August/September 2020
Distance Learning
  • Best Practices
  • Resource Development and Installation
  • EMD: Symptom Reduction and Maintaining Stability
Pet Of The Month
Jackson

Jackson is a 6 year old male Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. He weighs 145lbs, and stands 28'' tall. Despite his enormous size he thinks of himself as a lapdog.  Jackson loves to chase squirrels and other wildlife (deer, rabbits and chipmunks) that wander into our yard, and to take his family for walks.
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Greetings reader

Our Trauma Recovery/HAP community has rallied together over the summer to help communities, individuals, and front-line workers reeling from the pandemic, urban violence, and this summer’s natural disasters.  We stand in awe and admiration of our incredible faculty and Trauma Recovery Network® volunteers, who dove in to learn technology and new methods to train and treat virtually.  

Our HAP faculty has conducted 18 virtual trainings in the last few months, training over 500 therapists in EMDR virtually. At the same time, several new and existing TRNs have initiated large scale outreach to health care providers and first responders dealing with the pandemic and civil unrest. I am so grateful that in the last two months we’ve received twenty-two inquiries about starting new TRNs, amidst the escalating need for trauma healing.
 
We give a big shout-out to our newest TRN, the Rockland County NY TRN, formed in August with 10 clinicians on a mission to respond to hate crimes and tragedies that impact communities in the Rockland County, NY area. Today our TRNs have nearly 1500 volunteer members across the US.

The health and well-being of our Trauma Recovery /HAP volunteers, supporters, and community of therapists and your ability to support yourselves, and the many suffering trauma created by these many crises continues as our immediate focus,

In this newsletter find out more about:
  • Three TRN efforts to bring trauma healing to first responders, and front-line health care providers,
  • Trauma Recovery faculty’s efforts to introduce Ugandan therapists they trained to the worldwide EMDR community through opportunities to attend EMDRIA 2020,
  • On-going efforts in India to reach survivors of two back to back natural disasters.

Over the last ten years I have increasingly appreciated the kindness and dedication of you, our volunteers and donors. As we face an uncertain future together, and the many losses we have all suffered in recent months, I remain grateful that I can play a small part in the healing that we provide to communities. Wishing you and yours good health and opportunity to grow your EMDR skills and practice.
 
Warmly,
Carol R. Martin
Executive Director 
America has been stricken coast to coast with pandemic infection and death, urban protest and violence, fires and hurricanes. First responders are among those hardest hit emotionally, witnessing a kaleidoscope of traumas.   But health-care providers, fire safety and law enforcement officers rarely seek help for their mental well-being. Most fear stigma associated with acknowledging emotional issues stemming from job-related anxiety, and burnout. Two Trauma Recovery/HAP Trauma Recovery Networks® have made it part of their mission to educate first responders on trauma and bring them EMDR trauma treatment. Learn about Twin Cities and New York City TRNs' efforts….
The New Haven Trauma Recovery Network® and New Haven, CT police department were recent beneficiaries of the Rotary Club of New Haven’s philanthropy. Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Programs found an opportunity to aid first responders and the larger New Haven community affected by the pandemic by enhancing the current outreach efforts of the New Haven TRN®.  Find out how…

In 2018, the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force invited Trauma Recovery/HAP to provide EMDR Basic Trainings in Kampala to equip their therapists to treat trauma and PTSD in their staff as well as the broader Ugandan community. Amani Psychotherapy Center of Uganda co-sponsored the training.  Trauma Recovery faculty who trained the Uganda group realized that many of their international colleagues have limited access to the broader community of EMDR-trained clinicians, and found a way to connect them to EMDR therapists around the world. Here’s how… 


In the summer of 2018, Kerala state on the southwestern tip of India suffered devastating floods and landslides, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. The flooding and landslides left 350 dead and over 800,000 displaced throughout the region. This emergency situation followed the deadly cyclone “Ockhi” which hit coastal Kerala the previous year. EMDR India Association innovates to bring healing to thousands…
Volunteer Recognition
To our incredible volunteers, thank you all for your continued support through this challenging period. It is because of your willingness to give us your time, energy and knowledge that we have been able to meet the challenges and continue to achieve our mission! 
Below is a list of those who have generously donated their time and expertise during the months of June, July and August. Your flexibility in working with the new virtual format has been greatly appreciated!  
Sarah Anderson
Stephen Beck
Kate Becker
Christine Bergman
Soozi Bolte
Jenny Bridges
William Brislin
Marion Brown
Jenna Burton
Lori Cao
Jennifer Cecil
Janeen Cunningham
Stephanie Drieze
Stacy Eggsware
Kathy Eichelberger
Fabiola Ekleberry
Rachel Erwin
Holly Forman-Patel
Joan Freeman
Jonna Fries
Laurie Furman
Peggy Gale
Andrea Goldberg
Deborah Goodwin
Ryan Grant
Richard Greete
Leanne Harper
Reginald Harris
Marina Hewlett
Pennisue Hignell
Marcia Holland
Kelly Hurley
Erin Hwasta
Rhonda Kamai-Kekela
Cheryl Kenn
Rhonda Kildea
Paula Krentzel
Gretchen Leu
Debra Littrell
Tara May
Mary Jo McHaney
Reginald McCrae
Julie Miller
April Minjarez
Peggy Moore
Alfredo Munoz
Katy Murray
David Ogren
Ted Olejnik
Linda Ouellette
Lori Pereira
Merrill Powers
Deborah Price
Jesse Rappaport
Gemma Rivera
Cherilyn Rowland Petrie
Dorinna Ruh
Herminia Shea-Martinez
David Sherwood
Deborah Silveria
Elisabeth Slatt
Sadie Smith
Jill Strunk
Timothy Vermillion
Elizabeth West
Frazier Wilson
Beverly Wright
Congratulations to our new facilitator…
Tara May
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