EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond

Delivers an EMDR model that can expand access to urgently needed mental health services while maintaining affordability

This innovative handbook is the first to present EMDR Group Therapy as a pragmatic approach to trauma care that enables practitioners to scale up mental health services while ensuring cost and time efficiency. It delivers step-by-step guidance―supported by real-life case examples―for practicing this safe, effective, and culturally adaptable modality in a wide range of situations and conditions. EMDR group protocols are applicable to inpatient and outpatient settings, strangers experiencing similar or different events, families, and a wide range of ages. The book explores how and why EMDR group protocols are applicable to disaster response, addictions, schools, medical challenges, grief, families, refugees, victims of sexual violence, emergency responders and more.

The text describes the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of EMDR Group Therapy, comparing nine group protocols through the lens of the eight phases of EMDR therapy and early intervention principles. It emphasizes the concept of task sharing, allowing nonspecialist facilitators to deliver low-intensity EMDR treatment options effectively. To promote in-depth understanding, chapters provide Learning Objectives, Learned Through Experience boxes, Case Examples focusing on a variety of specific groups and problems, Discussion Questions to reinforce knowledge, and unique Pocket Guides refining protocols and derived techniques in a clear snapshot. A full Glossary of terms is also provided at the end of the book. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.

Key Features:

• The first book to disseminate the principles and applications of Group EMDR Therapy
• Delivers the knowledge of 36 contributing EMDR experts and researchers from 11 countries
• Follows the eight phases of standard EMDR protocol
• Offers a window into EMDR practice with a broad variety of specific groups and topics
• Detailed cultural competence checklist for practitioners to provide care with respect for diversity
• Includes multiple Case Examples, Learning Objectives, Learned Through Experience boxes, figures and charts, and much more
• Provides Pocket Guides for a clear, easy-to-follow snapshot of group EMDR protocols

Regina Morrow Robinson, EdS, has more than 36 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor, 28 years as an EMDR therapist, and nearly 22 years in private practice. She has also practiced in a medical setting and school. Her clinical focus has been on trauma, relationship concerns, and mentoring developing therapists. She is an EMDRIA Basic and R-TEP/G-TEP Trainer, providing trainings for EMDRHAP, EMDR Institute, and Connect Training and Consulting.

Safa Kemal Kaptan, PhD, is a researcher in the field of mental health and holds a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester, UK. His research focuses on traumatic reactions, psychosis, and early parenting practices among forcibly displaced including refugees and asylum seekers with young children. He published several peer-reviewed articles including first systematic review of Group EMDR protocols in 2021. He was invited to present the findings of this review at the 2021 EMDR Europe Conference. Safa is actively involved in the process of making EMDR Group therapy more accessible to adults, adolescents, and children by co-facilitating EMDR trainings.