EMDR Early Intervention & Rapid Response: Benefits of Integrating ASSYST

Participants interested in EMDR Early Interventions, rapid response, and humanitarian mental health work will be introduced to the Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization (ASSYST) procedures – Low-Intensity-Interventions that can be administered in-person or online, and in individual and/or groups formats. These procedures can be administered within the first hours or days after an adverse experience when the person shows severe symptoms of psychological distress, physiological reactivity and/or deterioration in current functioning. The objective of these procedures is focused on the client’s nervous system activation regulation through the reduction or removal of the activation produced by the sensory, emotional, or physiological components of the intrusive distressing/pathogenic memories of the adverse experiences, to achieve optimal levels of nervous system activation; thus, facilitating the AIP system the subsequent adaptive processing of the information. Participants will learn the contexts in which to utilize the ASSYST procedures to enhance their clients’ EMDR experience.