Pamela Griggs, LPC

(skip to the last two concluding paragraphs if you’re just here for the facts)
Be warned, I may sound a little biased but it’s because this counselor has been the «Anne Sullivan» to my «Helen Keller». A «Miracle Worker», you ask quizzically. Did he just use the word quizzically, you may also ask. Let me try again…
I have PTSD. It came from an incident at work and, despite that, I still work there. Events that trigger my symptoms are not uncommon. The medications that were supposed to help me back then compounded the damage that occurred during my traumatic event. During my recovery, I thought I was able to build up my mental fortitude by doing ‘immersion’ style exposures at home and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with another counselor but there were still muck in my mental waters. The garden of my mind had its soil overturned but the old weeds cluttered the forgotten corners had pollinated formerly healthy area.
Using my works Employee Assistance Program again, I asked for help. They gave me Pamela Griggs (Counselor, LPC). And, after my first appointment, Pamela offered me a pamphlet on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I read the info she offered me, did my own research, and decided to go for it.
In overly simplified terms, EMDR therapy is like mentally-​focused, consciously aware ‘talk’ therapy. Walls, like ego, skepticism, and self-​loathing that patients tend to use on their counselors can prevent perceptible improvement for months or years. EMDR is like straight up no nonsense gardening of your mind: finding the mental weeds, digging at them, throwing them out, and doing maintenance.
Thanks to Pamela, I was not overwhelmed by what I have been through. If not for her, I may have ended up divorced or incarcerated due to the inevitable downward spiral that I was on. She introduced me to EMDR and utilized it to address various issues that were presented and that resurfaced due to my PTSD. I know that she put ME first when it came to the insurance red tape. Though some weeks I desired a short-​notice appointment and she was not available, I knew that she be there for me 100% whenever we did a session. Pamela’s current location is not the best but that means nothing compared to what she’s done to help me and the rest of her patients.
If you are tired of talk therapy or have given up on counseling or therapy, make an appointment to do EMDR with Pamela. If she’s not local to you, find an EMDR practitioner near you and get help. You’re worth it.