Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C is a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant and trainer in Chicago and Jerusalem. She is the founder and director of The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training where she offers advanced EMDR trainings which take deep dives into the intersections and applications of EMDR and perinatal mental health. As Senior Faculty with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, she also offers foundational EMDR trainings for perinatal specialists.
Dr. Stein is a staunch advocate for trauma-focused care and is trained and certified in a range of integrative trauma therapies. Dr. Stein is also certified in Emotion-Focused Family and Couple Therapy, Brainspotting, and is a Gottman Certified Therapist, and continues to deepen her training in Clinical Hypnosis, Yoga-Informed treatment, Advanced applications of EMDR, and Ego-State therapies.
She is the co-author (with Deborah Davis, Ph.D.) of Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey (Fulcrum, 2004) and Intensive Parenting: Surviving the Journey Through the NICU (Fulcrum, 2013).
Her trauma work is grounded in her personal perinatal journey, which began 27 years ago taking her through infertility, twin pregnancy, prolonged hospital bedrest, the NICU, and years of raising NICU graduates.
You can find her at touchstoneinstitute.org and at mara@touchstoneinstitute.org
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Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C is a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant and trainer in Chicago and Jerusalem. She is the founder and director of The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training where she offers advanced EMDR trainings which take deep dives into the intersections and applications of EMDR and perinatal mental health. As Senior Faculty with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, she also offers foundational EMDR trainings for perinatal specialists.
Dr. Stein is a staunch advocate for trauma-focused care and is trained and certified in a range of integrative trauma therapies. Dr. Stein is also certified in Emotion-Focused Family and Couple Therapy, Brainspotting, and is a Gottman Certified Therapist, and continues to deepen her training in Clinical Hypnosis, Yoga-Informed treatment, Advanced applications of EMDR, and Ego-State therapies.
She is the co-author (with Deborah Davis, Ph.D.) of Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey (Fulcrum, 2004) and Intensive Parenting: Surviving the Journey Through the NICU (Fulcrum, 2013).
Her trauma work is grounded in her personal perinatal journey, which began 27 years ago taking her through infertility, twin pregnancy, prolonged hospital bedrest, the NICU, and years of raising NICU graduates.
You can find her at touchstoneinstitute.org and at mara@touchstoneinstitute.org
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