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A Community of Heart Profile: Ad de Jongh
Psychologist. Dentist. Professor. Psychotraumatologist. Author. Board Member. EMDRologist. Trainer. Network coordinator. Father. Husband. Colleague. Friend. Humorist. Bugs Bunny aficionado.
Ad de Jongh is a man who wears his many hats with aplomb and…
A Community of Heart Profile: Alan Cohen
Two years ago, in September 1995, I met Alan Cohen at a Level I training in London. Originally British subjects, Alan and his wife, Katya, immigrated to Israel in the early 80’s. He received his first degree in General Psychology from Manchester and…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Blore
Nineteen ninety-eight has begun and we look forward to a year filled with exciting events regarding the use of EMDR around the world. Particularly noteworthy is our members' dedication to excellent clinical work and research and their pursuit of…
A Community of Heart Profile: Derek Farrell
Derek Farrell is an accomplished and principled man who has the capacity to fight when he needs to do so and to engage in diplomacy - which is his preference.
Derek's parents and role models, Maureen Fieldstead and Tom Farrell, met on the ballroom…
A Community of Heart Profile: Elaine Alvarez
The EMDR community is far ranging and engaged in many different activities to promote the healing of individuals, groups, and communities all over the world. Elaine Alvarez, my close friend and colleague, is one of the EMDRlA members who helped make…
A Community of Heart Profile: Francine Shapiro
When I think of EMDR, I think of Francine Shapiro. This is because the beginning of EMDR is the extraordinary story of the multiple forces that came together and transformed the life of Francine Shapiro when she took a walk in the park one…
A Community of Heart Profile: Franz and Esther Ebner
Ebner What Franz and Esther Ebner both had in common when they met was a strong desire to help others. Neither one was sure exactly how they wanted to do this, but over the years their vision grew clearer. Today, they both have evolved this interest…
A Community of Heart Profile: Gary Fulcher
Many of us - in this psychotherapeutic community - have faced our own trials and tribulations. Gary Fulcher is one of us who has turned his tragedy into an inspiration for us all.
In Sydney, Australia, during 1996, Gary had an accident while in his…
A Community of Heart Profile: Hanne Hummel & Raimund Doerr
How is it that people choose to do the work that they do?
Hanne Hummel and Raimund Doerr are life and work partners who chose their current mutual path because of the experiences of their youth.
Hanne and Raimund met in 1975 as a result of their…
A Community of Heart Profile: Isabelle Fernandez
There is a dynamic woman living in Milan and her name is Carmen Isabel Fernandez Reveles. We know her as Isabel Fernandez. Isabel -a long with her able team of Italian colleagues- is responsible for the integration of EMDR into the Italian landscape…
A Community of Heart Profile: Judith Boel
Although we know Judith as a Canadian, actually, she is an American by birth. She was born in Minnesota to Mervin and Nora Clark who met while he visited his cousins. He was entranced with their neighbor - a beautiful radio show pianist and fashion…
A Community of Heart Profile: Katherine Davis
Despite roots that go deep into American history, Katherine Davis' experience in life has turned her into a woman who deeply understands the diversity of the human spirit. Although Kathy's ancestors did not arrive on the Mayflower, her family came to…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ligia Barascout de Piedra Santa
What is it that motivates us to champion a cause? Is it something that we are born with? Is it the urgency that comes from something that has happened to us when we are out in the world? Or, is it an integration of the two? In the case of our…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ludwig Cornil
In the course of being involved in the EMDR community, you meet different types of people. The way that I came to know Ludwig Cornil, at first, was through e-mail after he took over the leadership of the EMDR community in Belgium. Immediately, I was…
A Community of Heart Profile: Maria Elena Aduriz
The powerful ability to observe is a skill that is rarely taught in schools. The lenses through which we look at life can allow us to see –or not to see-what is around us. Francine Shapiro observed a “small,” naturally occurring phenomenon that when…
A Community of Heart Profile: Mark Dworkin
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? -Rabbi Hillel (30 BCE to 10 CE)
To Mark Dworkin, relationship is the organizing principle around which he conducts his life. What has been…
A Community of Heart Profile: Mark Grant
In this edition, I am delighted to introduce you to Mark Grant from Sydney, Australia. Mark has been involved in using EMDR from early on and is an active member of the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA). In his current capacity as chairman of…
A Community of Heart Profile: Nancy Errebo
How do we learn to be independent, in awe of our surroundings, and a strong leader?
