CONNECT EMDR - Key Persons
Originally from Pennsylvania, Bill has been a therapist in Orlando, Florida for over thirty years. He is an EMDRIA-Approved Basic Trainer and Consultant as well as an EMDR R-TEP/G-TEP trainer. Read More Bill provided the Orlando R-TEP/G-TEP training in response to the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Bill has a special interest in complex trauma and dissociation which began during his fifteen years as a therapist in an AIDS support agency. Along with Reg Morrow, he facilitates an advanced complex trauma consultation group which is open to distance learners. He offers advanced trainings in working with Anxiety and with Dissociation as an EMDR Therapist. Together with Reg Morrow Robinson, he also offers the 10 month courses Master Class for Complex Trauma, for EMDR Therapists, and Foundations in Complex Trauma and Dissociation, which is open to therapists with or without training in EMDR Therapy. Bill has a special interest in complex trauma and dissociation which began during his fifteen years as a therapist in an AIDS support agency. This experience is reflected in both his advanced training on working with C-PTSD and in the complex trauma consultation group he facilitates with Reg Morrow Robsinson. Bill also shares his expertise in dealing with fears, phobias, and other anxiety spectrum disorders through a one-day specialty training. Philosophically grounded in the humanistic tradition, Bill utilizes EMDR therapy as his primary modality with great attention to attachment injury and early life trauma. In an independent practice setting treating adults, Bill seeks to remove obstacles to growth; allowing clients to live more freely in the present while engendering greater hope for the future.
Job Titles:
- Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Chelsea Harvey is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor, and certified Perinatal Mental Health professional. She currently works primarily with adults and maternal mental health clients through her private practice based in Southwest Florida, serving clients virtually across the states of Florida and Missouri. Chelsea's journey in EMDR began in 2018 and since seeing its transformative power, she continued gaining knowledge and skills, becoming Certified in EMDR, and currently an EMDRIA Consultant in Training and Facilitator-in-Training for EMDR Basic Trainings with Connect.
Cherilyn became a Florida Qualified Supervisor in 2006 and was credentialed as an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant 2013. Cherilyn has developed advanced trainings on working with children and caregivers with complex trauma. She is co-author of the chapter All Ages and Stages: Group EMDR Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Families in the edited volume EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond. She served an adjunct faculty member at the Rollins College Masters in Counseling program, where she teaches a seminar on Treating Adult Trauma Survivors.
Job Titles:
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Christine offers extensive psychotherapy experience and expertise to meet the unique needs of every individual. She has studied and provided EMDR Therapy for almost 20 years as a Certified EMDR Therapist, Approved Consultant, Facilitator and Trainer Candidate.
Job Titles:
- EMDRIA - Approved Trainer and Consultant
As a former Fortune 50 speechwriter and experienced presenter, she is passionate about sharing exciting ideas in a clear and compelling way…using humor and a highly interactive teaching style to keep participants alert and engaged. In each training and consultation, Claire strives to create a spirit of hospitality that puts professionals with diverse backgrounds and learning styles at ease.
Deborah is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida and is currently seeing clients at her Private Practice in Maitland, FL as well as providing telehealth services via the Zoom platform. She has been serving children and families for 19 years having worked with foster children and their families since her Internship in 2004 and later contracting within 3 counties in the Central Florida Area.
Job Titles:
- Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Anastasia is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, EMDR Certified Therapist, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and a Facilitator for both EMDR Basic and R-TEP / G-TEP trainings. She has been actively involved in the Central Florida EMDR community since becoming trained in 2016 and currently serves on the board for the Greater Orlando EMDR Regional Network, which supports the local Trauma Recovery Network in their efforts to provide pro-bono EMDR sessions to those affected by disasters in the community.
Gulnora Hundley received her MD degree, with a residency in Psychiatry, from Tashkent State Medical School in Uzbekistan and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Mental Health in Moscow, Russian Federation. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Counselor Education from the University of Central Florida where she is currently a member of the graduate faculty. Dr. Hundley teaches graduate courses in Mental Health Counseling, Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology. Dr. Hundley presented at numerous national and international conferences in English and her native languages of Russian and Uzbek. She has published nationally and internationally in both medical and counseling fields. Dr. Hundley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Approved Qualified Clinical Supervisor (A-CQS) by the Florida Department of Health. Read More She has a private practice in Winter Park where she provides services to individuals with anxiety, depression, complex trauma, and dissociation. Dr. Hundley utilizes EMDR along with Neurofeedback and finds this combination very effective. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist EMDR Consultant, and R-TEP and G-TEP training facilitator. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Dr. Hundley conducted 10 online G-TEP groups for over 100 mental health professionals. Additionally, she provided G-TEP in person to Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.
