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Linda Levine, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Washington, DC, who has over 30 years of experience working in the field of sexuality. She has a master's degree in Clinical Social Work from Catholic University and is certified by the American Academy of Certified Sex Therapists and Educators. For the past 25 years she has run short-term workshops for women on sexuality and has co-authored two books on sexuality with Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D. Ms. Levine is also a certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, a way to help people redo negative childhood traumas as well as life-threatening traumas) therapist. Ms. Levine has lectured at international conferences on the integration of EMDR and ongoing psychotherapy in the area of intimacy. For the last six years, Ms. Levine has been exploring a wider range of EMDR usage, such as peak performance issues in the workplace and the arts, as well as changes in people’s internal intimacy scripts.