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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.

My name is Pat Yoder. I am a Clinical Psychologist in private practice with an office in Clinton Township, Michigan and another office in Encinitas, California. I welcome you to this website. I hope you find it interesting and of value. Here I want to share with you some of my discoveries in my many years of practice, connect you with resources and hopefully improve your life.

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 are a gift. You are probably saying something like, "wait a minute. That is crazy." But let me explain what I mean. Go to my page on Symptoms as Gifts.

There are many ways to address the symptoms, look for underlying causes and heal the root cause. On the next pages I will talk about several ways that we can address symptoms and help to heal what otherwise would lie hidden in our unconscious minds.

Check out a treatment that has been around for many years and is heavily researched especially for treating trauma. This is EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. And more recently a group of therapies known as Energy Psycholgoy has also added valuable methods to work with various issues. These techniques can be learned so you can do them at home on your own.