Course Description

To address the COVID-19 mental health challenge Ignacio Jarero, Ph.D., Ed.D. and his team adapted for remote (online) use and conducted research on the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) for Ongoing Traumatic Stress Remote (EMDR-IGTP-OTS-R). In addition to over 30 articles published on the EMDR-IGTP and the EMDR-IGTP-OTS, in this Multisite RCT, Healthcare Professionals working in 9 hospitals during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic received individual EMDR therapy in a group and online setting. This innovation is evidence-based, informative, and timely to help scale up and expand the horizons of your EMDR practice. This presentation seeks to expand the participants’ understanding of what is possible when providing EMDR therapy. The 8 phases of EMDR are adapted to be provided in-person and online in a group setting and include a case example based on a published research article. Participants will also witness a video demonstration of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to identify key features, procedures, and concepts of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS).
2. Participants will be able to describe the significance of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS for Early EMDR Interventions.
3. Participants will be able to explain how the EMDR-IGTP-OTS can fulfill the need for making EMDR more readily and widely available to persons with recent or ongoing traumatic stress and accessible to diverse populations and presenting problems.

Presenter(s)

Ignacio Jarero, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Ignacio (Nacho) Jarero, Ph.D., Ed.D., is the world pioneer in the provision of EMDR therapy in a group format in-person and online, AIP-informed Advance Psychosocial Interventions for Trauma-Exposed Populations, and AIP-informed Procedures for in-person and remote treatment. He is a Member of the Council of Scholars for the Future of EMDR Therapy Project. For his humanitarian services around the world, he received the Francine Shapiro Award, the International Crisis Response Leadership Award, and the Psychotrauma Trajectory Award. For his research work with EMDR therapy, he received the EMDRIA Outstanding Research Award. Dr. Jarero is EMDR Institute Senior Trainer of Trainers.