Seeking New Chair for EMDR & Medical Illness SIG

EMDRIA is looking for a new Chair for the EMDR & Medical Illness Special Interest Group.  In order to be the chair, you must:

1. Be a Member of EMDRIA
2. Be the leader of the SIG, including ensuring that the SIG meets EMDRIA’s SIG Guidelines
3. Must serve as the point of contact for people interested in joining the SIG, or assign someone else as the contact
4. Complete additional leadership tasks as needed

If you are interested in becoming the new Chair for hte EMDR & Medical Illness SIG, please contact Whitney Hanson.

Spread the Word About EMDR In Your Community

At EMDRIA we strive to spread the word that EMDR is an effective, evidence-based therapy, but one of the most effective means of accomplishing this goal is for our members to speak out on a local level.

Many of our members have taken the initiative to reach out to local reporters and news outlets to explain EMDR, discuss relevant local EMDR news and explain how national EMDR news relates to their community. By doing so, they not only spread knowledge of EMDR, but they also promote their practice and offer an effective methodology to local citizens that suffer from trauma.

A great example of this is a recent article in The Advocate which serves Berkshire and Bennington Counties, MA in which Valerie Sheehan, LICSW was interviewed. Read the article here.

Please consider contacting news outlets in your area to explain EMDR, announce the opening of a new clinic, or discuss EMDR as it relates to a local event.

New EMDRIA Website — We Want Your Input!

EMDRIA is in the process of developing a new website! If you attended the general membership meeting at the 2009 EMDRIA Conference last month then you witnessed a sneak peek of the site!

We would love to have your input as we continue to develop the site. Please leave comments below regarding how we can make the EMDRIA website more functional and user-friendly!

EMDR for GEORGIA VETERANS – Seeking EMDR Therapists

by Dave MacDonald, LCSW & EMDRIA Member

The Georgia Veteran Trauma Project is a web-based registry of EMDR therapists
who have agreed to provide pro-bono and sliding-scale EMDR to veterans returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We are seeking LII / Weekend II trained EMDR clinicians who are based in Georgia and who would be willing to commit a few hours each month to help heal the emotional wounds of these men and women returning home from war.

This effort is sponsored by the Training and Counseling Center at St. Lukes in Atlanta, Ga – (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit organization)

For more information you may visit our website at:
http://www.georgiaveterantraumaproject.org

or contact Dave MacDonald, LCSW  at 404.524.5005

Share Your EMDR Photos!

EMDRIA is looking for EMDR and EMDRIA Conference related photographs from the past 20 years to be used as part of our 20th Anniversary of EMDR celebration at this year’s conference in Atlanta!

Do you have photos that you would like to share with EMDRIA and your EMDR peers? Please email all photos to Shira Kundinger at skundinger@emdria.org by July 31st for inclusion! Any photos will be greatly appreciated!

Please be aware that by submitting your photos you are consenting for the photos to be used by EMDRIA,  both at the EMDRIA Conference and on the EMDRIA website.