Delivers an EMDR model that can expand access to urgently needed mental health services while maintaining affordabilityThis innovative handbook is the first to present EMDR Group Therapy as a pragmatic approach to trauma care that enables practitioners to scale up mental health services while ensuring cost and time efficiency. It delivers step-by-step guidance--supported by real-life case examples--for practicing this safe, effective, and culturally adaptable modality in a wide range of situations and conditions. EMDR group protocols are applicable to inpatient and outpatient settings, strangers experiencing similar or different events, families, and a wide range of ages. The book explores how and why EMDR group protocols are applicable to disaster response, addictions, schools, medical challenges, grief, families, refugees, victims of sexual violence, emergency responders and more. The text describes the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of EMDR Group Therapy, comparing nine group protocols through the lens of the eight phases of EMDR therapy and early intervention principles. It emphasizes the concept of task sharing, allowing nonspecialist facilitators to deliver low-intensity EMDR treatment options effectively. To promote in-depth understanding, chapters provide Learning Objectives, Learned Through Experience boxes, Case Examples focusing on a variety of specific groups and problems, Discussion Questions to reinforce knowledge, and unique Pocket Guides refining protocols and derived techniques in a clear snapshot. A full Glossary of terms is also provided at the end of the book. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers. Key Features: The first book to disseminate the principles and applications of Group EMDR Therapy Delivers the knowledge of 36 contributing EMDR experts and researchers from 11 countries Follows the eight phases of standard EMDR protocol Offers a window into EMDR practice with a broad variety of specific groups and topics Detailed cultural competence checklist for practitioners to provide care with respect for diversity Includes multiple Case Examples, Learning Objectives, Learned Through Experience boxes, figures and charts, and much more Provides Pocket Guides for a clear, easy-to-follow snapshot of group EMDR protocols
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
