The body has been an integral part of the AIP approach and the EMDR Therapy protocol from its inception. While the EMDR Therapy protocol has included the body as one of the channels being assessed, the focus of much of the work done has been sensory,…
Historically, a diagnosis-based system has predominated in mental health. However, as most clinicians are aware, typically, clients meet diagnostic criteria for several diagnoses. This can result in significant deviations from evidence-based…
Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) denotes a severe form of PTSD, not only comprising the symptom clusters of PTSD, but also those reflecting difficulties in regulating emotions, disturbances in relational capacities, and adversely…
EMDR therapy directly addresses the physiologically stored memory networks that underlie both psychological problems and mental health. The adaptive information processing model guides both case conceptualization and clinical application. The model…
Background and aims: Some professionals, such as military service members or first responders, deal with morally challenging situations on a day-to-day basis. Moral injury is a relatively new concept that refers to the psychosocial consequences of…
New research continues to shed light on EMDR as a distinct psychotherapy approach. Dr. Shapiro will review several new studies and their implications for both theory and future clinical development. The Adaptive Information Processing model and…
EMDR has been applied successfully to traumatized children even younger than two years of age. Such application allows us to formulate theories about what the essential ingredients in EMDR are, in a way that is not possible with adults, where the…
The relation between mind and body is more clearly understood than ever before. Stress reactions influence biological mechanisms such as immunity and inflammation that profoundly influence the course of medical conditions. PTSD is a predictor of…
As with many therapies, the evidence base for the effectiveness of EMDR with children and adolescents is much less established than that with adult clients suffering PTSD. Whilst there is sufficent evidence from open studies and case studies to…
Victor Frankl in his seminal "Man's Search for Meaning" has expounded the importance of a larger vision, a transcendent purpose as pivotal for a fruitful and fulfilled existence. How does EMDR assist us in this attainment? How does the use of EMDR…
I am the mother of the murdered British schoolgirl Milly Dowler. My thirteen year old daughter Milly was abducted and murdered in March 2002. Her body lay undiscovered for six months during which time I literally felt on the brink of insanity and…
The lecture will focus on the core problems in PTSD related to early life trauma, including emotion dysregulation and fragmentation of the self. The neural correlates of emotional awareness, social emotion processing and self-monitoring will be…
Children who suffer emotional wounds within their earliest attachment experiences frequently build strong walls of defense that continue into adulthood. Participants will learn to identify anxious core beliefs related to unhealthy attachment patterns…
Background and aimsIn this day-long workshop, Bethany Brand will share a conceptualization of clients’ unsafe and risky behaviors as well as practical interventions that are useful in stabilizing complex trauma clients. MethodsDr. Brand will review…
Traumatic memories are frequently relived, not remembered. Indeed, emerging neuroscientific evidence demonstrates that traumatic memories are relived in the form of sensations and motoric actions. How can we transform traumatic memories from being…
This presentation will highlight the strength and depth of the EMDR community in WNY, and future goals of moving toward increased integration amongst clinical and non-clinical service providers in areas such as sexual offending, refugee resettlement,…
Starting from an overview on our own findings, the current state of research on EMDR working mechanism will be reviewed and described in three domains: (1) reduction of subjective stress and psychophysiological dearousal during treatment sessions…
Neuroimaging has been shown to be a powerful tool to investigate EMDR neurobiological correlates demonstrating a clear association between normalization of brain functional changes and symptoms regression. In the recent past, a series of EEG…
EMDR-Humanitarian Assistance Programs Europe (HAP-Europe) an umbrella organization for all European national non-profit organizations and individual projects teaching trauma therapy including EMDR in a large number of European, Asian and African…
Scientific studies of EMDR have shown that it is one of the most effective tools for treating posttraumatic stress disorders. One of the lesser-known properties of EMDR is that it also seems to be an effective psychotherapy method in a number of…
This lecture will discuss complex clinical situations that regularly arise during trauma treatment. Posttraumatic symptoms that arise across five dimensions of consciousness, including time, thought, body, emotion, and intersubjectivity will be…
Compassion is related to a care-giving motivation towards oneself and others. It is supported by social safety and forms the basis of emotional resilience and moral courage. This will paper will discuss the value of compassion within EMDR practice,…
How to process the unresolved physical aspects of exposure to traumatic events in children? Memories of children who experienced negative or traumatic events tend to be stored in the form of images, cognitions, emotions or bodily sensations. Young…
As an integrative, transdiagnostic trauma treatment, EMDR therapy involves: the mind and memory; the body and nervous system; and connection to self, clinician, and others. In this presentation Sarah will highlight how in each phase of EMDR - from…
Stress and trauma have direct detrimental impact on mental health, and increase the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Psychological and (neuro)biological factors both play a role in the emergence and…
Since 2002 Trauma Aid has organized and implemented trainings in Psychotraumatology and EMDR in Asia and other countries; the main objective was to train local psychologists to treat people in need who would not have access to this kind of service…
The presentation will start with a journalistic perspective on the Syrian/Iraqi conflict and on the living conditions of refugees in countries like Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Jordan and Lebanon. Their governments are mainly focused on providing…
The aim of this presentation is to cover recent key developments in our understanding of the working mechanism of EMDR. Insights from recent experimental research in the lab and clinic will be presented. Topics will include working memory theory;…
One core underlying feature of PTSD, and indeed some other disorders, is an abnormally strong and persistent emotionally-salient memory that influences everyday behaviour. Therefore, treatment strategies that diminish, erase or re-value these…
During the last ten years research focused on EMDR has dramatically grown. A substantial arm of the scientific knowledge of EMDR functional mechanisms is represented by neuroimaging, investigating the neurobiological correlates of the therapy. Since…
In this timely keynote, Dr. Ruth Lanius will review current and recent research on the brain circuitry involved in sensory integration and memory processing, important components of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP). Dr Lanius will discuss…
This lecture will review our knowledge about how trauma changes the way mind and brain process information and discuss what this means for treatment. We will show how trauma shuts down the verbal part of the brain, stores undigested fragments of the…
The field mental disorders specifically associated with stress is characterised by lively debates, including about the extent to which human suffering should be medicalised and the purportedly inflationary expansion of post-traumatic stress disorder…
Trauma is a multifaceted phenomenon that does not occur in isolation, but instead, it intersects with a much broader social, cultural, and historical context. This presentation will address the challenges and intricacies of working with children with…
The development of EMDR therapy in Europe has been an important journey to all those that have been involved personally but also as a community. This journey has reached every day many populations and thousands of clients and clinicians. It has been…
This presentation will review the national emergence of EMDR and address the local acceptance by and impact on the WNY community. Ongoing issues in the EDMR community will be covered, including the status of EMDR within agencies and insurance…
Posttraumatic stress disorder is a challenging condition, as people become captured by their past experiences and have difficulty engaging with the present. At the core of this condition is the role of traumatic memories, which orientate the…
