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EMDRIA in the News

May 15, 2023
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EMDR and EMDRIA in the News!

 

Marie Claire interviewed EMDRIA Members Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMH-C and Mara Tesler Stein, PsyD, PMH-C in the article “Could EMDR Be the Key to Treating Reproductive Health Trauma?”

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Richard Brown’s article in The American Reporter, “Trauma Therapy Training by Therapists for Therapists,” interviews EMDRIA member Rebecca Kase, LCSW. Rebecca has also published a new book “Polyvagal-Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Healing” reviewed here in the Digital Journal.

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The Wyoming Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers presented EMDRIA member Jan Schaad, LCSW with the 2023 “barrier-breaking” award for Greatest Contribution to Social Work Practice. Schaad became certified as an EMDR trainer under Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., the originator and developer of EMDR. Schaad is an EMDR Certified Therapist, Consultant, and Trainer. You can read the article here.

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EMDRIA members Lynn Smith, LCSW and Bonnie Barclay, LCSW responded to the Covenant School shooting by organizing a network of therapists through their East Tennessee Trauma Recovery Network to provide trauma therapy to first responders who helped at the scene. They were both interviewed about the effect a shooting can have on first responders in this KNOX News coverage “How Knoxville therapists are helping Covenant School responders process unthinkable trauma.”

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Insider published this article by Rachel Weinhaus, “Like Brooke Shields, I dissociated from my body after my sexual assault – so much so that I didn’t even feel the birth of my two children.”  The author credits EMDR therapy for helping her to heal.

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Forbes Health interviewed EMDRIA member Dr. Jennifer Hughes for this article, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment.” EMDRIA’s Find an EMDR Therapist search is also linked in the article

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EMDR therapy is highlighted as therapy of choice for the Bachelor fiancee Natalie Joy. The Bachelor Nation article “Nick Viall supports his fiancee Natalie Joy as she opens up about childhood sexual assault“; Starcasm article “The Bachelor Nick Viall’s fiancee Natalie Joy opens up about EMDR therapy”; and People article all discuss the benefits Joy has received from EMDR therapy.

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WFMY News Station in North Carolina aired this two-part segment about EMDR therapy for veterans with PTSD: “NC veterans’ clinic offering unique eye movement therapy for PTSD.” The second segment is titled “‘Eyeing’ PTSD relief: groundbreaking eye movement therapy proves stunning effectiveness.”

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HealthNews published an article, “EMDR Psychotherapy: Is It the Quickest Way to Treat PTSD and Anxiety?” cited EMDRIA’s Journal of EMDR Practice and Research three times.

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The Knoxville News profiled members Bonnie Barclay and Lynn Smith who are helping first responders from the Covenant School shooting. “Knoxville therapists are helping Covenant School responders process unthinkable trauma.”

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