Laurel Parnell

Laurel Parnell, PhD, is executive director of the Parnell Institute and developer of Attachment-Focused EMDR, Resource Tapping, and Multidimensional Integrative Healing. Dr. Parnell brings a transpersonal, client-centered, attachment-focused approach to healing that emphasizes the importance of a compassionate, safe therapeutic relationship and the adaptation of protocols and procedures according to the needs of the individual client.

She has written and presented widely on EMDR as well as EMDR as a transpersonal psychotherapy. She is the author of seven books including her newest: Releasing What Isn’t Yours, as well as Tapping In, Attachment-Focused EMDR, A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR, Rewiring the Addicted Brain with EMDR-Based Treatment, and others. Her books have been translated into several languages.

Considered a master clinician, she has produced several videos of live EMDR sessions with clients that demonstrate her work as well as home study courses. Dr Parnell teaches workshops and retreats based on her books nationally and internationally.