2012 EMDRIA Conference

The 2012 EMDRIA Conference was held October 4 -7, 2012
in Washington, D.C. at the Crystal Gateway Marriott.

2012 Award Recipients

Outgoing Board Members | Warren Faber, Ph.D.; Stephen LaMotte, Ph.D.; and Gary Peterson, M.D.

Francine Shapiro Award | Roberta "Robbie" Dunton, MS

Outstanding Contribution and Service to EMDRIA | Robbie Adler-Tapia, Ph.D.

Outstanding Research Award | Carlijn de Roos

EMDRIA Special Recognition Award | Gayla Turner, CAE

1st Place Poster Winner | Blanch Freund, Gail Ironson and Lindsay Bira - "The Effect of Three Treatments for Recent Trauma on Trauma Related Cognitions"

2012 Speakers

Robbie Adler-Tapia, Ph.D. | Treatment of Attachment Trauma and the Dissociative Sequelae: A Developmentally Grounded Approach to Case Conceptualization with EMDR and The Bond Between Theory, Research and Practice: Teaching Therapists "Researchease"

Uri Bergmann, Ph.D. | Acute, Chronic and Complex PTSD: Exploring Their Neuroendocrinology and Relationship to Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Soozi Bolte, LPC, LISAC | Treating Dissociation, Ritual Abuse and Mind Control from an Attachment Perspective

Diane DesPlantes | Attachment at the Societal Level: Reprocessing Internalized Stigma and Oppression

Hejan Epozdemir | EMDR Treatment of Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache

DaLene Forester, Ph.D. | EMDR Boot Camp: An Intensive Refresher Course

Carol Forgash, LCSW | The Impact of Complex PTSD and Attachment Issues on Personal Health: An EMDR Treatment Approach

Wendy J. Freitag, Ph.D. | Setting Standards Using the Core Competency Model - An Example

Ricky Greenwald, Psy.D. | Writing for the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research and Presentation Skills

Mille Grenough, MAT, LCSW, BCD | OASIS in the Overwhelm: Affect Management/Stabilization with Diverse Cultures

Sirin Haciomeroglu | EMDR Treatment of Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache

Frances Klaff, Ph.D. | Bonding the Pieces: Treating Children Unglued by Family Disruptions; an Integrated EMDR-Family Systems Approach

Cynthia Kong, MFT | EMDR-AIP Update and Applications for EMDRIA Approved Consultants Emre Konuk | EMDR Treatment of Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache Deborah Korn, Ph.D. | Moment-to-Moment Decision-Making: Broadening the Possibilities Deany Laliotis, LICSW | Moment-to-Moment Decision-Making: Broadening the Possibilities

Ulrich F. Lanius, Ph.D. | Neurobiology, Adaptive Information Processing

Andrew M. Leeds, Ph.D. | Borderline Personality Disorder and EMDR

Jennifer Lendl, Ph.D. | Basics for EMDRIA Conference Submissions and EMDR-AIP Update and Applications for EMDRIA Approved Consultants

Joan Lovett, M.D., FAAP | Targeting Confusion to Facilitate Trauma Resolution and Promote Attachment

Robert Miller, Ph.D. | The Feeling-State Theory and the Impulse-Control Disorder Protocol

Regina Morrow, Ed.S., LMFT, LMHC | Essential Skills for EMDR Consultation

Dolores Mosquera, M.D. | Borderline Personality Disorder and EMDR

Kimberly Mykland, MA, LMHC | Integrating EMDR-AIP and Bowen Variations of Triangling: Gossip, Child Focus and Affairs

Mark Nickerson, LICSW | Attachment at the Societal Level: Reprocessing Internalized Stigma and Oppression

Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D. | 31 Secrets of the Embodied Self: Hearing Baby's Story in EMDR for Trauma in Implicit Memory

Stephen Porges, Ph.D. | The Polyvagal Theory: A Biobehavioral Deconstruction of Trauma-Related Experiences, Vulnerabilities, Resilience and Treatment

Colin Ross, M.D. | Trauma, Attachment, Dissociation and EMDR and Principles of Trauma Model Therapy: Integration with EMDR

Cathy Schweitzer, MS, LMHP | EMDR-Family Therapy Integrative Team Approach for Healing Attachment Trauma in Children

Carolyn Settle, MSW, LCSW | Treating Dissociation, Ritual Abuse and Mind Control from an Attachment Perspective

Andrew Seubert, LPC, NCC | The Unforgiven: EMDR, Ego States and Attachment in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. | EMDR Therapy Update: Theory, Research and Practice

Irene Siegel, Ph.D., LCSW | Mindful Awareness and the Role of Resonance within EMDR Protocol

Steven Silver, Ph.D. | EMDR in the Military: Trauma, Attachment and Families

Dana Terrell, MSW, LCW, EAC | Integrating EMDR-AIP and Bowen Variations of Triangling: Gossip, Child Focus and Affairs

Shelley Uram, M.D. | The Neurobiology of Trauma Made Simple

Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP | EMDR-Family Therapy Integrative Team Approach for Healing Attachment Trauma in Children