“Trauma is a normal response to an abnormal event"

Susan Heffner Rhema has a PhD from the Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, where she is also an assistant professor.

Dr. Rhema has an MSW from the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, (LCSW), in Arizona and Kentucky.

Dr. Rhema has lived in Kenya, Peru and Mexico. And, while working with international agencies, evaluating programs and personnel she has traveled to over 25 countries in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Central Asia, and East Asia.

In her private practice, Dr. Rhema specializes in the treatment of severe trauma. She provides holistic therapeutic services to individual survivors, groups, and children. Dr. Rhema practices a variety of alternative and expressive treatment modalities and has formal training in Mind Body Medicine, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, (EMDR), Energy Psychology, Intuitive Body Work, Cognitive-Behavioral and Expressive therapies.

Dr. Rhema has authored several peer-reviewed articles and a number of resources for use in training people to work in multi-cultural settings. She provides training in the areas of trauma-informed care, cross cultural psychological assessment and cross cultural competency training.

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