Dr Ann Kirlin

Dr. Ann Kirlin is a highly qualified psychologist with a PsyD and MA, specializing in the treatment of sexual abuse, trauma, and PTSD among teens, adults, and elders. She believes that establishing a solid therapeutic relationship is fundamental, encompassing safety, confidentiality, respect, validation, support, patience, hope, and a clear therapeutic focus. Dr. Kirlin adopts an interactive and collaborative approach in her therapy sessions, guiding individuals as they explore unhelpful coping strategies, heal attachment disorders, and delve into the psychodynamics underlying their challenges. Utilizing both experimental and empirically validated methods based on the neurobiology of attachment, trauma, consciousness, and mindfulness, she integrates complementary traditions of mind-body healing into her practice. By partnering with her patients in this transformational process, Dr. Kirlin fosters the resilience required for significant change. Among her techniques is Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT™), which employs frequencies of light to stimulate brain changes that impact emotional responses. As emotional dysregulation is reduced, distressing symptoms and negative cognitions diminish. Dr. Kirlin’s extensive experience—over 13 years of training, workshops, and innovative therapy methodologies—includes her pioneering completion of Level I EMDR in 1998, prior to its empirical validation. Her continued training in ETT™ since 2008 remains her preferred therapeutic approach, delivering rapid and transformative outcomes that provide resolutions often unmatched by other interventions.