Ann Lammers has practiced in California as a licensed Marriage and
Family Therapist since 1995, and she is now working toward licensure in
New Hampshire. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from The General
Theological Seminary, her Ph.D. in theology and psychology from Yale,
and her Masters in Counseling from California State University (East
Bay). She joined the staff of MAPS in January 2011.
For twenty years Ann has specialized in therapy for adults and children
dealing with the effects of trauma. She has extensive experience in
helping people recover from acute stress, anxiety, depression, and
bereavement. Ann developed skills in treating
survivors of violence during a clinical internship with battered women
and children. She later trained in infant observation, which increased
her sensitivity to nonverbal communication with clients of all ages.
She also utilizes her training in
EMDR, an excellent tool for trauma recovery and for unblocking
creativity.
Ann relies mainly on the tools of psychodynamic therapy, to which
she adds symbolic modes of expression – drawing, sand-play, movement,
and music – especially when working with children. She offers EMDR, when
appropriate, for clients of any age. This therapeutic method, which is
partly verbal and partly nonverbal, can be amazingly helpful in dealing
with memories and anxieties, helping old injuries to subside into the
past.
Ann writes, “I try to stay attuned to the
rhythms and currents of my clients’ creative and spiritual lives.
I’ve learned to trust people’s mysterious ability to draw strength from
inside. Good therapy opens the doors of the soul. Transformation – inner and
outer – often comes when we least expect it.”
You may contact Ann at MAPS by telephone at 603-355-2244, extension
8119, by mail at 19 Federal Street, Keene, NH 03431, or by e-mail at
alammers@MAPSnh.org.
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