Meet Daniel Doyle: EMDR Expert, Practitioner & Trainer

Daniel is a Certified EMDR Therapist, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and an EMDR and Advanced Topics Trainer on Faculty at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness Daniel’s career as a therapist, consultant, and trainer is rooted in the experimental theatre community of New York City and Paris in the 1980s. He carried what he learned from the time he spent in group collaboration, and from his interest in what drives people and what may be at work under the surface, into his study of psychology and drama therapy in the early 90s. In the following decade, he solidified his training with a focus on psychodynamic psychotherapy and EMDR Therapy. He has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2003 and as a Professional Clinical Counselor since 2014. Daniel has also been a Registered Drama Therapist since 1999. Daniel has worked in a variety of settings including as a clinical director in addiction treatment facilities, with veterans organizations, and extensively in private practice.  He currently provides no-cost psychotherapy to all era veterans through the Headstrong organization. (https://getheadstrong.org/) Daniel has presented seminars at the Expressive Therapy Summit in New York and Los Angeles, at the national conference of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA), at the San Diego Psychological Association conference, at CalTech’s Student Wellness Program, and at the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference. He recently developed and presented a training on the interface of EMDR Therapy and Drama Therapy, “The 8-Phase Protocol in Action: EM/Drama Therapy.” A new training he has developed on working with veterans will be offered in February 2022. Daniel teaches courses on military trauma and on the practicum experience in the MFT Program at Pacific Oaks College and is on the faculty of the SoCal Drama Therapy Center. Helpful Links:  southpasemdr.com https://www.emdria.org/event/emdr-therapy-with-veterans-healing-the-soul-wound-of-moral-injury-february-2022/ getheadstrong.org