Speakers
Lisa Larson, LMFT
Founder of PCTC, Brainspotting Trainer
Lisa Larson has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 23 years. After seven years in private practice doing "cognitive-behavioral" or "talk therapy", Lisa had a life-altering event that changed the course of her life and transformed her therapeutic orientation. She and her son flat lined (or clinically died) in 2005 from two different allergic reactions three weeks apart (both have recovered). Lisa was acutely traumatized with the normal symptoms of trauma: loss of appetite, insomnia, anxiety, panic, restlessness, hyper-vigilance, and constant retriggering of the traumatic events. She had a classic case of PTSD. No amount of talk therapy worked. But after two sessions of EMDR (a powerful trauma modality developed and rigorously researched at Stanford University) she was back to being herself.
As Lisa continued to train in the most powerful trauma modalities, she saw her traumatized clients heal quickly and permanently. She learned that her years as a talk therapist were missing the most crucial piece required to heal those with simple or severe trauma, the body. Those with complex trauma and PTSD are enslaved by their own neurophysiology. True healing requires releasing the individual from the trapped body memories that trigger chronic fight/ flight or numb/ freeze responses. No amount of talking or praying can remove the body’s relentless hold on the traumatized.
A dream was born in Lisa. She was determined to do something about the unnecessary physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual torment of the traumatized. She opened Pacific Counseling & Trauma Center, dedicated to offering the most cutting edge trauma modalities to anyone who suffers. She brought out the best trauma clinicians in the world to train her staff in releasing trauma from the body, mind, heart and spirit. She is passionate about letting the world know that trauma and PTSD are not something you have to live with and that freedom is possible.
Currently, she trains other therapists in Brainspotting as a Certified Brainspotting Trainer under David Grand, PhD, the founder of Brainspotting.
As Lisa continued to train in the most powerful trauma modalities, she saw her traumatized clients heal quickly and permanently. She learned that her years as a talk therapist were missing the most crucial piece required to heal those with simple or severe trauma, the body. Those with complex trauma and PTSD are enslaved by their own neurophysiology. True healing requires releasing the individual from the trapped body memories that trigger chronic fight/ flight or numb/ freeze responses. No amount of talking or praying can remove the body’s relentless hold on the traumatized.
A dream was born in Lisa. She was determined to do something about the unnecessary physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual torment of the traumatized. She opened Pacific Counseling & Trauma Center, dedicated to offering the most cutting edge trauma modalities to anyone who suffers. She brought out the best trauma clinicians in the world to train her staff in releasing trauma from the body, mind, heart and spirit. She is passionate about letting the world know that trauma and PTSD are not something you have to live with and that freedom is possible.
Currently, she trains other therapists in Brainspotting as a Certified Brainspotting Trainer under David Grand, PhD, the founder of Brainspotting.