EARLY INTERVENTION EMDR : RTEP & GTEP TRAINING

Background to the training: Elan Shapiro, a British and Israeli Psychologist and EMDR Institute Facilitator & Consultant, is internationally well-known in the EMDR world for his pioneering work on developing EMDR protocols effective for early trauma response. R-TEP - and its simplified application the G-TEP - are effective and very useful tools, that can be used, in part or whole, in everyday therapy practice. Note that the G-TEP can also be used for families, couples or even individually

in some circumstances, since it utilises a large worksheet format that enables drawing or writing responses. Both protocols have been developed for treating fresh trauma experiences, as well as ongoing traumatic stress following adverse life-changing experiences. Elan has already trained over 250 EMDR clinicians in Manchester, London, Newcastle and Wales during the last year.

Comments from evaluations of the last training in Wales, July 2018:

“Of 28 evaluations, 27 felt confident to go away and use the training”

“Well organised and delivered”

“Inspiring two days”

“Good balance of theory, and practice, really well facilitated”

This conference is first and foremost a training event to equip participants with cutting edge EMDR protocols for recent trauma. However, there will also be the opportunity to become part of the recently established Trauma Response Network UK (TRN): https://www.traumaresponsenetwork.org.

The TRN has been set up in response to the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell fire, which highlighted a need in the UK for an emergency mass trauma response network. The TRN is modelled on a very similar trauma response network that has been operating in the USA for many years. The R-TEP and G-TEP protocols are key to the TRN’s trauma treatment, as they aim to arm clinicians with the tools needed to deal with the psychological impact of mass trauma events.