Peter Brecher, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Ohio University

Peter Brecher is a board-certified clinical psychologist with 40 years of experience working with adults in individual psychotherapy. In addition, he supervised psychology interns for 10 years at Harvard Medical School, teaching them about the process of doing therapy. Recently he closed his private practice and joined Milford-Franklin Counseling Services. His early training was as a traditional psychodynamic therapist, but over the past 12 years, he has been trained in hypnosis and EMDR, treatments very effective in helping people recover from traumatic experiences that occurred either in their adult years or while they were growing up. Peter Brecher takes an active approach when working with his clients. He tries to establish a collaborative relationship to help them feel safe and to create conditions that help them change and grow.