The second annual EMDR Walk in the Park took place Sunday, October 1, 2023 with more than 130 participants. The event was a resounding success, bringing together individuals, mental health professionals, and Trauma Recovery/HAP supporters…
As we prepare to welcome the second round of scholarship recipients this July, we’re sharing insight from our first round of scholarship recipients on their motivation for applying to the Scholarship Fund, their goals for working in Community Mental Health, and the impact this opportunity to become trained in EMDR therapy has made in their careers.
We are excited to begin a new Scholarship Fund Program in 2023! The purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarships to master’s level (or higher) students that are interested in working in Community Mental Health.
5,115 is a number that has great significance to me. 5,115 is the number of days between my first memory at the age of 3 and my 17th birthday…
The inaugural EMDR Walk in the Park took place Sunday, August 14, 2022 with nearly 100 participants. Those individuals who joined the walk in-person gathered Sunday morning at East Rock Park in New Haven, CT to walk a scenic 2 mile course winding through the park and along the Mill River. Participants also had the […]
Trauma Recovery/HAP in collaboration with EMDR Asia and EMDRIA, are proud to support EMDR China in providing EMDR Basic trainings in Beijing, China. Although the pandemic delayed the delivery of the Part II training for nearly two years after the Part I, the training did successfully take place virtually in November 2021, marking the first […]
After nearly two years of planning and preparation, the hard work of the “Ethiopian EMDR Organizing Committee,” with the administrative and financial support of Trauma Recovery/HAP, resulted in a group of 26 Ethiopian therapists completing EMDR Part-1 Basic Training. The training was conducted virtually, with an international training team, however most of the Ethiopian participants […]
New Free eBook Provides EMDR Resources to Aid Practitioners Many EMDR clinicians are tirelessly working to treat the anxiety and many forms of trauma wrought by the pandemic, in hospital settings and through Teletherapy. EMDR Resources for the Era of Covid-19 was written by EMDR experts to inform and support therapists as they work to […]
Help Treat the Mental Health Crisis Stemming from Covid-19 and recent Violence across the US. Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP) has created three on-demand video trainings to help adapt your EMDR skills to a phone or online video session. These courses, offered free for a limited time, build on your training and introduce TeleHealth […]
ABOUT US What is EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a non-invasive, evidence-based method of psychotherapy that helps victims recover from the effects of psychological trauma through adaptive information processing. EMDR therapy is an eight-phase trauma treatment that comprehensively identifies and addresses experiences that have overwhelmed the brain’s natural resilience or coping capacity, thereby […]