Post-traumatic growth opportunities exist everywhere we turn across the world, but access to training opportunities for EMDR and continuing education are often not accessible to providers. Sometimes, techniques used in standard trainings are…
New to EMDR therapy? Feeling a little rusty after all of these years? Guilty of a little “EMDR drift?” Come along to this 8 phase refresher of Dr. Francine Shapiro’s Standard Protocol for EMDR therapy and be reminded of the basic fundamentals.…
This presentation will provide a secure foundation for EMDRIA Certified clinicians to make the transition to successful professional development as CITs and ACs. Succeeding as a CIT and AC requires more than knowledge of the eight phases of EMDR…
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates…
As an EMDR-trained member of EMDRIA, you have foundational skills and knowledge of EMDR therapy. You have successfully completed an intense training designed to prepare you to work with individuals with PTSD and trauma. Many EMDRIA members, like you,…
The paper presents clinicians’ views on an interactive and facilitative mechanism which has been implemented to support their EMDR training, consultation and supervision. The mechanism called Group Sharing and Case Consultation (GSCC) was developed…
Background: In 2018, the Northern Ireland government commissioned and paid for 25 mental health nurses to undertake two-part EMDR therapy training. Aim: We sought to establish the monetary value participants placed on the training and to examine the…
GABORONE, Botswana, December 2019 — The first group of psychologists and psychiatrists in Botswana have graduated on the psychological trauma therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This evidence-based therapy enables…
Mit der Reform des Psychotherapeutengesetzes (kurz PsychThG) wird ein sogenanntes nichtärztliches Psychotherapie-Direktstudium geschaffen. Entwürfen des Curriculums ist zu entnehmen, dass die Studierenden Anrecht auf Patient/-innenkontakt und…
Trauma Recovery/HAP’s Executive Director approached Deany to help create a process to provide additional volunteer support for agency trainings. “Carol and I were in complete agreement that we could do more.” Deany said. “Many of the agencies trained…
Introduction: Providing good mental health services to the vulnerable and needy should be of utmost importance to all mental health professionals. To be able to do so, professionals require to be, not only educated but actually properly trained and…
A Global Collaboration Enhancing community and personal Resiliency through EMDR Training and Intervention – Carol R. Martin Since its inception more than 22 years ago, Trauma Recovery, EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (Trauma Recovery/HAP),…
Research suggests that evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for posttraumatic stress disorder are underutilized by counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals (Becker, Zayfert, & Anderson, 2004; Van Minnen, Hendriks, & Olff, 2010).…
This three-hour program includes an update and review of the Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP) and the relevance of this model to the understanding of experienced-based psychopathology and to the application and timing of EMDR procedures.…
This session will explore arguments as to how EMDR, both as a therapy and as a community, might respond to challenges from developing training for UN Peace Keepers, training Para-professionals, and developing EMDR therapy training into academic…
Aim: The Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR) is an evidence based intervention in the treatment of psycho-traumatized individuals. Its effectiveness has been validated by extensive research. It outlines in particular an EMDR…
He informed that a specialist team from the UK, consisting of Dr. Derek Farrell, Dr. Paul Keenan and Dr. Saleem Tareen had imparted training to 75 psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers through workshops in Abbotabad, Rawalpindi and…
The present paper is an overview of role of university departments in (1) Research, (2) Curriculum, (3) Training, and (4) Intervention with special reference to EMDR. It is proposed that tertiary level research (Doctoral dissertation) can be…
Next year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the development of EMDR. In this time EMDR has unquestionably come along way. In August 2013 EMDR was endorsed by the World Health Organisation as an effective, evidence based treatment for PTSD for both…
This research projects spans a 6-year period surveying 485 participants' experiences of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) training in the United Kingdom and Ireland between the periods of 2005 and 2011. This research used a mixed…
Veel van de kinderen die in hun vroege kinderjaren herhaaldelijk zijn blootgesteld aan traumatische ervaringen, worden uit huis geplaatst. De gevolgen van de traumatisering zijn meestal ernstig en vergaand doordat het de organisatie van de in…
Drawing on my professional practice and research, with children, young people and adults, this presentation aims to provide information about a range of approaches to the implementation of EMDR therapy, combining theory and practice. There will be…
The workshop will look at common challenges faced by therapists when beginning the task of integrating EMDR basic training into their existing practice and skills. It will discuss how therapists often react to this challenge (including ‘giving up’…
