMDR trainer and adjunct faculty member of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness.
In addition to her clinical background, Anna is a Registered Yoga Teacher and teaches therapeutic yoga classes to clients of Renew Wellness. As part of the treatment process, all clients who attend therapy at Renew Wellness receive a free yoga membership and can attend any of the classes offered at Renew Wellness.
Anna also provides EMDR consultation to clinicians working towards their EMDR training requirements as well as certification. She co-facilitates EMDR basic trainings as an adjunct faculty of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and co-founded Central Ohio EMDR Connection, which provides advanced EMDR therapy trainings. Anna enjoys expanding clinicians’ knowledge of EMDR therapy and demonstrating how to incorporate EMDR therapy into their own practices.
Anna is passionate about working with individual clients with complex trauma, attachment trauma, PTSD, dissociation, depression, anxiety, and addiction on a weekly basis and also offers EMDR intensive sessions on a case-by-case basis. In therapy, her specialty is to help clients reprocess negative beliefs about oneself and develop mindfulness skills, overcoming anxiety, depression, dissociation, complex and attachment trauma, addictions, and compulsive behaviors, freeing them to work towards discovering their best self.
Consultation Details
EMDR consultation is available for clinicians pursuing EMDR certification through EMDRIA.
Foundational training consultation is available to clinicians who attended training through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness.
Anna specializes in working with individuals with complex trauma and dissociation, who would like to improve their emotional, physical, and spiritual health through EMDR therapy, somatic therapy, and yoga and provides consultation to other like-minded practitioners who are invested in developing their foundational skills in EMDR therapy and are interested in developing an holistic approach to therapy.
Certifications
- CASAC
- LMHC
Biography
Adam O’Brien, LMHC, CASAC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor in New York State. He is located in Chatham (Albany/Hudson area) where he maintains a private practice. He has experience working with addictions, domestic violence, victims of crime, first responders, veterans, children, adolescents, and adults. Adam has regularly been doing trauma resolution “Intensives” sessions and is an excellent resource on this up and coming EMDR therapy service. He has agency, EAP, intensive outpatient, community-based settings, and residential experience. He specializes in addiction (chemical and behavioral), dissociation, complex trauma, preverbal, intergenerational, historical, medical, spiritual abuse, psychedelic integration, and harm reduction. He also has excellent experience with 12-steps, recovery, integrative medicine, loss, anger, and adoption. He is well-versed in Ego State Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Progressive Counting (PC), Brainspotting (BSP), and is in the certification process to become a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist with Dr. Jamie Marich. Check out Adam’s interview with Guy McPherson on the Trauma Therapist Podcast HERE
Consultation Details
Consultant Specialties: addiction; grief/loss; complex trauma; adolescents/children; spirituality and EMDR therapy; mindfulness and EMDR; EMDR therapy intensives/retreats; integration of EMDR with Progressive Counting (PC) and Brainspotting
Rates:
- $100/hour for individual consultation (a block of 5 consulting sessions for $400)
- $50/two-hour group consultation (a block of 5 groups for $200)
