EMDR Early Intervention Archives

Five EMDR Early Intervention Communities Illuminate the Significance of Community

Discover the Community Response Network (CRN), born from 5 experienced EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) community leaders.

Responding to Trauma with First Responders in Fairfield, Connecticut

Discover stories from deployments of EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) therapists.

EMDR Early Intervention & Community Response = Prevention

Following a massive wildfire, EMDR trainers mobilized around the event, providing free training in EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) to 30 EMDR clinicians in the area.

Responding to the Unite the Right Rally & Richmond Monument Avenue Rally

EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) therapists prepare and respond during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Social Change, Little “D” Disasters & Why EEI Protocols are Essential to Everyone’s Practice

EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) can be used for “little d” disasters that affect communities (community violence, hate crimes, toxic pollutants, etc.)

First Responder Cumulative Traumatic Stress Exposure

First responders (Police Officers, Fire Fighters, 911-Dispatchers, EMS) has a unique stressors. Learn how to help the helpers.

Questions and Cautions for Deployment of EMDR EIs with First Responders & Public Safety Personnel

Delve beyond psychotherapy when aiding First Responders. What crucial questions and policies must EMDR therapists grasp?

Anyone Can Do Something for 15 Minutes…Even Self-care!

Self-Care for responders: Answering the call to help comes with a cost. Dive into the balancing act mental health responders face.

Emergency room intervention to prevent post concussion-like symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. A pilot randomized controlled study of a brief eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention versus reassurance or usual care (Journal of Psychiatric Research)

The first randomized controlled trial that shows that a short EMDR intervention is feasible & potentially effective in the context of the ER.

Early EMDR intervention following intense rocket attacks on a town: A randomized clinical trial (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

Study shows evidence on the efficacy of Early EMDR Intervention for reducing post-traumatic stress and depression among victims of hostility.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing early intervention (EMDR EI)

This white paper is an introduction to EMDR Early Intervention with background information and ideas for future research directions.

EMDR Early Intervention and Crisis Response: Researcher’s Toolkit (EMDR Research Foundation)

This toolkit is designed to help EMDR clinicians conduct research in disaster situations, or in clinical situations such as crises clinics, emergency rooms, or rape treatment centers.

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