Online Military / Veterans therapists in New Mexico

Steve Zaffer, MA, LPCC. With years of experience and specialized training, Steve is equipped to address a wide range of mental health concerns, including trauma, substance abuse, anxiety, and depression. Steve is a dedicated therapist who takes an interactive approach to providing clients with practical feedback and support. His goal is to help clients overcome obstacles and achieve success through personalized and engaging therapy sessions. Steve is trained in EMDR, IFS, RRT, certified trauma therapist, CBT, ACT, and various complementary modalities. Steve recognizes the uniqueness of each individual and integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to specific needs. With compassion and understanding, Steve collaborates with each client to help them build on their strengths and achieve the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.  

Dr. Amanda Roberts has close to 40 years of experience in the mental health field and 27 years of deep immersion and expertise in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, EMDR. She is also trained in hypnosis and a variety of mind-body modalities. She has a growing interest in the neurobiological basis of effective psychotherapies and, in particular, neuroplasticity. She studied Psychology at Harvard University, earned a Bachelors in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations from the University of California Berkeley, has a Master’s degree in Marriage Family Therapy from the University of San Francisco and earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CIIS. At CIIS the curriculum marries eastern philosophy and religion with traditional western empirical psychological training. Her dissertation was a quality of life study on the use of laughter and humor in the treatment of cancer survivors. Her specialty is working with the psychological ramifications of medical issues, a branch of psychology known as Behavioral Medicine or Health Psychology. She has successfully worked with treatment resistant medically unexplained symptoms as well as chronic migraines, pain, cardiac, auto-immune, eating disorders and cancer. An additional specialty is in the treatment of recent traumatic/adverse events with ongoing traumatic stress. Dr. Roberts also provides clinical consultation to other EMDR clinicians individually and in groups remotely via Zoom. Dr Roberts is an EMDR International Association Approved Consultant and has been a Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Programs approved consultant, an EMDR trainer in early intervention and former leader of the Western Massachusetts Trauma Recovery Network, a community disaster response program. She has conducted R-TEP G-TEP trainings around the US for trauma clinicians and has been instrumental in setting up the Trauma Response Network in Britain formed in 2017 in response to terrorism and mass casualty events. She advised them on logistical and clinical issues. Dr. Roberts has an enduring and lifelong passion for global and international humanitarian issues. She completed three pre-doctoral internships at Stanford’s Drug and Alcohol Clinic, Stanford’s Counseling and Psychological Services and San Mateo County Mental Health Services and two post-doctoral internships.One in a national employee assistance program and another at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Center Medical school, ranked among the top ten medical schools in the United States. She worked in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at the University of Massachusetts with rotations throughout cardiac and oncology, pain and bariatric surgery services. She has served on a mobile psychiatric crisis unit, in a full-service hospital emergency room, community mental health clinics and outreach, inpatient, general outpatient and two pain clinics. She has provided trainings/workshops nationally and internationally on a variety of mental health topics and was on the United Nations working team of EMDR therapists acting to introduce EMDR Therapy as a modality to be used in humanitarian programs around the world. More recently, as an EMDR ambassador, she facilitated, an engagement with the World Bank in the Philippines and has been involved in various leadership capacities. She launched a global initiative in 2018 called PRISE, a curriculum designed for paraprofessionals to deliver resliency training in resource poor areas of the world. https://www.prisehealth.org/ She is a consummate researcher and launched the world’s first EMDR clinical trial looking at the efficacy of the EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol, GTEP with an oncology population. This protocol also has applicability to other medical/psychological populations. She holds herself to the highest standards of excellence and expects the same from others.  

We offer both online and in person options in order to be accessible and meet the needs of our clients. To ensure the safety and protection of clients and clinicians, we utilize secure online platforms, fostering a convenient and welcoming environment for growth.  

Discover the power within your subconscious mind, vocational/advocational self improvement. The benefits of hypnotherapy are endless, a calming pleasant experience for your everyday life. Learn self hypnosis, and a variety of techniques to help guide you in your wonderful life’s journey.  

I work with you in virtual sessions in a safe professional manner as we work through the challenges and issues you are facing. My empathy is always present. You will leave transformed with greater clarity in life and how to move forward each day. You will have a plan and a path forward.  

After decades of providing psychotherapy and assessment in offices, I’ve moved recently (2019) into a different space: video. Active listening in a safe, private setting is foundational to this work. I’ve learned that the catalytic elements of good therapy can thrive via video too. Save yourself a trip away from work or home!  

Masks are required when meeting in person. During these uncertain and challenging times, I offer Video and phone sessions through therapynotes.com. The site is HIPAA compliant, and confidential, and can be accessed through any device with internet access or on your phone through Zoom.