Covid-19: information for therapists
The EMDR Association of the UK is the lead organisation for promoting the safe and effective use of EMDR therapy in the UK.
We recognise that in response to Covid-19 most psychological therapy, whether in the NHS or independently provided, needs for the foreseeable future to be done remotely, on either video call platform or telephone. This includes the provision of EMDR therapy.
This is the most important document for EMDR Therapists to download and read:
EMDR Association UK official guidance on online EMDR therapy (PDF)
Other useful information
Other useful information relating to Online EMDR Therapy
- ONLINE EMDR WEBINARS / INFO
- EMDR Association UK Free Webinar Series – subjects include Online EMDR Therapy and other EMDR related areas
- Handout from EMDR Association Online EMDR Webinar Mar 2020
- Handout from EMDR Association Online EMDR for Children & Adolescents Webinar Mar 2020
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- LATEST EMDR ASSOCIATION UK NEWS
- For the latest news including podcasts, presidents updates, academic articles and more follow the link below
- Latest EMDR Association UK News
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- INFORMATION ON SUPPORTING FRONTLINE WORKERS
- Consultants offering Pro Bono Supervision to NHS Clinicians supporting Frontline workers
- Evidence-based training & support curriculum for staff providing psychosocial support to frontline workers
- Responses to Traumatic Events and PTSD Therapies – Professor Neil Greenberg Interview
- Traumatic Stress Relief Website – supporting NHS Frontline colleagues remotely
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- COVID-19 RESOURCES
- Free 200 page e-book by M Luber – ‘EMDR Resources in the Era of Covid-19’
- EMDR Children’s workbook Coronavirus helping box.pdf
- Global Child EMDR Alliance
- EMDR Europe Guidance for Group Defusing with Butterfly Hug for Medical Staff
- EMDR Europe Guidelines for First Responders
- EMDR Europe Guidelines on how to communicate bad news over the telephone
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- RELEVANT RESEARCH & LITERATURE
- Spence et al (2013) Internet-delivered EMDR – an open trial
- Artigas & Jerero (2014) The Butterfly Hug Method for Bilateral Stimulation
- Jerero & Artigas (2015) The EMDR Protocol for Recent Critical Incidents (EMDR-PRECI) and Ongoing Traumatic Stress
- Moretta-Walters et al (2019) A Review of Mobile Applications for Facilitating EMDR Treatment of Complex Trauma and Its Comorbidities