EMDR/LOSS Therapy: 
    When the eyes really are windows to 
              the soul… 
         By Robert McGowen, MBA, MA, LPC 
    Robert McGowen, MBA, MA, LPC
   Robert McGowen is an EMDR trained therapist and a primary 
   referral source for the LOSS team of Tarrant County (Local 
   Outreach to Suicide Survivors).  He provides individual therapy 
   at Mental Health America of Greater Tarrant County.  Clients are 
   often able to be seen as soon as seven days after the death 
   occurs.  He has seen EMDR therapy help process, not only the 
   specific loss of a loved one, but past incidents of trauma. 
                        Learning Objectives
       1.  Learn the basics of EMDR therapy as relates to 
           working with suicide survivors. 
       2.  Explore the nuances of working with individuals 
           that have lost a loved one to suicide. 
       3.  Understand how EMDR therapy helps clients 
           process questions that do not have tangible answers. 
                               Definitions
      1.  EMDR –Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
      2.  LOSS –Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors
      3.  SUDS –Subjective Units of Distress Scale
      4.  VOC –Validity of Cognition
      5.  Suicide Survivor – Significant other of person whom died by 
          suicide