Pat Yoder, Ph.D.
Alternatives for Healthy Living
Contact Number
586-790-2610
This is not meant in any way to replace medical treatment. You may want to check with your physician or therapist if the issue is physical pain or illness or emotional problems and ask him or her about the teatments presented here.his is not meant in any way to replace medical treatment. You may want to check with your physician or therapist if the issue is physical pain or illness or emotional problems and ask him or her about the teatments presented here.
I am located at
36389 Harper
Clinton Township, MI 4035
©2011, Pat Yoder, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved.
MY PHILOSOPHY OF HEALING
I have been in practice as a clinical psychologist for almost 30 years. I have learned a lot in that length of time and would like to share it with you.
One of the things I have learned most recently is that symptoms can be a gift. By this I do not mean to say that trauma, loss and illness are good. What I do mean is that the pain we feel can point the way to what needs to be healed. Therefor when it is possible, I believe our best recourse is to look for the underlying causes and work to heal them.
On the pages of this website I discuss briefly several ways that we can address our symptoms and work to heal what otherwise would lie hidden in our unconscious minds doing damage there without our awareness.
One method that I have used for years is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Another approach is based on Chinese Medicine and includes techniques from Energy Psychology. To understand why these are helpful, you might check out the pages on the Brain and Trauma, the Role of the Heart and the Benefits of Letting Go.
I hope these pages are helpful.
INTRODUCTION
My name is Pat Yoder and I am a Clinical Psychologist in private practice with an office in Clinton Township, Michigan and another office in Encinitas, California. Welcome to my website. I hope you find it interesting and of value. Please feel free to contact me with any comments and/or questions.
On this sight I want to share with you some of the things I have discovered in my many years of practice, connect you with related resources and hopefully improve your life,
