EMDR Group Therapy

Regina Morrow Robinson, EdS, has more than 36 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor, 28 years as an EMDR therapist, and nearly 22 years in private practice. She has also practiced in a medical setting and school. Her clinical focus has been on trauma, relationship concerns, and mentoring developing therapists. She is an EMDRIA Basic and R-TEP/G-TEP Trainer, providing trainings for EMDRHAP, EMDR Institute, and Connect Training and Consulting. Safa Kemal Kaptan, PhD, is a researcher in the field of mental health and holds a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester, UK. His research focuses on traumatic reactions, psychosis, and early parenting practices among forcibly displaced including refugees and asylum seekers with young children. He published several peer-reviewed articles including first systematic review of Group EMDR protocols in 2021. He was invited to present the findings of this review at the 2021 EMDR Europe Conference. Safa is actively involved in the process of making EMDR Group therapy more accessible to adults, adolescents, and children by co-facilitating EMDR trainings.

List of ContributorsForeword Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I. INTRO TO GROUP AND EMDR Chapter 1. From 1:1 to Group EMDR: Theory of EMDR and EMDR in Groups Chapter 2. The Power of Groups and Checklist for Cultural Competence as a Practitioner of Group EMDR Therapy Chapter 3. Create Your Group EMDR Program SECTION II. GROUP EMDR PROTOCOLS, PROCEDURES, AND DERIVED TECHNIQUES Chapter 4. EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol-Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR IGTP-OTS) Chapter 5. EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP) Chapter 6. EMDR Group Protocol for Children (EMDR-GP/C) Chapter 7. Action-Based EMDR Group Psychotherapy (AB-EMDR) Chapter 8. The Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization Procedures (ASSYST) Chapter 9. Group Flash Technique (GFT) Chapter 10. The Group Immediate Stabilization Procedure (G-ISP) Chapter 11. The Journey of the Butterfly: G-TEP With Children (C-GTEP) Chapter 12. Group Resource Enhancement Protocol (G-REP) SECTION III. GROUP EMDR WITH DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OR IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS Chapter 13. All Ages and Stages: Group EMDR Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Families Chapter 14. A Multi-Module Group EMDR Intervention for Culturally Based Trauma and Adversity Reprocessing Chapter 15. Group EMDR Therapy with Forcibly Displaced Groups, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers Chapter 16. You Are Not Alone: Sexual Violence Survivors EMDR Group Protocol Chapter 17. Group EMDR Inside Schools and Universities: A Natural Match Chapter 18. Reconnecting: Trauma, Addiction, and Group EMDR Therapy Chapter 19. Integrating Group EMDR Into Current Disaster Mental Health: A Model for Practice Chapter 20. Using Group EMDR With Emergency Responders Including Law Enforcement Professionals, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Professionals, and Emergency Communications Dispatchers Chapter 21. Health-Medical Challenges and Grief: Group EMDR Therapy for Patients and Caregivers Chapter 22. Scaling Up Trauma Treatment: Low Intensity AIP Informed Group Interventions Chapter 23. The Future Possibilities of Group EMDR Therapy Glossary Index