Mershona Parshall

Mershona Parshall Training

PRIMARY DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA: FAILURES IN ATTACHMENT
A failure in attachment is the most elemental trauma a child can experience since attachment and bonding is the basis for all that makes us human. When an infant is neglected, meaning that his/her physical and emotional needs are not met, he/she may withdraw from human contact as a pleasurable and rewarding experience. This may lead to life long difficulties in forming healthy relationships. Further, since an infant’s brain organizes around his/her interactions with his/her primary caregiver, an impoverished attachment relationship and environment will produce an impoverished brain. An infant/child exposed to chronic stress states may develop in ways that are not relational but are instead survival based.

1. Biological Synchrony/Affective Attunement refers to the primary caregiver’s ability to attune to the infant’s somatic and affective needs. This attunement between mother and infant/child builds the neural connections that are the infrastructure for relationships. Additionally, the infant’s nervous system develops the capacity to self regulate through the mother’s facilitation of the distress/comfort/calm cycle.
2. Secure Base – A secure base is the infant/child’s internal sense of security. The parent facilitates an infant/child’s secure base by being consistently and predictably responsive to his/her physical, sensory, and emotional needs. This predictability provides the infant/child with the security to develop natural curiosity resulting in the confidence to then explore his or her environment.
3. Internal Working Model – Over time the infant/child develops a template or internal representation of him/herself in relationship to others. Repetitive interactions between infant/child and caregiver will create the neurophysiologic template that becomes the child’s internalized model for relationships.
4. Selective Bonding - According to Bowlby, the infant/child prefers and seeks closeness to his/her mother above all. From an evolutionary biology perspective, this proximity seeking behavior was thought to insure the safety of the young from predators.

Ms.Mershona Parshall Contact :EUROFEEDBACK (AKA) EEG BIOFEEDBACK

After nearly 10 years of experience in the neurofeedback field, I have chosen Zengar NeurOptimal as the primary neurofeedback platform used by my practice. I also offer HeartMath HRV (heart rate variability) biofeedback. Zengar Certified Trainer

Mershona Parshall Neurofeedback

PARENT COACHING AND CONSULTATION
Available to those who live at a distance and who may want to consult with an experienced attachment and neurofeedback therapist.

Zengar NeurOptimal Training Options

1. Office: This is the typical choice for individuals who are within driving distance to my office and prefer training directly with me in the office setting.

2. Zengar NeurOptimal Hometraining: Hometraining is available for individuals who need more intensive brain training, who live at a distance or who would like to train in their own environment. Longer training programs are often associated with diagnoses such as attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome, traumatic brain injury or autism. For motivated individuals, this is also an economical, efficient, and ecofriendly alternative to office sessions. Basic computer skills are required.

* Option A: Leasing a NeurOptimal neurofeedback system from me. The neurofeedback system I offer for lease is the NeurOptimal professional system. The professional system allows the neurofeedback trainee unlimited sessions during the lease period. These systems are leased on a week to week or month to month basis and require initial office visits for assessment and training on running the system. I provide ongoing consultation and supervision with this option as part of the fee.

* Option B: You may purchase a NeurOptional Personal system from me. The NeurOptimal Personal system consists of a netbook that allows the trainee to run basic NeurOptimal neurofeedback sessions. The first 60 sessions are pre-loaded into the netbook and then additional refill sessions are purchased from Zengar. Refills are sold in blocks so the price per session decreases as larger session blocks are purchased. The NeurOptimal Personal system sells for $3,800.00. This includes the netbook, encoder, sensors and supplies. An external DVD player can be purchased for an additional $195.00. I will train you on how to use the NeurOptimal Personal system properly. This may take from 4 - 8 session hours depending on how quickly you learn the software and how to apply the sensors properly. Trainees may choose to have follow-up office sessions with me or distance supervision at a reasonable cost.

* NeurOptimal Intensives: Individuals may schedule NeurOptimal neurofeedback intensive training sessions. This involves participating in daily or twice daily neurofeedback sessions for a number of consecutive days. This can be a transformation experience for anyone especially interested in getting out of a neuro-rut or for individuals who live at a distance.


Mershona Parshall Consultation : LOSS, SEPARATION, GRIEF AND ATTACHMENT
When children are placed in foster care, institutions, or are adopted, they not only lose their birth parent(s), they lose siblings and extended family members as well. Infants and children who experience early loss often carry deep emotional pain and unresolved grief associated with a childhood lost.
Bowlby described a sequence of grief reactions that he observed in infants/children who experienced prolonged separation from primary attachment figures. These stages are also applicable to children who have experienced multiple separations in their young lives. The first stage he called protest. In this stage the child cries, kicks, or screams in order to get the primary attachment figure to return in order to regain close proximity. If the protest does not produce the return of the attachment figure, then the infant/child begins to despair in the second stage. Despair is expressed as withdrawal and apathy in the child, sometimes misinterpreted as acceptance by unknowing adults. If the condition of loss of the attachment figure persists, the infant/child detaches or de-invests from relationships. Detachment is a protective measure that a child assumes against the psychic pain of the loss. Permanent detachment may occur if the grieving process persists unresolved. In this final stage the child divests his or her loving feeling from any attachment figure and invests this into his/herself, no longer considering relationships necessary for needs fulfillment.

Ms.Mershona Parshall Contact ABOUT / CONTACT US
In 1988 Ms. Parshall began a 12 year post graduate study of somatic psychotherapies, first with Robert Edwards, Ph.D., and then with Katherine Brown M.A. and Malcolm Brown Ph.D. who were master trainers in the field of somatic psychotherapy. She became interested in attachment theory as a result of this training and in the early 1990's began working extensively with foster and adopted children who had experienced developmental trauma at an agency in Cleveland, Ohio. Ms. Parshall received her second master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University and entered private practice in 2000 working with children, youth, families and adults. Ms. Parshall incorporated neurofeedback into her private practice in 2001. Ms. Parshall is also trained in EMDR and a founding member of the Northeast Ohio EMDR Network.

Ms. Parshall's present work is a culmination of many years of experience in the field of mental health. She has an interest in eco psychology as it relates to helping people feel more connected to the human community and the natural world. Ms. Parshall is on the Board of Directors for the Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners, a non-profit organization that is working on environmental and water quality issues in Northeast Ohio. She is also active in Amazonian Rainforest issues and preserving the rights of indigenous people in Peru.

Mershona Parshall Info PARENT COACHING AND CONSULTATION
Available to those who live at a distance and who may want to consult with an experienced attachment and neurofeedback therapist.

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