An Interview With Penny Papanikolopoulos

Interview with Penny Papanikolopoulos on EMDR research, new protocols, and barriers to wider acceptance and implementation of EMDR therapy.

Article Abstract

“Penny Papanikolopoulos, PhD, is an EMDR Europe senior trainer, consultant, psychologist, and therapist with a strong background in experiential training in the United States and in Greece. She studied psychology to a postgraduate level at Georgia State University and completed her doctoral studies at the University of Athens in Psychology. During and following her studies in the United States, she worked at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia (Emory University), in the Psychiatric Unit in the following departments: Psychiatric Emergency, Rape Crisis and Abuse Center, the closed short-term recovery unit, and the National Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Psychoeducation program. Dr Papanikolopoulos developed psychoeducational programs for prisoners in the Georgia Corrections System. She was the clinical director of the Theotokos Foundation from 1994 to 2010, responsible for the psychoeducational center and counseling program, prevocational and vocational training, and vocational rehabilitation for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the Hellenic American University for over a decade. She has been in private practice since 1993. From 2010 to date, she is responsible for a nonprofit mental health agency TACT HELLAS through which she trains professionals in EMDR therapy.”

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Open Access

Rydberg, J. (2024). An Interview With Penny Papanikolopoulos. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 18(4). DOI:10.1891/EMDR-2024-0052. https://spj.science.org/doi/10.1891/EMDR-2024-0052