Carol Hammon Paulson
Carol Hammon Paulson
Credentials: PhD, DMin, APRN-BC
Practice: Tropos Therapeutic Center
Phone: (316) 832-2340
E-mail: tropos@cox.net
Location: 4972 Wyndham Ct. Wichita, KS 67219
Website: http://www.tropos.us/
Insurance Accepted: BlueCross and BlueShield, Medicare PHCS, ProviDrs Care, Out of Network
Fees: $150 - $175
Specializing In—
Emotional Disturbance, Coping Skills, Relationship Issues
About
Carol is a Licensed Psychologist and a Nationally Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Carol received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas; BSN and Masters in psychiatric nursing from UCLA; and her D.Min. from the Wisdom University.
Carol has been an educator, as well as a psychotherapist. She coordinated the nurse practitioner in psychiatry graduate program at Wichita State University and has been an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Adjunct in the Psychology Dept. at Wichita State University. She has taught courses in psychology, nursing, and marriage and family therapy at the University of Kansas, UCLA, and Friends University.
Carol approaches therapy from a holistic perspective. Her clinical work of 30+ years combines an understanding of physiology, psychology, and spirituality. She is a compassionate therapist who blends traditional clinical, integrative medicine, and transpersonal psychotherapy tools in an empowering manner for her clients. She teaches health-promotion practices and educates clients to be actively involved in their own wellness through good self-care and positive emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness strategies.
She is versed in a blend of traditional therapy tools, such as Cognitive-Behavioral, Solution-Oriented, and Psychodynamic, Jungian, and Adlerian Psychotherapy principles and in Transpersonal psychology, Mind-Body-centered psychotherapy, Energy Psychology, and Psychosynthesis. She has studied Body-centered psychotherapy and somatic psychotherapy techniques with Ron Kurtz, M.A. and Pat Ogden, Ph.D.
Some of the unique blend of tools that Carol uses include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Brainspotting, Hypnotherapy, Neurofeedback & Biofeedback, Guided imagery, Movement, Art and music therapy, and Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy and Experiential Learning. She uses mindfulness and meditation to assist self-awareness and healing.
In addition to a generalist practice, Carol has specialized in work with survivors of trauma, couple or relationship issues, women’s treatment issues, sexuality issues, mood disorders, anxiety issues, psychological issues of persons with medical illness, life transition issues, transpersonal psychology and spirituality issues.
Carol was instrumental in developing and administrating a program for treatment of psychological trauma issues at a Midwest hospital. She has provided many workshops for professionals on a variety of topics, from trauma-related treatment issues to biofeedback, spirituality, and personal self-regulation skill building. She has served in the role of consultant to a number of facilities and professionals in the Midwest. Carol also teaches workshops for personal growth, relationship issues, and spiritual development.
Carol is EMDR certified by EMDR-International Association (EMDRIA) and is an Approved Consultant in EMDR. She has been the Southcentral KS EMDRIA Network Coordinator since 2014.
Carol is past-president of the Biofeedback Society of Kansas.
As a nurse, she has been trained in a variety of integrative medicine techniques, such as therapeutic touch, energy therapies, Craniosacral therapies, lymphatic drainage, and nutritional assessments, among others.
She is also a certified Holotropic Breathwork ™ facilitator from the Grof Transpersonal Training Institute.