Alynn Schmitt McManus, M.S.W. is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified EMDR therapist with over 30 years of direct clinical practice experience, 25 being in private practice as an adult trauma specialist. Graduating from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis in 1984, Alynn was trained in EMDR in 1998 and certified in 2010. In addition to being in the full time private practice of psychotherapy since 1986, Alynn is a co-founder of the Greater St. Louis EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program Trauma Recovery Network (TRN) which assists and provides EMDR assistance to the greater St. Louis area in times of community crisis. Additionally, Alynn is a staff EMDR psychotherapist with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri State Department of Corrections PCIS Programs, which are 3-day intensively focused therapeutic seminars assisting first responders suffering from traumatic stress following their involvement in highly critical incidents. Alynn has extensive experience working with adult clients and treating all forms of trauma and the symptoms of PTSD, with expertise in populations of First Responder trauma.