JoAnn Kurek, LCSW

EMDR is a powerful healing tool that accesses and uses the profound natural ability we all have to change and grow in the way that is exactly right for each person. I started using EMDR when I worked in a sexual assault and rape crisis unit of a community mental health unit in 1993. It changed the lives of the women who used it and allowed them to get back to life much faster than traditional talk therapy and once they were done, the issues they dealth with no longer haunted their thoughts and dreams. There is nothing more powerful for clearing trauma. It cut years off their therapy in many cases. Good psychotherapy is a partnership: You bring your motivation and willingness for change and I bring my experience and expertise. Together, using EMDR ,we will create the therapy that is what is needed for you so you can put your life back on track. More >>>

I am the highest credentialed Consultant/Facilitator in Souther New Jersey with 18 years of experience. All of my work in EMDR has been about personal growth with EMDR as the process evolved into a method from the early years to now. You could say we grew together and I continue to learn more each day, much of it from my clients. You can see more about this from my information in another section. I have also taught workshops on EMDR, educating doctors, nurses, and prospective clients to the benefits of using EMDR instead of talk therapy or in combination with it.

My practice focus is general but my specialities are trauma, posttraumatic stress, anxiety and mood disorders, grief and loss, women's issues and other topics I listed on another page. We work as a team in a comfortable, relaxing office environment.  Close >>>