Serving South Carolina and Pennsylvania
Serving South Carolina and Pennsylvania
Paula is licensed to provide therapy to clients in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
Paula is a social worker and yoga teacher, with over two decades of experience empowering individuals and communities toward wellness. Paula founded Intersections Wellness in 2012, to improve awareness and accessibility of body/mind healing practices. Paula offers adjunct EMDR Intensives, and is thrilled to mentor other therapists as a Consultant. Paula is excited to be working with a national team to develop a ground-breaking program to increase access to ethically delivered, client-centered, trauma-focused treatment.
Paula is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant affiliated with Scaling Up and Institute for Creative Mindfulness, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, and a Dancing Mindfulness facilitator. Paula is certified by Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute in Intensive Trauma Focused Therapy.
In response to a great demand for trauma treatment, Paula is now only accepting new clients for adjunct intensive trauma-focused treatment. Learn more here.
SC license number is 17120
PA license number is CW020670
NPI: 1568598258
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LISW-CP - Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice
ERYT - Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher
YACEP - Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider
EMDR Certified - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy, Certified Therapist
EMDRIA - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing [Therapy] International Association
Masters in Social Work, with Concentration in Children and Family Work, Fordham University
BA in English, with Concentration in Creative Writing, New York University
EMDR Certified Therapist (trained by Institute for Creative Mindfulness)
EMDRIA-Approved Consultant
Certificate - Trauma Focused Therapy Intensives, Trauma Institute and Child Trauma Institute
EMDR Basic Training Facilitation:
Scaling Up
Institute for Creative Mindfulness
Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator
Paula is continually learning: She has taken a number of trainings with experts in trauma treatment, and maintains consistent participation in a clinical book discussion group, and a trauma therapist peer consultation group, among other regular practices supporting professional development.
Registered Yoga Teacher 200 Hour
Certification - Sangha Center for Yoga and Wellness, Beaver, PA
Yin Yoga Instruction Certificate- Frameworks Yoga
Accessible Yoga Instruction Certificate - Accessible Yoga Association
Paula has attended numerous continuing education trainings focused on yoga service, trauma-informed and trauma focused yoga. She has been fortunate to learn from nationally renowned teachers associated with the Yoga Service Council, as well as several gifted Pittsburgh-area instructors, including Andrea Kirkham, Richard Gartner, Ali Popivchak, Sterling Painton, and Linda Meacci.
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