ETQ Spring 2025 edition
16 May, 2025
This is the Spring 2025 edition of ETQ, and the first with Dean Whybrow as Editor. Among other things, we have articles on the EMDR conference, clinical supervision, Coalesce, and EMDR and the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework.
Group supervision
Robin Logie presents the final addition to his long-running series on clinical supervision. This time, he shares his experience and practical insights regarding group-based supervision.
EMDR and the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework
Susannah Colbert argues that the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework (PTMF) is aligned to the AIP model and emphasises the importance of meaning-making, which draws upon community and cultural understandings of distress.
Why Therapists Are Not Delivering the EMDR Evidence Base and How to Put It Right
Command HQ (aka EMDR Conference Committee): “So, Matt, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to tell the EMDR community that they risk becoming redundant because they’re failing to deliver the evidence base to NICE research standards. Oh, and you’ll have to deliver this message at the EMDR UK Conference, at the end of a long first day – just before the boozy social.” Matt: “Mission accepted.” (cue theme music from Mission Impossible).
Complex Issues, Systemic Recovery: EMDR Therapy and Addiction
Radical Hope: Report and reflections on a presentation about EMDR and addictions delivered by Hope Payson at the EMDR UK Annual Conference 2025.
Understanding Generational Trauma and Black Identity Wounding
Jasminder Bahia shares a heartfelt reflection on Dr. Aileen Alleyne’s keynote presentation at the EMDR UK Annual Conference 2025, where she beautifully explored the intergenerational impact of trauma and the deep significance of Black identity wounding.
Let’s play with EMDR: The fundamentals of EMDR with children, adolescents and teens
Jennie Lonsdale writes: In true ‘working with children’ fashion, Annie and Ann began their talk by inviting the audience to stand and imagine themselves chopping and lifting wood. This set the tone for an energetic and engaging presentation covering the interplay between play therapy and EMDR.
Introducing Coalesce: your new membership dashboard
Kelly Ryan offers a helpful summary of the EMDR Association’s new unified digital ecosystem. This practice-based tool integrates various functions of the association under a single umbrella.
Scientific and Research Committee update
Here is the latest news from the Scientific and Research Committee.
Update from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
The EDI committee works hard on behalf of the Association members. Heena Chudasama provides an update on the latest activities.
EMDR Publications Database
Anthea Sutton shares the key points from the most recent EMDR publications database update.
Poster Presentations: EMDR UK Annual Conference 2025
This year’s conference showcased a diverse and impactful selection of poster presentations, reflecting the application of EMDR therapy across a wide range of settings and populations. Dr. Paul Greenall’s poster “Using EMDR to Treat Combat-Related Trauma: A Prison-Based Clinical Case Study” claimed the award for the best poster, and Paul was presented with a certificate at the conference.
A note from the Editor
A short editorial by Dean Whybrow summarising this edition to ETQ and other insights.