Mershona Parshall

Mershona Parshall Consultation

Mask making is an excellent example of an expressive arts therapy process involving the creation of a personal mask, story telling, the expression of the mask through drama, movement and music. Such experiences can be extremely powerful, integrative, and healing.

Collage is a powerful way to visually express our hopes, dreams and desires. click to enlarge

Ms.Mershona Parshall Contact :TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA
Treatment of developmental trauma continues to evolve as neuroscience and treatment models mature. Not that long ago the public was unaware of interventions such as neurofeedback, EMDR or neuro-reorganization. These interventions are becoming more accepted as they prove to be effective tools for helping children heal. Additionally, the work of Bruce Perry, MD and his Neurosequential Developmental Model is gaining attention for treating childhood
trauma. Perry’s model contains many of the elements that have long been promoted by professionals working with developmental trauma, namely, a relational model of therapy that integrates attachment theory, somatic psychotherapies and expressive arts therapies. Some examples are nurturing touch, art therapy, movement, music, and even infant massage.
To address childhood developmental trauma in treatment, relational treatment models that include the primary caregivers are strongly recommended. Thus, the primary caregivers, who are the core attachment figures, are essential participants in the healing process. When therapist and parents work together to understand the whole child, i.e., somatic, neurological, emotional, psychological, behavioral, and social domains, then strategies can be applied to build and optimize the child’s systemic resources.

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Children with developmental trauma are usually fearful if not terrified of allowing themselves to be close or vulnerable to others. Somatic approaches that provide positive sensory input may be helpful for facilitating relational safety for such children. One of the goals of therapy is to create a safe context where the child is able to allow somatic and emotional closeness with his/her parents.
Sometimes we expect children who carry heavy loads of developmental trauma to get on with it. Many children with developmental trauma will not follow a smooth developmental path as critical windows have been interrupted due to the trauma. This requires careful navigation through regressive issues to support the child in a progressive manner while also addressing unmet needs as the child expresses them. Developmental movement therapies are a good example of re-working developmental movement patterns (regressive) in order to build neural resources so the child may progress.

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Personal Statement

I believe that humanity is at a crossroads and a shift needs to occur from an ego psychology where the focus is on the "I" to an eco psychology where the focus is on the "We". We live in a society that is increasingly suffering from a sort of relationship deficit disorder. The scope of disconnect is not only experienced person to person but also between person and the natural world. The symptoms of relational deficits are seen in the deterioration of human attachment relationships and in the careless destruction of the natural environment.

Our children and grandchildren deserve a world that is safe, nurturing and environmentally healthy. As we become a global community, it is ever more important to remember that we are all interconnected. Luis Espinoza says it beautifully…."we are all trees in the same wood, we all drink from the same fountain, we all share the same cosmic breath, life is a community of hearts."

Ya es el tiempo para abrir tu corazon. - Alice Walker

Dedicated to the memory of my sister, Deborah Parshall

Mershona Parshall Consultation : Expressive Arts Therapies

Expressive arts therapies include art making in all its forms; the visual arts, movement, drama, music, and writing (e.g., journaling, poetry, storymaking). When blending together multiple creative disciplines it is possible to engage the entire sensory system - i.e., touch, audio, visual, kinetic, and olfactory into a whole experience. The expressive arts also promote the benefits of creative process in a broader sense as applied to these expressive modalities.

Mershona Parshall Art Therapy NEUROFEEDBACK, HOME TRAINING MODEL
Home training neurofeedback is a potential option for families who are committed to administering NFB in the home. This, in combination with in office therapy, sessions is an excellent treatment model for children with moderate to severe developmental trauma.

Mershona Parshall Attachment And Bonding Therapy Children with developmental trauma are usually fearful if not terrified of allowing themselves to be close or vulnerable to others. Somatic approaches that provide positive sensory input may be helpful for facilitating relational safety for such children. One of the goals of therapy is to create a safe context where the child is able to allow somatic and emotional closeness with his/her parents.
Sometimes we expect children who carry heavy loads of developmental trauma to get on with it. Many children with developmental trauma will not follow a smooth developmental path as critical windows have been interrupted due to the trauma. This requires careful navigation through regressive issues to support the child in a progressive manner while also addressing unmet needs as the child expresses them. Developmental movement therapies are a good example of re-working developmental movement patterns (regressive) in order to build neural resources so the child may progress.

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