Online EMDR group psychotherapy
Description
Background and aims
EMDR Therapy may be practised not only as individual 1:1 therapy, but also as group intervention. With the pandemic, the group was moved to a virtual therapy format. In this presentation I describe the steps to adjust EMDR to this setting.
Methods
Exposition + video with group excerpts Results Online participants interact in a way that enables individual and collective reprocessing. Therapists may resort to EMDR group psychotherapy as an online telehealth option to clients.
Conclusions
Online group EMDR is a viable form of EMDR practice, similar to the construction of a collective AIP, enabling on-going psychotherapy to unfold.
Abstract topic
EMDR therapy is efficient at individual and collective levels, both in person and online. This presentation focuses on this less explored environment of online group psychotherapy. A few adjustments to the standard EMDR protocol are necessary in order to create this therapeutic virtual space.
EMDR Therapy may be practised not only as individual 1:1 therapy, but also as group intervention. With the pandemic, the group was moved to a virtual therapy format. In this presentation I describe the steps to adjust EMDR to this setting.
Methods
Exposition + video with group excerpts Results Online participants interact in a way that enables individual and collective reprocessing. Therapists may resort to EMDR group psychotherapy as an online telehealth option to clients.
Conclusions
Online group EMDR is a viable form of EMDR practice, similar to the construction of a collective AIP, enabling on-going psychotherapy to unfold.
Abstract topic
EMDR therapy is efficient at individual and collective levels, both in person and online. This presentation focuses on this less explored environment of online group psychotherapy. A few adjustments to the standard EMDR protocol are necessary in order to create this therapeutic virtual space.
Format
Conference
Language
English
Original Work Citation
Monteiro, A. M. (2023, June). Online EMDR group psychotherapy. Presentation at the EMDR Europe Conference, Bologna, Italy
Collection
Citation
“Online EMDR group psychotherapy,” Francine Shapiro Legacy Library, accessed December 4, 2025, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/28202.