Let's Talk EMDR

How does EMDR therapy help children and teens make sense of the internal fragmentation of dissociation?  An active and flexible approach to EMDR makes therapists bolder in leading young people to trauma work, even in cases with significant and complex early trauma. Children and teens have unique developmental challenges. How does an EMDR therapist structure the participation and support of attachment figures? EMDR certified therapist, consultant trainer, and play therapist Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S, shares what she knows. 

Playful EMDR

• Focal Point Blog: Creative BLS with Children and Adolescents 
• Go With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy with Children & Adolescents (member login req)
• Go With That Magazine TM: EMDR Therapy and Challenging Teenagers (member login req)
• EMDR Therapy Toolkit for Children (English & Spanish) (member login req)
• EMDRIA Client Brochures for children (member login req)
• EMDRIA Library 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists
• EMDRIA Foundation

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Did you know that one person dies from an eating disorder every hour? Did you also know that EMDR therapy can help? EMDR-certified therapist and consultant Marnie Davis, MA. LMHC discusses her experience with clients who have eating disorders and how EMDR therapy heals. 

• Jim Knipe's Loving Eyes Protocol
• What is AIP (Adaptive Information Processing)? 
• Internal Family Systems 
• National Alliance for Eating Disorders
• The Positive Treatment Goal by A.J. Popky 
• Focal Point Blog: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders by Marnie Davis
• Go With That MagazineTM: EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders (login req), Volume 28, Issue 4, Fall 2023
• The Association for Size Diversity and Health
• "Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders" (book) by  Editors Andrew Seubert, NCC, LMHC, and Pam Virdi, MEd, RMN, CPN
• EMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)
• EMDRIA Library 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists
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Cancer. HIV/Aids. Long Covid. Back, joint, and muscular-skeletal pain.  Pulmonary diseases. What do these all have in common? They are considered a serious illness. People who deal with them are usually in it for the long run. Serious illness is a health condition that carries a high risk of mortality AND either negatively impacts a person's daily function or quality of life, OR excessively strains their caregivers, according to the U.S. National Institutes for Health. Can EMDR therapy help deal with the trauma of the diagnosis? Yes, says EMDR Certified Therapist, Trainer, and Consultant Rick Levinson, LCSW. Find out more in this episode. 

Resources

• "What is EMDR Therapy? Past, Present & Future," Journal of EMDR Practice & Research, Vol 15, Issue 4, 2021
• 8 Phases of EMDR Resources (member login req)
• EMDRIA Client Brochures (member login req)
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Library 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

According to the U.S. National Institute for Mental Health, an estimated 4.7 percent of the population experience a panic disorder at some time in their lives. They define a panic disorder as "an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. These episodes occur “out of the blue,” not in conjunction with a known fear or stressor." EMDR Certified Therapist, Trainer and Consultant Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW, talks about how EMDR therapy can help with a panic disorder.

Resources

• EMDR Therapy for Panic Attack Disorders with or without Agoraphobia,  
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: EMDR Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets. Treating Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive, and Mood-Related Conditions (pp.51-70), Chapter: EMDR Therapy protocol for Panic Disorders with or without Agoraphobia. Ferdinand Horst, Ad de Jongh, 2015
• EMDR Treatment of Simple, Complex, and Associative Panic, EMDRIA Conference, 2020, OnDemand Course 
• EMDR in the Treatment of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: A Case Description, Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Hvovi Bhagwager, 2016
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Library 
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 16,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

A study in 2022 from the National Council of Youth Sports reported that 60 million youths between the ages of six and 18 are playing organized sports. Yet, seven out of those 10 youths dropped out by age 13. Can past traumas impact an athlete's performance? Yes, says EMDR-certified therapist and consultant Jennie Abito Carlestav, LMFT. Learn more about how EMDR therapy can help to heal those traumas and improve performance in sports, the workplace and performing and the creative arts. 

Resources

• Jennie Carlestav, LMFT direct website
• This Is Your Brain on Sports by L. Jon Wertheim & Sam Sommers
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
• TICES (Target = image + cognition + emotions + sensations) 
• Support for Sport - Mental Performance Warm-up Script
• The Progressive Muscle Relaxation Script from the National Center for PTSD (VA)
• I Love to Watch You Play
• Heartmath.com
• National Council of Youth Sports
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA EMDR and Diversity, Community and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG)
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

According to the U.S. Census 2019, there were an estimated 22.9 million Asian Americans, 1.6 million Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders (AANHPI), together accounting for 7.2 percent of the nation's population. The percentage of Asian alone-or-in-combination military veterans in 2021 was 2.4 percent. While the population numbers might seem small, the AANPHI community has also been touched by trauma. Enter EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant-in-Training Sherry Yam, LCSW, to discuss how EMDR therapy can help to heal members of this community and their collective trauma. 

