In the News
EMDRIA members Dr. Stacy Raymond, PsyD and Bonnie Rumilly, LCSW started a podcast with first responder Lt. David Dachinger called the Responder Resilience Podcast highlighted in the Scarsdale Inquirer article “Helping Those Who Help Others.”
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WCPO Channel 9 interviewed Board President Marisol Erlacher, LPC, in this segment, “Eyes are the focus of new University of Cincinnati study to treat PTSD.” This study, also covered in Journal-News, will be looking at how EMDR helps veterans, first responders and civilians.
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EMDRIA Members Alex Castro Croy, LPC, Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, and Jennifer Shivey, LPC discuss best ways to help kids and parents after school shootings in this video “School Shootings & Resources.”
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Discover Magazine published this article “EMDR Therapy: What Is It and How Effective Is the Treatment?” and used EMDRIA as a source.
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KVEO TV highlights a county judge in Texas that advocated for the use of EMDR therapy to improve student and school based mental wellness in response to COVID. EMDRIA Member Dr. Robbie Adler-Tapia is used as a consultant in the program which is also discussed in the MegaDoctor News article “Partnership Aimed at COVID-19 Mental Wellness Recovery Efforts for Students.”
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KVUE reports that the Austin Texas Police Department is offering free EMDRIA Approved EMDR Training for counselors in exchange for trauma survivor treatment.
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Marie Claire Magazine interviewed EMDRIA members Bethany Warren, LCSW-PMH-C and Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C about their expertise in EMDR therapy in the article, “Could EMDR Be the Key to Treating Reproductive Health Trauma?”
The article stated: “Information is going from our prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for logic, data, reasoning and impulse control to our limbic system, which is more about emotions and body sensations. “Something will happen that’s so distressing that the process gets disrupted, halted,” says Warren. “Memory gets stuck in a feeling state where it’s reactivated and triggered. EMDR is like the nudge to our brain to say, Hey, remember, you already know how to process memory.”
In addition, “Dr. Stein says that when there’s a disconnect between your body’s experience and the thinking part of you, the solution can be talk therapy, but in some circumstances, that’s not enough. EMDR, on the other hand, is specifically about rebuilding those connections in the brain. “Our nervous systems know how to do this, they know how to metabolize hard, scary, overwhelming things,” she says. “Sometimes our body’s natural capacity for healing gets blocked because that’s what can happen with trauma. EMDR gives the healing parts of the nervous system access to what’s been stuck and allows for integration to happen.”
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Date
April 10, 2023