This is the story of how Nancy Errebo grew into these qualities.
Nancy was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up on a wheat farm. She came from strong Scandinavian…
A Community of Heart Profile: Neil Daniels
There was a man who walked among us modestly but with far-reaching influence. His name was Neal Daniels. He died on April 13, 2006. This is a celebration of the quiet brilliance of his life as told to me by his wife, Mary Daniels, his friends and…
A Community of Heart Profile: Philip Dutton
In times of disasters, we need our Lutz Bessas, Frankie Klaffs, Ricky Greenwalds, Toddy Sochaczewskys, Robert Tinkers, Sandra Wilsons and our Philip Duttons who look after the welfare of our children.
The past weeks have been filled with enough…
A Community of Heart Profile: Robbie Dunton
Robbie Dunton was an integral part in the development of EMDR. She brought to EMDR a set of understandings about the workings of the human heart that grew out of her early experience with her large, nurturing family and human development and how…
A Community of Heart Profile: A. J. Popky
AJ (short for Arnold Jay) Popky has always been an innovative thinker and curious about all life has to offer. Born to Rose and Charles Popky in Wilkes- Barre, PA, AJ was the youngest of three. His older brother by 11 years, Murray, and his older…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ana Gomez
Ana M. Gomez is our Colombian-born colleague who now lives in the United States. Her mother, Elizabeth Ramirez, and father, Pedro Jose Gomez, met each other in Cali, Colombia. He was in the military and later became a schoolteacher and she was a…
A Community of Heart Profile: Arne Hofmann
Arne Hofmann is influential in the world of trauma education and healing, especially in his native country, Germany. Those who know Arne have been astounded and delighted by the determination and the dedication he has shown in introducing, edifying…
A Community of Heart Profile: Barbara Hensley
What is the trajectory of your life when you have lived in 40 different places before the age of 20? Born to Keith and Josephine Lukens, Barbara Hensley was the youngest of three children and the only girl. Her parents met in Sacramento and were…
A Community of Heart Profile: Barbara Korzun
Those of us on the East Coast of the United States have created a family of facilitators over the many years we have been working together. Because of the small number of our group in the beginning, we have had the delight and the privilege of really…
A Community of Heart Profile: Bennet Wolper
When you first get to know my good friend and colleague, Bennet Wolper, you would not think that his early life was filled with neglect and abuse. He is the person in the room towards whom people gravitate because of his wonderful smile and positive…
A Community of Heart Profile: Christopher Lee
An inquisitive and adventurous nature is often an attribute that describes early pioneers in EMDR. In 1992, Christopher Lee was given an offer he could not refuse. He received a call from Don Heggie, a very successful, Australian businessman who had…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Hart
David Hart won the EMDRIA Distinguished Service Award at the September 2000 conference. Who is this man and what is the story about his life of service?
