Many of the East Asian countries had been organizing EMDR Therapy training from early years of 2000 and most were supported by EMDR Europe of Humanitarian Assistance Program of Europe. Their trainings are of high standards and they have some of their own trainers and consultants and some are in the process of training. Since 2014, during the 2nd EMDR Asia conference, EMDR Asia board decided to follow The Global Alliance recommended basic minimum standards of EMDR Training and to bring uniformity and set standards for the members of EMDR Asia. Therefore, EMDR Therapy part 1 training was organized by HIMSI Jaya, EMDR Association of Indonesia for 2 purposes:
- To try testing the EMDR Asia training standards, using the EMDR institute manual and its applicability in Indonesia.
- To help the local trainers and trainers in training to understand and seek supervision while using the training curriculum and methodology used.
Dr. Sushma Mehrotra supported the training.
The training team:
Trainers and consultants:
Training in progress:
EMDR Therapy Part 1 Training in Singapore, 30th August-2nd September 2019:
As part of standardizing EMDR training standards and to help local trainers and consultants in training, Part 1 training was held in Singapore, supported by Dr. Sushma Mehrotra of EMDR Association
The training team:
Trainers and consultants:
Ferney-Voltaire Training of Trainers, Traumatic Stress Relief (TSR) Training package for front-line, non-therapist personnel, 30th August-5th September 2019:
The Global Initiative for Stress and Trauma Treatment (GIST-T) was created in 2016 to help meet the challenges that trauma poses. A training of training-course was organized in Ferney-Voltaire, France from 30th August -5th September 2019.
Dr. Dushyant Bhadlikar from EMDR Association was invited to represent EMDR Asia.The program is named TSR- Traumatic Stress Relief . GIST-T proposes to train first-responder ; who will treat the trauma survivors in the community. prospective trainers representing many organisations working in the field of trauma were trained in an interactive style. Classroom teaching, research methodology , involving the community etc were also discussed.
EMDR Therapy Part 1 Training in Beijing China 5-8 December 2019:
EMDR China had invited Dr. Rosalie Thomas from Trauma Recovery/HAP, USA and Dr. Sushma Mehrotra from EMDR Association to help trainers in training and to conduct EMDR Therapy Part 1 training from 5-8 December 2019.
Due to language difficulty, there was an interpreter to translate the training from English to Mandarin.
Dr. Sushma Mehrotra during the training:
Dr. Rosalie Thomas in training:
The Participants:
EMDRIA 2019, 11-16 September 2019:
Dr. Sushma Mehrotra was invited to attend the
- Trainers meeting:
On 11 September 2019 EMDR Institute had organized a meeting for the trainers and facilitators to discuss the current views of including cultural adaptations, minor changes in 8 phases of the worksheets of the existing manual.
Board Meeting with Trauma Recovery/HAP:
Dr. Sushma Mehrotra was also invited to attend the board meeting of Trauma Recovery /HAP and her name was also proposed to become a board member. (Above) She attended several meetings, lectures, workshops and finally the memorial of Francine Shapiro. (Below)
Participating in Council of Scholars of EMDRIA:
Council of Scholars, a team of EMDR leaders, has been founded by EMDRIA during the 2019 international conference. Dr. Masaya Ichhi and Dr. Sushma were invited to become part of this think tank. This team has been divided into different working groups for the purpose to bring uniformity and to maintain the standards for the training and practices of EMDR Therapy Globally. Sushma Mehrotra is actively participating with the ongoing activities of the Training and Credentialing working group.
In discussion with Ricky Greenwald for the working Group meeting:
Making presentation on EMDR in Asia:
