Shaila Toriy: Valeo & The EMDR Method

Mental Healthy

In this episode of the Mental Healthy Podcast, Shaila Toriy discusses her work with Valeo, a company offering Gospel-based clinical care to global workers. She also goes into depth into EMDR, a useful mental health treatment technique that can be used to heal patients from trauma and other distressing experiences.

Shaila is a Brazilian TCK (Third Culture Kid) who grew up in Holland, the United States, and mostly Austria. While in Brazil she pursued her Clinical Psychology degree and there got licensed. Shortly after, God called her to serve in China as a Psychologist catering to the expat community in Shanghai working with children, adolescents, and adults with a variety of mental health disorders within an outpatient hospital clinic. It was there her heart saw the need for member care for global workers. It was also there she met and married her Japanese-Brazilian husband, Lucas. They were in China a total of 5 years when God called them to pursue Biblical-based education to prepare for the next steps of service. This brought them to Columbia, where Shaila was able to pursue an MA in Member Care at Columbia International University and join Valeo. Her heart beats for those who are serving God in a cross-cultural setting and to be able to serve them through counseling. Shaila & Lucas live in Brazil with their son, Noah.