Over 70,000 clinicians worldwide have participated in extensive EMDR training in the past 20 years, but, as with other therapies, not all trained clinicians continue to practice newly acquired techniques.Whether or not a clinician uses a given…
This study investigated factors contributing to clinician attrition from eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy. The primary areas under investigation were factors contributing to attrition and retention, as well as the quest to obtain…
There are several qualities of good EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapists that must be examined to understand what clients most value in this specialized treatment. These qualities, as defined by former clients, include…
During the EMDR training session, organized in Thailand by Trauma-Aid, HAP Germany and «Terre des Hommes» Germany , psychologist, Dagmar Eckers treated a young Indonesian boy called Ooz, who suffered from the Tsunami. His symptoms showed nightmares…
The primary objective of this article will focus predominantly upon EMDR as an evidence-based treatment intervention for psychological trauma. It outlines in particular an EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Training Programme that took place in Abbotabad…
Traditional models of addiction treatment and relapse prevention fail to consider the role that unresolved trauma plays in an addicted woman's recovery experience. Implementing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) into the treatment…
Depuis 2001, les guerres en Irak et en Afghanistan exercent une pression considérable sur la médecine militaire pour gérer efficacement la demande croissante de soins en santé mentale du personnel déployé. Cet article examine la capacité du Ministère…
In March 2007 an EMDR Europe HAP project, in conjunction with the University of Birmingham, commenced in Northern Pakistan in the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred in the region October 2005. Presently over 75 mental health workers have now…
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method to treat people who have disturbing or traumatic memories, by mimicking the brain's natural way of processing information by using eye movements or other types of bilateral stimulation.…
This article describes the way in which the practice of psychosocial counselling was adapted culturally to the context of Nepal within the Centre for Victims of Torture, Nepal (CVICT). After a brief description of the Nepali setting and CVICT’s…
As the empirically supported treatment (EST) effort has expanded, there are efforts to make the study of ESTs a more integral part of training programs. In its present form, the EST list provides a poor model of how to evaluate treatment and…
At the last EMDRIA Conference, one of the major concerns identified during the membership meeting was the need to get knowledge about EMDR out to college and university settings. This begins with students who are planning on pursuing a career in the…
This study investigated the experiences of several hundreds of participants who had undertaken EMDR training in the United Kingdom and Ireland over the last ten years. The research group was drawn from both the membership of the EMDR UK and I…
An earlier study of federal Department of Defense mental health professionals found relatively few trained in the psychotherapies for PTSD previously identified as effective by both this department and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. In…
Between the 21st and 24th of March a group of 28 psychosocial counselors from all over the West Bank gathered at the EJ YMCA Rehabilitation Program centre, in Beit Sahour, for a first level training course in Eye Movement
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan � Training in a new therapy touted to cut recovery time for U.S. troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder will be brought to the Pacific for the first time next month.
Although EMDR trainings began in the USA in 1990, it wasn't until 1994 that London hosted the first training in Europe. That five years ago. Judging by the developments in Europe since, EMDR is here to stay.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an exciting new therapeutic process for the treatment of anxiety, panic disorders and traumatic stress (see the article on EMDR by Dr. Roger Solomon in this issue). It is only for trained mental…
The letter from Dr. Thomson in Nova Scotia (the Behavior Therapist, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 113-114) addresses some interesting issues. First of all, let me say that I sympathize with his travel problem. The Australians called it the "tyranny of…
Michael Lerner's call to arms at last spring's Family Therapy Network Symposium (see page 44) challenged therapists to become a greater moral force in the world and to take more responsibility for the collective good. Lerner stirred an audience of…
In Slovakia, as a country with socialist past, the problem of psychotraumatology was underestimated. Thanks to the Humanitarian Assistance Program-Europe (HAP], it was possible to bring the new knowledge and skills to this field. At the beginning…
I have continued with interest the continuing exchange of feelings concerning Shapiro's desire to limit the use of EMDR to those who have completed her workshops.
