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Intensive treatment is available as an adjunct service through a separate business, Intersections Wellness Intensive Treatment (IWIT).  Inquiries from referring therapists and interested prospective clients are welcome. 

Paula Soto maintains a small caseload of hourly therapy clients receiving adjunct EMDR therapy.  This means that each client must have a primary therapist for ongoing work.  Adding adjunct EMDR allows clients to remain with their therapist of choice, while receiving focused, shorter term treatment to overcome obstacles to achieving their desired therapy outcomes.   At this time, Paula is only accepting self pay adjunct EMDR clients via Intersections Wellness Intensive Treatment; please inquire with Paula if you wish to explore hourly options that fit within the Client Centered Intensive Treatment model. 

Client Centered Intensive Treatment: 

Paula's busy schedule does not allow for consistent weekly appointments, as Paula offers intensive treatment (sometimes booking one full week to work with one client), and also works in several non-client-facing roles.  Paula's adjunct therapy clients often choose to do multiple, closely scheduled sessions to dive into deep, trauma-focused work, alternating with a period of time with no adjunct therapy sessions, integrating the progress and receiving support as needed from the primary therapist. Paula's rates are listed in the FAQ.

Paula offers intensive EMDR treatment through her other business, Intersections Wellness Intensive Treatment LLC. 

Learn more about EMDR.  

At this time, we are unable to accept new clients who are using insurance for therapy.  We welcome inquiries from therapists who do take insurance, who wish to explore joining Intersections Wellness.  Paula Soto is not accepting new clients using insurance. 

Jax Lambert, formerly working with Intersections Wellness, is a highly recommended colleague.  People seeking therapy using their insurance are encouraged to reach out to Jax at their new place of work, Cornerstone Wellness in Beaver, PA.  

Intersections Wellness also commonly recommends the following group practices, that have an ethic of trauma competent care:  Elliot Counseling (Pittsburgh); Fourth River Therapy offers trauma treatment and is able to work with many insurances, including Beaver County Medical Assistance.  A recommended resource to find an EMDR therapist is EMDRIA.org. 

Paula is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, affiliated with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and Scaling Up.  Paula's areas of expertise include incorporating Yoga (and other bottom-up skills) into EMDR therapy, and case conceptualization for complex trauma and dissociation; Paula has worked with different populations and age groups; she is most experienced with treating adults who have experienced  childhood or domestic abuse and/or sexual assault.

Therapists who are also Yoga Alliance RYTs can receive non-contact CE hours for individual or group consultation with me.  (If individual, please let me know prior, that you will be wanting YA CEs - I need to enter it on the Yoga Alliance website before the date of our consult, in order for you to be able to get credit.)

Paula enjoys sharing about mental health related topics with the general public, and with people in helping professions.  Popular workshop/speaking topics include:  stress management; yoga for trauma/mental health recovery; music, movement and mindfulness (Dancing Mindfulness); trauma/complex trauma; EMDR therapy FAQs

PAULA'S SPEAKING RATES

• $300/hour
• Travel time:  $100/hour driving time
• Overnight travel - case by case basis, costs tbd

SCHEDULING - Please visit my booking page to schedule a meeting.  A half hour initial inquiry meeting is pro bono.  Additional preparation time is billed at Paula's Consultation rates.

Intersections Wellness collaborates with an array of organizations to offer continuing education for mental health professionals and yoga instructors.  Paula is available to offer workshops and trainings for agencies that are motivated to provide trauma-informed and trauma-competent services.  Workshops focused on the professional ethic of self care will, in most cases, satisfy the Ethics requirement of licensing boards.  

Lunch and Learns! topics include: Contact Paula to discuss your professional development needs.  Topics include: complex trauma competency; best practices for collaborating with an adjunct EMDR therapist; preparing your client for EMDR Intensives; yoga for clinician self care; incorporating yoga into therapy, trauma focused yoga 

Email Paula to inquire.