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Georgia TRN® Members Lead Community Healing Following School Shooting
The devastating impact of school shootings continues to shake communities across the country. When tragedy strikes, the emotional and psychological toll on individuals and communities can be overwhelming. Earlier this year, the Atlanta TRN and the Athens Area TRN came together in response to a school shooting in Winder, Georgia. By joining forces, the two networks were able to provide much needed trauma therapy services in the community, helping jump start the often difficult process of recovery. Read more.
TRN® Growth
Over the past few months, we have experienced amazing growth across our Trauma Recovery Network. We have welcomed over 140 new volunteer members since July 2024 to our TRNs, as well as established several new networks.
Let's give a warm welcome to the following newly formed TRNs:
- TRN of Alaska
- Southwest Ontario TRN
- Southwest Ohio TRN
- North Carolina TRN (developing)
- TRN of Maine (developing)
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Raising Support for the 2025 Scholarship Fund
This year end, we're focusing our efforts on bolstering funds available to provide EMDR Basic training scholarships to community mental health graduate students through our Scholarship Fund. Since establishing the Scholarship Fund in 2022, we have supported 40 graduate students in their journey to become expertly trained EMDR therapists.
In 2025, we're aiming to provide another 20 graduate students with scholarships, and for the very first time, cover the additional training expenses for continuing education credits, materials, and consultation.
We're so grateful for the support received on Giving Tuesday (over $5,000 raised) and since then we've raised over 50% of our goal. A huge thank you to all our donors! If you'd like to support us in reaching our $30,000 goal before the year ends, you can make a donation here.
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HAP Volunteer Recognition Awards
On Saturday, August 24th, 2024, during the HAP® Conference, we hosted the HAP Dance & Volunteer Recognition Night to celebrate and honor our incredible volunteer community. The evening was dedicated to recognizing several exceptional individuals who have meaningfully impacted trauma healing through their service. We'd like to congratulate all the award recipients again on their well-deserved recognition!
View the list of award recipients and what they had to share.
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Marilyn Luber (left) awarded the International World Changer Award and Robbie Dunton (right) awarded the first ever Founder's Award. | |
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The Annual HAP® Conference
The 2024 HAP® Conference was held August 24-26 in Philadelphia, PA. With an incredible line up of speakers over three days, including keynotes Ana Gomez and Robbie Dunton, plus over 150 attendees, the event was a great success. Read more about the 2024 conference in our recap.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2025 HAP® Conference taking place in Denver, CO from August 14-16, 2025! This is an event you don't want to miss. This annual conference is your chance to engage with the global EMDR community in a collaborative setting to advance the mission of worldwide healing.
The 2025 Call for Presentations is currently open and runs through Saturday, February 8, 2025.
Learn more.
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HAPpy to Introduce our Newest Staff Member | |
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Join us in welcoming Samara Hossain, Communications and Development Coordinator!
Samara joined the Trauma Recovery/HAP team as the Communications and Development Coordinator in October 2024. In this role, she manages various communication and fundraising initiatives that further the organization’s mission and goals. With a focus on strategic marketing and outreach, Samara works to raise awareness, engage stakeholders, and promote the impactful programs offered by Trauma Recovery/HAP.
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We also express our gratitude to Elaine Howard, who will be retiring at the end of the year after 17 years with Trauma Recovery/HAP.
While it's difficult for all of us at Trauma Recovery/HAP to image carrying on without Elaine, we are excited for her to take on her next, and one of the most important roles of her life, Grammy.
Elaine has been the rock, the glue, and the consistent face of HAP for nearly two decades. We are going to miss her tremendously. Elaine has requested a quiet ride into the sunset; however I would like to encourage anyone to reach out and send her a private message or to fill out a message on Elaine's retirement message board.
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Below is a list of those who have generously donated their time and expertise between the months of March - November 2024.
Your willingness to give your time, energy and knowledge have made it possible for Trauma Recovery/HAP to continue to achieve our mission.
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Marcia Holland
Kyle Hood
Kelly Hurley
Rhonda Kamai-Kekela
Rhonda Kildea
Camille Larsen
Jason Linder
Megan Loving
Barbara Lutz
Scott MacGregor
Kim Mann
Jennifer Marchand
Kyndel Marcroft
Christine Mark-Griffin
Tara May
Triona McMaster
Stacy Eggsware
Kathy Eichelberger
Holly Forman-Patel
Jonna Fries
Laurie Furman
Dorinna Ruh
Susana Russ
Clarice Ruttenber
Kimberley Salamone
Larry Shrier
Bethany Warren
Jessica Whitaker
Yuchuan Yang
Sherry Yam
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Monica McNeeley
Reginald McRae
Luna Medina-Wolf
Scott Mentzer
Fartun Mohamud
Alfredo Munoz
Katy Murray
Janelle Nimer
Ted Olejnik
Sarah Osborne
Linda Ouellette
John Paradiso
Debra Payne
Kathleen Phelps
Corrie Piper
Merrill Powers
Deborah Price
Megan Quigley
Jesse Rappaport
Gemma Rivera
Luke Robbins
Kerry Rollins
Sherri Ruggiero
Jill Strunk
Bernadette Talia
Jorge Torres-Saenz
Timothy Vermillion
Benjamin von Ende
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Congratulations and welcome to the following groups: | |
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New Facilitators in Training:
Bonita Ashe
Trista Carras
Fabiola Ekleberry
John Goldman
Bettina Hodel
Kimberly Hubeck
Abby Jenssen
Angela Keller
Joe Klemz
Stacey Lanier
Michel Long
Leilani Mason
Megan Quigley
Sherri Ruggiero
Amanda Uhrig
Hope Ustanowski
Nikki Yardy
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New Part 1 Facilitators:
Bonita Ashe
Jess Converse
Janelle Nimer
Sherry Yam
New Facilitators:
Robin Arnett
Tamara Clemons
Sara DeBoer
Scott MacGregor
Kim Mann
Christine Mark-Griffin
Monica McNeeley
Luke Robbins
Benjamin von Ende
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New Part 1 Trainers:
Maranda Conner
Martha Herb
Kelly Stevenson
New Trainer:
Lisa Battle-Gwathney
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Thank you to the following international volunteers, working to spread and strengthen EMDR in different parts of the world: | |
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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
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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
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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
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*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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