Resources

• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA EMDR and Diversity, Community and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG)
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S.  In 2021, 48,183 Americans died by suicide and 1.70 million attempts. The numbers tracked by the World Health Organization are more staggering: more than 700,000 people die each year by suicide.  How can EMDR therapy help those considering or who have attempted and the family/friends they leave behind? EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant Marlene Kenney talks to us about how EMDR therapists can help.   

Resources:

• 4 Elements Script for Establishing Present Safety Resources 
• 988 is the suicide and crisis hotline in the United States, or text TALK to 741741
• Ukraine Suicide Hotline
• The Trevor Project
• Out of the Darkness Walks with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• EMDR Early Intervention  
• David Grand YouTube Channel with bilateral or binaural sounds
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

What is moral injury, and who can it impact? Moral injury, as defined by this episode's guest is: It is an existential and or spiritual crisis. that can be the consequence of having been trained to override the intrinsic and instinctive aversion to the taking of human life, that it is about killing, which is an act that can't be undone. And that humans are not prepared for the aftermath of that. It can also be the consequence of having engaged in combat operations, however necessary at the time, that creates a conflict between one's moral code and one's actions. There is that dissonance between what I was raised to believe, what I was taught to believe, what I do believe, and what I just had to do."  Moral injury impacts military personnel, veterans, war correspondents, first responders, and medical personnel.  Eva Usadi, MA, BCD, CGP,  an EMDR-certified therapist and consultant, discusses how EMDR therapy can heal moral injury. Learn more about how EMDR therapy can heal moral injury. 

Resources:

• Trauma and Resiliency Resources, Inc.
• EMDR & PTSD YouTube Video, CBS News
• Healing the Heart and Soul of our Nation's Warriors: EMDR for Moral Injury, presented by Eva Usadi, EMDRIA Annual Conference, 2022
• Moral Injury Event Scale, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online Community for Military or First Responders and Protective Services Personnel (must be a member to log in)
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org. 

What does it mean to create an anti-oppressive EMDR therapy practice? It means that EMDR therapists take account of the impact of power, inequity, and oppression on people and actively combat it.  How can EMDR therapists offer anti-oppressive EMDR therapy for the LGBTQA+ community? EMDR-certified therapist, consultant, and trainer Roshni Chabra, LMFT tells us how. 

Resources:

• The Trevor Project
• Pray Away Netflix Documentary (Trigger Warning)
• Let's Talk EMDR podcast  EMDR for Vicarious Trauma Episode
• Let's Talk EMDR podcastEMDR Therapy and Sexual Trauma Episode (Trigger Warning)
• Dr. Stephen Dansiger EMDR Therapy: Phases 1- 7 YouTube video
• Roshni Chabra Core of Earth Grounding and Container Meditation YouTube video
• Dr. Jamie Marich, EMDR Therapy Demonstration: Phases 1-8 YouTube video
• EMDRIA Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) Policy
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online Community for Diversity, Community and Culture
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.or

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The global COVID-19 pandemic forced us to find new ways to do things. Providing therapy was no different. Because of this, EMDRIA created Online EMDR Therapy Resources for its members. As the world emerged from lockdown, many EMDR therapists continued to see clients virtually. Are there potential tools that can help facilitate therapy sessions? Yes, says Tjeu Theunissen, a Dutch Ph.D. candidate, clinical psychologist, and EMDR therapist. He founded two E-health start-ups that focused on using innovative technology to make EMDR more efficient and effective. He is head of Research and Development at Dutch startup Moovd and provides online EMDR therapy from his practice in India. In his Ph.D., he researched the effectiveness of the developed EMDR applications and their working mechanisms. In this episode, Theunissen will discuss (new) technical innovations in EMDR and their efficacy and effectiveness in clinical practice. He will talk about other scientific research toward digital EMDR tools. Additional topics that will be discussed are practical and ethical considerations of using digital tools in EMDR and other trauma therapies. 

Resources:

• EMDR Netherlands
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources
• EMDRIA Client Brochures 
• Focal Point  Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online Community for Neurodiversity 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 15,000 EMDR therapists.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists

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Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.