Fire in the Belly: The History of the Butterfly Hug, the EMDR-IGTP, and the ASSYST-Treatment Procedures

Jarero and Lucina (Lucy) Artigas use the butterfly hug and group interventions to heal those effected by tragedies.

The TEP Suite of EMDR Protocols: The Family of Trauma Episode Protocols Based on EMDR R-TEP and G-TEP

The EMDR R-TEP is soundly based on and extended from Shapiro’s EMD and Recent Event protocols, and the EMDR therapy profession has widely adopted it with over a dozen published studies, including controlled trials.

The EMDR Therapy butterfly hug method for self-administered bilateral stimulation (Iberoamerican Journal of Psychotraumatology and Dissociation)

This article details how to use the butterfly hug method to help disaster survivors during group or individual clinical practice. 

Effect of early postpartum EMDR on reducing psychological complaints in women with a traumatic childbirth experience (Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology)

women with a traumatic birth experience may benefit from EMDR, even if they do not qualify for a diagnosis of PTSD

EMDR Early Intervention

Dr. Amanda Robert’s Go With That Magazineâ„¢ article “EMDR Early Intervention” is featured in this blog post. She discusses EMDR therapy in early intervention settings and provides a review of interventions in the EMDR field.

EMDR Early Intervention

Reg Morrow Robinson, Ed.S., LMFT, LMHC talks about her experiences with EMDR Early Intervention (EEI). Learn more about EEI, its implementation, and its successes.

Together We Can Strengthen Disaster Response Capacity – Are You Ready?

Are you prepared to go beyond day-to-day EMDR clinical practice and into disaster response work? By the end of this program, you will have 3-4 implementable ideas of clear steps you can take to improve your disaster response preparedness.

Addressing the Realities of School Shootings

EMDRIA Members Alex Castro Croy, LPC,  Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, and Jennifer Shivey, LPC discuss how to respond to children’s fears in a truthful and caring manner, and remind parents to reach out for support as well. 

Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury—An RCT study (Frontiers in Psychology)

This RCT study investigated the effectiveness of a Group EMDR via telehealth for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EEI Series: Nuts & Bolts of Organizing & Sustaining a Disaster Response Team

This presentation will provide you with the nuts and bolts of organizing a Community Response Network (CRN) for disaster or crisis situations.

EEI Series: EMDR Early Interventions Panel

This session will highlight the role and importance of EMDR Early interventions, their opportunities, and their current & future applications.

The effect of the online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing early intervention protocol (EMDR R-TEP) for the risk groups with post-traumatic stress symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic (Frontiers in Psychology)

Research on the effect of online EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol for first responders and those effected by COVID-19.