Winter 2023

Upcoming Trainings 4/14/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 1 4/28/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 2 4/28/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 1 5/5/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 2 5/5/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 2 5/5/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 1 5/19/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 2 6/2/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 1 6/2/2023 - Virtual EMDR Part 2 See All Upcoming Trainings Product Store Four-Elements Bracelets and Cards Set Useful stress management tool for patients to use outside of clinical settings. The bracelets are a reminder to do the stress reduction exercises and the cards provide an easy guide through the process when away from the clinical setting. View More Products Dear reader, This has been a time of change and transformation, for each of us and for the people and organizations that we know. We have appreciated your support and your interest in our work as we adapt. Thank you!  What has not changed is our mission to bring trauma healing to those who need it most. Our organization is small but our reach is large. It is large because of our volunteers who provide our trainings and because of our generous donors. Without their support, this could not happen. When Dr. Francine Shapiro started this organization, it was her vision to be a mental health “Doctors Without Borders.” We soon realized that both domestically and in other parts of the world this could only happen if we built a local capacity to provide those services. And in parts of the world this has happened. This takes time and commitment. I think that you might be interested in knowing how we work and what has changed as we respond to the changes in the EMDR communities.   HAP trainings in the U.S. help us build capacity in agencies and to clinicians serving underserved populations locally, but these trainings, both in-person and virtually, are essential in supporting long term capacity building to develop EMDR therapy around the world. We have become a trusted resource for international organizations that either want training or information. With the creation of regional standards and the Global Alliance more than 10 years ago, we often triage those requests to assure that local EMDR organizations are aware of and can provide any trainings, if they wish. This has been quite a change. A change that in great measure can be attributed to HAP volunteers who, over the years, brought EMDR therapy to those in need throughout the world.  In the past year, we have: trained more than 300 clinicians in Ukraine, supported and trained more than 50 clinicians in Ethiopia, building on our 15-year commitment there, continued to provide administrative and clinical support for capacity building of EMDR in Asia, organized clinical services for more than 40 women leaders who were sequestered from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban, carried out 62 EMDR Basic trainings and trained 1,772 clinicians in the US, provided continued support for EMDR training in Sri Lanka, growing capacity by 20 new Faculty members a year, supported clinicians from several countries including Uganda and Ethiopia to attend the EMDRIA virtual conference, and provided EMDR Africa resources for website development and free access to specialty trainings. It is the commitment of our volunteers and donors for nearly 30 years that has allowed us to accomplish this and much more. We continue the legacy of building communities of EMDR therapy in this country and other parts of the world because of this support! Thank you for allowing us to continue Francine’s vision and legacy.   Sincerely,     Carol R. Martin Executive Director

Newly released! Episode 7: Training in EMDR Therapy with Frontier Behavioral Health In the latest episode of What's HAPpening, we are joined by Sonya Williams, MSW, LICSW, CMHS from Frontier Behavioral Health, a nonprofit organization in Spokane, WA that provides clinically and culturally appropriate behavioral healthcare and related services to individuals of all ages in collaboration with community partners. Trauma Recovery/HAP has a long history of partnering with Frontier Behavioral Health and providing EMDR Basic training to their staff, so they in turn can use EMDR therapy to help their focus population.   Sonya talks with us about the impact and importance of having EMDR therapy trained clinicians at the agency. She also shares her personal motivation for participating in HAP’s trainings and why she believes all clinicians would benefit from having EMDR therapy in their toolbox.  The What's HAPpening podcast takes listeners behind the scenes and into the community that makes up Trauma Recovery/HAP. New episodes release each month. You can listen on our website and on many popular podcast platforms, like iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify.

NEW On Demand Course by Carol Forgash, LCSW, BCD

Carol Forgash has generously donating her course "Breaking the ACE: Poor Health Cycle with EMDR" to Trauma Recovery/HAP. It is now available on-demand in our Distance Learning Course Catalog. All proceeds from this course will support the mission of our organization. Breaking the ACE: Poor Health Cycle with EMDR Presented by: Carol Forgash, LCSW, BCD Earn 3 EMDRIA Credits and 3 CE Credits Description: This presentation will focus on the development of an EMDR Treatment plan including a focus on the disorders so prevalent in ACE (adverse childhood experiences) survivor/patients. The ACE questionnaire will be shown to be a focus of history taking and target development. The importance of the therapeutic relationship, which offers positive reinforcement, validation, and attunement to these clients, will be stressed. Specialized techniques will be utilized in phases 1-2 to help the patient experience self-soothing, develop emotional regulation, manage any dissociative symptoms, and avoid re-traumatization in the health care setting. Phases 3-7 will emphasize specific work on clearing past ACEs as well as specific health issues. Skills development such as rehearsal, use of imagery and screen work will also be presented. Successful management of chronic, painful, and terminal illness will also be a focus of the workshop. View course information.