David Hart was born in Lichfield, England in 1935. His early years were spent in travel. His…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Servan-Schreiber (1)
There is a man who is taking the French-speaking world by storm and his name is David Servan-Schreiber. He has written a best selling book called “Guérir le Stress, l'Anxiété et la dépression sans Médicaments Ni Psychanalyse” (The English title will…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Servan-Schreiber (2)
On July 24, 2011, our friend and colleague, David Servan-Schreiber died at 50 years of age. He was a leader in our field. He brought his special talents to the understanding of healing and went beyond the usual Western medical framework in which he…
A Community of Heart Profile: David Wilson
Over the many years that I have known David Wilson, each time I meet or talk with him I learn something I did not know before about him. Whether he is telling me about his latest invention, or a new concept in research, or something about one of the…
A Community of Heart Profile: Elan Shapiro
Francine Shapiro…was she a cousin…a long lost relative? That is what Elan Shapiro wondered when he heard about the first EMDR training that took place in Israel in 1989. When Elan was a college student, he worked with Dr. Danny Kahaneman who later…
A Community of Heart Profile: Elfrun Magloire
Elfrun Magloire was born Elfrun Saynisch in Hemer, Germany during World War 2. She was conceived while her father was on leave but he never returned. Her mother became a milliner to support her family and worked in her mother’s shop and Elfrun…
A Community of Heart Profile: Emre Konuk
Emre Konuk is a man of service. Since he was a young man, he has been interested in understanding and improving the human condition and thought he would write about human nature when he got older. However, as he matured, he followed in his parent's…
A Community of Heart Profile: Frankie Klaff
At EMDR Institute trainings, Frankie Klaff likes to introduce herself as “Borderline.” The joke is that she lives on the border of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania; however, the truth is that there is no one more firmly rooted in her self and the…
A Community of Heart Profile: Ignacio Jarero
What provides the impetus for us to choose the paths that we take?
For Ignacio “Nacho” Jarero, his drive to care for othersʼ came from the influences in his early childhood. Nachoʼs father, Jose Jarero, began his career as a surgeon in emergency…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jack McCarthy & Peggy Bacon
John J. McCarthy (Jack) and Margaret S. Bacon (Peggy) met in 1992, while participating on a consultation team. Both were psychologists who shared a passion for learning, understanding diversity, challenging situations and travel. Peggy was born in…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jennifer Lendl
Jennifer Lendl is the epitome of the Renaissance woman. She is a multilingual world traveler, an academic with advanced degrees in history and psychology, a champion swimmer, a champion of women’s causes, a public and human relations specialist, an…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jim Knipe
Who is this man, Jim Knipe, who lives in the mountains of Colorado?
Here is what his friends and colleagues say:
“I remember the first impression of him when I went up to the bus which took us to the lecture hall in Istanbul. I was the only one who…
A Community of Heart Profile: Jinsong Zhang
Although Jinsong Zhang is a soft-spoken woman, she has had a strong impact on psychiatry in China. She was born in 1966 at the beginning of the chaotic years in China, also known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. She is a native of…
A Community of Heart Profile: John Hartung
It was in the early days of EMDR that I first met John Hartung. He always had a sparkle in his eye and he was interesting and enthusiastic. Over the years I have found out what an amazing teacher and what a wonderful friend he is.
John is a man of…
A Community of Heart Profile: John Marquis
Since John Marquis recently told me that he rides his bicycle almost 60 miles a week going home and to work, I have been having this wonderful vision of him riding across the skies of California…sort of like E.T.! Perhaps, this is a loose…
A Community of Heart Profile: John Spector
When I think back to when I learned EMDR compared to now, I marvel at the numbers of people who are trained in this methodology. I can go anywhere in the world and know that there will be some eager mental health care worker wanting “to talk EMDR.”…
A Community of Heart Profile: Louise Maxfield
Louise Maxfield has been one of the most prolific and interesting women that I know. She was born in Southend-on-Sea in London to parents who found each other in a hospital ward during WW2 when her father was dying from a ruptured appendix and her…
A Community of Heart Profile: Masaya Ichii
On a sunny, lovely day, at the EMDRIA 2002 Conference in San Diego, I had the chance to visit with Masaya Ichii, in the Rose Garden, and learn about him and his life story. Despite the difficulties of the Japanese-English language barrier, Masaya…
A Community of Heart Profile: Mazal Menaham
Mazal Menaham lives in the southernmost tip of Israel called South Arava, near the Red Sea. It is the junction where Israel, Jordan and Egypt come together and is a peaceful part of the country. Her parents were Malka, who was born in Jerusalem, and…
A Community of Heart Profile: Michael Paterson
If ever there were a good candidate for leprechaun, Michael Paterson would be our man. Light of step, keen of wit and big of heart, this engaging Irishman knows about life from the depths of anguish to the transcendent mysteries of the…