Mental Healthcare & Healing with Intention
BETTY ANNE NIXON, APN-C, PMHNP-BC, EMDR-C
SERVICES VIA TELE- HEALTH ONLY.
PHONE: 732-354-1890
EMAIL: bettyannenixonapnc@comcast.net
LOCATED IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
My name is Betty Anne Nixon. I am a holistic, integrative Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. I provide psychiatric evaluation and therapy. I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. My specializations include mood disorders, dissociation, (Adverse Childhood Experiences) ACE, and attachment.
Maybe you wonder about improving your ability to cope with stressors effectively. Perhaps you are interested in the origins of your distress and want symptom relief. You may be a high functioning, proactive, motivated person with good health habits, yet you struggle at times. I invite you to contact me to discuss your concerns, identify your treatment needs, and begin a new healing journey.
Telehealth (New Jersey only)
I offer one to one appointments via tele-health. This allows the client to remain in the comfort of their own home. It offers a patient controlled, gentle, environment to help with feeling safe and empowered.
Find me on EMDR International Association Directory
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EMDR CERTIFICATION indicates a clinician who has completed an EMDR training program, has had additional hours of consultation, and has completed a certain number EMDR sessions with patients. It is a designation that indicates the clinician has experience, skills, and expertise.
More about Betty Anne & EMDR
I am a psychiatric mental health Nurse Practitioner and EMDR certified clinician. I am a little bit conservative in some ways, and a little bit crunchy in other ways. Above all, I am inspired to work with you to expand the positive aspects of your life.
Do you have chronic pain, migraines, IBS, panic or anxiety, or depression? Did you know that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can write on the slate of your life and could still be having an adverse impact in your adult life? Can you picture what life looks like for you in 6 months? A year? Ten years?
Is there an inner dialogue that tells you that you are shameful, powerless, unsafe, or a failure? What if we could work together to change this self talk through brain based therapy?
This is a collaboration. I do this with you, not to you. This means we both work hard inside and outside of session to facilitate improvement of your symptoms and lead you to your best life. Please know that transformational therapy does not set out to re-traumatize. In fact, the client is in the driver’s seat and has power, control, and agency in the therapy session. Decisions about every aspect of the session, including disclosure (or not) and tolerance of emotional distress are in the hands of the client.
You will find the therapy session to be warm, relational, validating, and sometimes direct. We can’t treat what we don’t acknowledge. This does not mean it is necessary to review the whole distressing story or the details of every trauma. While the process call for accessing some (parts of) distressing memories, the intended outcome is to facilitate metabolism of those body feelings. In other words, the distant memory remains, but the emotional charge is lessened, or gone. There are no promises or guarantees, but it does offer an opportunity to learn and be understood in a calmer body.
EMDR Extended Curriculum- 90 minute sessions.
For clients who like to be productive and efficient I offer a customized model for therapy that is extended time (90 minute sessions) that meets those needs. This can be a very structured, yet deeply meaningful course of treatment with potential to bring about relief of lifelong symptoms of distress. It can be particularly helpful for clients with symptoms related to trauma, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Contact me now to ask how an EMDR Extended Curriculum can help you access your ability to calm your Central Nervous System and be comfortable in your own skin.
An EMDR Intensive format includes a one hour intial consultation, three 90 minute individualized sessions, and a closing one hour appointment. This is 6.5 hours (equivalent to 6.5 weeks) of therapy work.
The next avaliable Intensive initial intake appointment is March 30, 2026 2-3pm, then three 90 minute sessions 3/31, /4/1, 4/2, then a closing one hour appointment 4/3. Rate is $1300. 00
Intensive Therapy for Focused Healing
Are you tired of feeling like you’re burnt out and running on empty? Have you spent time in therapy and still feel stuck? Maybe, you’ve tried multiple treatments such as medication, weekly therapy, different modalities, yet have not established any measure of relief. Do you find yourself feeling helpless or powerless, with little understanding of how to help yourself?
Our brain has a natural integration process for memories. When there is a traumatic event or Adverse Childhood Experience(s), it may not be processed productively and become “stuck”. This can lead to symptoms of reactivity, feeling “triggered”, and having dramatic body symptoms of distress. EMDR can be part of a therapeutic plan to target specific distress, symptoms or blocks that are impeding the therapeutic work.
We do have the ability to heal and obtain relief of distress. Still, sometimes we benefit from working with someone with a special skill-set for healing. There are ways to gain an understanding that your mind has the capacity to metabolize and digest worries, fears, sadness, and overwhelm- to become “unstuck”. The nervous system can learn to expand positivity and wellbeing in an integrated way and become restorative. The adaptive information processing area of your brain may simply need the help of a skilled clinician to facilitate receipt of the “memo” on a brain/nervous system level.
EMDR Extended Individualized Curriculum offers an opportunity for healing on an organic, nervous system level- it is real, genuine, and grounded in evidenced based research. It provides dedicated time so that all of the parts of you that hold your pain and distress have the time and space to overcome and heal. Engaging in a commitment to an extended period for this work allows for a unique focus on your specific needs and goals in an intensive format. While making no promises, EMDR offers the opportunity for transformational change.
The format offers the equivalent of many weeks of therapy work, in a targeted framework. It removes the pressure to try to resolve problems on a shortened or disrupted interval. It is cost effective, and removes the need to schedule weekly sessions. You will have my full attention for an extended duration that allows for fluid integration of new insights, construction of effective coping, and the assimilation of lasting wellbeing. While this may sound arduous, clients actually find it to be an effective way to connect on a meaningful level, assists to establish trust with the clinician, and facilitates a felt sense of safety.
The format can take place over several days, or one full day, dependent upon client needs and schedule availability. It can be the equivalent of 6-10 weekly therapy sessions.
EMDR CONSULTATION
I am an EMDRIA Consultant in Training who provides EMDR consultation. Groups that do not have at least three participants may be cancelled. Instructions for how to join groups will be sent via email after your reservation is received.
CONSULTATION SCHOLARSHIP- low or no cost consultation available for specific days/hours.
Phone- 732-354-1890. Email- bettyannenixonapnc@comcast.net
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EMDR CONSULTATION OPTIONS
EMDR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION- $70/ 1 HOUR. currently offering individual consultation as a Consultant in Training (CIT) via Zoom meetings or Google Meet.
EMDR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION - $140/2 HOURS. Currently offering individual consultation as a Consultant in Training (CIT) via Zoom meetings or Google Meet.
EMDR GROUP CONSULTATION- $80/2 HOURS. This is a mixed cohort group for diverse professional learners and may include those pursuing 10 hours required for basic training or hours required for EMDR certification.
