Greetings reader

                             --Pliny the Elder

Reflecting on 2020, perhaps you feel as I do, that without Hope continuing a Mission, surmounting challenges created by the pandemic in pursuit of goals, staying focused and persevering would have been impossible.  Continuing HAP trainings seemed a dreadfully high hurdle as we cancelled roughly 43 onsite trainings in March 2020. 

With hope and a purpose to heal trauma shared by our staff, our faculty and our EMDR trained community, we launched virtual EMDR Basic training in June. By year’s end I am elated to report we will have completed 14 virtual Part 1 trainings and 19 virtual Part 2 trainings. By year’s end we will have trained 980 therapists in EMDR, about 434 in Part 1, and 546 in Part 2.  One hundred and sixty-nine of our faculty have volunteered to teach in a virtual training.  The response of our volunteers, without whom there would be no trainings, virtual or otherwise, and the response of mental health clinicians seeking EMDR training, has been enormously encouraging.

Looking forward to the months ahead, I can say without hesitation that Hope is one pillar holding up our HAP world, and helping us dream of a better future.  Trust in each other, and the elixir of a shared purpose to heal community trauma through EMDR will drive our efforts and sustain our hope.    

Wishing all our Trauma Recovery /HAP volunteers, supporters, and community of therapists, their loved ones, and clients, continued health and well-being and a Holiday Season filled with peace.

Trauma Recovery/HAP is delighted and grateful to welcome 19 clinicians entering into our Faculty Academy training programs in fourth quarter of 2020.

Increase your success with EMDR online or offline with practical tips from our faculty and training team.

International

Training in EMDR in the mid-90s, Dorothy Ashman, M.A., and Psychologist, never dreamed of teaching the therapy to others. Chance encounters, inspiring relationships and partnership with Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Programs produced extraordinary, life changing outcomes in Ethiopia over the last decade, beginning with the kids at Hope for Children Ethiopia.

The EMDR Asia team reports that India conducted their first virtual Basic Part 1 trainings earlier in the month and their first virtual Part 2 training November 18. Singapore will conduct their first virtual Part 2 training on November 26-28. Kudos to all involved in adapting to the virtual technology and executing these virtual trainings.