Hilary Bornstein is a Certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, and EMDR R-TEP/G-TEP training Facilitator. A Central Florida native, she facilitated the no fee sexual assault support group for the Seminole County Sherriff's Office from 2016-2019 and is the current co-chair of the Greater Orlando Trauma Recovery Network, which commits to providing 5 pro bono EMDR sessions to those impacted by disasters in the community.
Job Titles:
- Director of Several Behavioral Health
Gray has served as Director of several Behavioral Health programs - most recently at the University of Kentucky's Department of Psychiatry, where he was Director of substance use treatment services. As an Assistant Professor with UK's Department of Psychiatry, Gray trained psychiatry residents and served patients in addition to teaching. He continues to teach as an adjunct professor at UK while focusing on his private practice and EMDR training.
Jenna Burton, LMHC, is licensed in Florida and Georgia and has a private practice online and and an office in Maitland, Florida. She was EMDR trained in 2004 and is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Basic Training Facilitator. Jenna has worked in various settings including community mental health agencies, therapeutic group homes, and child welfare with diverse clients. She works with children and adults treating Psychosis/Schizophrenia, Autoimmune Disorders, and Complex Trauma.
Kimberly became a Florida Qualified Supervisor in 2020 and EMDRIA-Certified in 2021. She is currently an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Facilitator-in-Training. She has been working as a therapist in the field of trauma since 2011.
Kimberly started as an intern at Capital City Youth Services, an inpatient and outpatient prevention program for at-risk youth. Kimberly then spent two years post graduation doing volunteer work in Haiti with children awaiting adoption and their adoptive families as well as their care staff.
Lauran is an anxiety and trauma therapist providing counseling in Orlando, FL. She is an EMDRIA-Certified Therapist, Approved EMDR Consultant, and Training Facilitator with Connect.
Lauran specializes in helping people heal old broken relationship patterns that keep them from finding, creating, and keeping healthy relationships with partners, friends, and family. She uses a down to earth approach infused with cutting-edge therapies that go beyond traditional talking to help clients feel calm in their body and mind and find peace within themselves. Lauran is the owner of Mindful Living Counseling, which offers anxiety therapy, trauma counseling, eating disorder recovery, and EMDR Therapy in Orlando, Florida.
Job Titles:
- Approved Consultant, Training Facilitator
Linda has 20+ years post masters experience in the behavioral health and work productivity industry with private practice, community mental health agencies, Department of Defense, and Veterans Administration. She became an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant in 2016 and Basic Training Facilitator in 2017. Linda specializes in working with Veterans, First Responders, and other professionals with the highest level security clearances. Additionally, her clinical experience includes but is not limited to working with at risk youth, seriously mentally ill, developmental trauma, the full spectrum of dissociative disorder, exploited and trafficked survivors, complicated grief with families after suicide, and victims of violent crimes.
With over thirty years of experience working for community agencies, medical practices and in private practice, Mary Jo brings a wide range of clinical experience to her work as an EMDR Training Facilitator and Consultant. Mary Jo is an EMDRIA- Approved Consultant, training Facilitator, and an EMDR Trainer-in-Training. She is also an R-TEP/G-TEP Trainer and has provided multiple Recent and Group Traumatic Episode Protocol Trainings to therapists in Ukraine in response to the war there.
Mary Jo is a Qualified Supervisor for the State of Florida, a Certified Addictions Professional, and a Certified Adoptions Competency Therapist. She also sits on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair for Federation of Families of Central Florida, a not-for-profit that empowers, educates and advocates for families with children who have mental health challenges.
During her 30+ years of practice, Reg has delighted in working with other therapists to create a more resilient and connected community.
Reg trained in EMDR in 1995 and completed rigorous EMDR Trainer Training with Dr. Francine Shapiro in 2008. She went on to become an EMDR Institute Trainer before co-founding Connect Training + Consulting. Reg has helped healing professionals across the country master EMDR Therapy through her work as an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, Recent & Group Traumatic Episode (R-TEP/G-TEP) Trainer, EMDRIA Consultant, and Greater Orlando EMDRIA Regional Network Co-Coordinator.
Reg is co-editor of the groundbreaking book: EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond, through Springer Publications. In response to COVID in 2020, Reg wrote Levels of Care for the Coronavirus. In M Luber's (ed.), EMDR Resources in the Era of COVID-19. She also co-developed the Core Competencies of EMDR Therapy (2015) copyrighted 6.5.2016 .
Job Titles:
- Supervisor
- Health Counselor
Shannon Healy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Qualified Supervisor for mental health counseling and marriage and family therapy in Florida. She was trained in EMDR in 2013 and currently works primarily with adults in her private practice in Maitland, FL. Shannon is a Certified EMDR Therapist, an EMDRIA Consultant in Training and an EMDR Basic Training facilitator for Connect.