Specialty Training Raises Funds to Benefit Ukraine

In late January, Trauma Recovery/HAP sponsored a specialty training with Dr. Roger Solomon with the goal not only to educate EMDR therapists on trauma and grief in the context of war, but also to raise much needed funds for our colleagues in Ukraine. Presenter Roger Solomon led the training titled, "Ukraine War: How EMDR is Helpful with Trauma and Grief" with more than 100 participants.  Read on to learn about the training and how funds raised will benefit organizations in Ukraine.

Registration is open for the 2023 Trauma Recovery Network Conference taking place April 21-22, 2023 in Garden Grove, California.   This two-day conference centered on the theme “Building Community Response and Recovery” is an opportunity for Trauma Recovery Network volunteers, EMDR therapists and mental health professionals to come together, in-person, to network, build community, and expand their skills and knowledge. View Speakers and Sessions Register Opportunities to Exhibit Opportunities to Sponsor Don't wait, register today!

Basic EMDR Training Scholarship Fund

We are excited to offer a new Scholarship Fund in 2023! The purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarships to master’s level (or higher) students that are interested in working in Community Mental Health. Trauma Recovery/HAP will award approximately twenty scholarships per calendar year. Students will receive scholarship funds via a voucher to be used for Trauma Recovery/HAP EMDR Basic Training. Read about our first group of scholarship recipients!

Call to Support Turkey In 1999, Trauma Recovery/HAP responded to the large earthquake in Turkey by organizing the first EMDR trainings in that country. The therapists we trained in EMDR were immediately able to offer EMDR treatment to the earthquake survivors and have built a strong EMDR community in Turkey. Now the unthinkable has occurred again. Read the Call for Support and learn how you can help.

Volunteer Recognition

Below is a list of those who have generously donated their time and expertise during the months of September, October, November and December 2022. Your willingness to give your time, energy and knowledge have made it possible for Trauma Recovery/HAP to continue to achieve our mission.

Stephen Beck Christine Bergman Jenny Bridges Leslie Brown Joanna Burke Andrea Cairella Sandra Carrier Nicole Castiglioni Jennifer Cecil Maranda Conner Elizabeth Downey Tim Eby-McKenzie Kathy Eichelberger Susan Engel Peggy Gale Liza Gianetto Richard Greete Martha Herb  Kyle Hood

Kelly Hurley  Erin Hwasta  Rhonda Kamai-Kekela Marlene Kenney Camille Larsen Candise Leininger Jason Linder Megan Loving Barbara Lutz Tabatha Maiorano Tara May Triona McMaster Reginald McRae Luna Medina-Wolf Scott Mentzer Daniel Mitchell Peggy Moore Ted Olejnik Linda Ouellette

John Paradiso Corrie Piper Merrill Powers Deborah Price Jesse Rappaport Gemma Rivera Kerry Rollins Dorinna Ruh Sadie Smith Kelly Stevenson Melinda Sullivan Jorge Torres-Saenz Timothy Vermillion Gretchen von Seggern Bethany Warren Yuchuan Yang

Congratulations and welcome to the following groups:

New Trainer Candidates: Lisa Battle-Gwathney Rhonda Kildea Reginald McRae

New Facilitators: Joanna Burke Sandra Carrier Tim Eby-McKenzie Jason Linder

New Facilitators in Training: Jeff DiNardo Elizabeth Downey Shaun Reeve Roy Tso Kimberley VonBaeyer Kate Yeutter

Thank you to the following international volunteers, working to spread and strengthen EMDR in different parts of the world:

Ms. Adithy Dushyant Bhadlikar Hvovi Bhagwatwar Wallapa Bunpromma Francisca Chiang Fr. Chilton Tripti Choudhary Vaid Pingkan Cynthia Yulia Direzkia Nathanael E.J. Sumampouw Deepak Gupta Vera Handojo Nam Hee Kim Seok Hyeon Kim Jae Hyun Kim Masaya Ichii Rahajeng Ikawahyu Indrawati (Ika) Shaheen Islam Tri Iswardani Sadatun Li Jianjun Kanokwan Jirathongkhamchote Syam K Ravindran

Mann Ka Fai Shamim Karim Payongsri Khanthikul Jun Ki Kim Akiko Kikuchi Daeho Kim Pamela Koh Connie Kristanto Fang Li Mahjabeen James Marid Kaewchinda Sushma Mehrotra Nithya Mohan Chitra Munshi Chintan Naik Janet Nathisinghe Ms. Nithya Ann Parichawan Nawanant Piyavhatkul Mrinalini Purandare RR. Rahajeng, Ika Rani Raote

Kruti Shah Karishma Shah Savla Supannee Siriapawiwat Atara Sivan Usha Srivastava Natanael Sumampouw Tri Swasono Hadi Khadija Tahir Parul Tank Sonali Tanksale Sombat Tapanya Usha V Srivastava Jackie Viemilawati Linda Wan-Koh Thanyalak Wanliang Indira Weerasinghe Matthew Woo Ma Xiangzhen Shekh Zadi Rezina Parvin Rusham Zahra Rana Jinsong Zhang

*If your name is not listed above and should be, please let us know. Our hope is to recognize all our volunteers for their hard work and dedication.

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