Meet the therapists — the hosts of Bilateral Banter
Auriel Campbell, MA, LPC-S
EMDRIA-approved EMDR trainer & consultant — and Loma's in-house EMDR trainer · Licensed Professional Counselor — Supervisor, Louisiana
Auriel is an EMDRIA-approved EMDR trainer and consultant — the standard-setting body for EMDR therapy approves a small group of trainers to teach the method with fidelity, and Auriel is one of them. She has trained hundreds of clinicians in EMDR, and every therapist in Loma's network learns EMDR from her.
She co-owns Lotus Counseling and Wellness, a group practice in Lafayette, Louisiana, and founded Cora Learning Institute, where clinicians come for EMDR basic training, consultation, and continuing education in sandtray therapy and parts work. Her clinical background centers on complex trauma, dissociation, spiritual abuse, and living with chronic pain and illness.
Auriel is open on the show about being a trauma survivor herself — EMDR was part of her own healing before it became her specialty, which is a big part of why she teaches it the way she does: in plain language every part of you can understand.
Clinical focus: EMDR training & consultation, Complex trauma & dissociation, Spiritual abuse, Sandtray therapy, Parts work, Chronic pain & illness.
Dr. Montana Holmes, PsyD, LP, LMFT
Licensed psychologist, co-founder of Loma · Licensed Psychologist & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Texas
Dr. Holmes is a licensed psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in the intersection of OCD, trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, and relationship concerns. She completed rigorous training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) through the International OCD Foundation's Training Institute, and is EMDR trained through an EMDRIA-approved trainer.
She earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Our Lady of the Lake University and completed her internship at the University of San Francisco. In the therapy room she draws from evidence-based practices including ACT, CBT, DBT, and narrative therapy — with a warm, creative, straightforward style focused on building a relationship where you can move at your own pace.
Montana co-founded Loma to make specialized therapy — starting with EMDR — something people can actually reach with their insurance. On the show she brings the clinician's chair and the founder's story, including her own first experience of EMDR working.
Clinical focus: OCD & ERP, Trauma & PTSD, EMDR, Anxiety & perfectionism, Relationship concerns.
Bilateral Banter is an educational conversation, not therapy or medical advice. If you need support right now, call or text 988 — the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free and available 24/7.
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