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Enhancing Trauma Treatment presents Arne Hofmann PhD. – EMDR Therapy for Depression

Research and clinical practice over the past years have shown that EMDR therapy offers promising results for patients with depression. This webinar will provide clinicians with the latest evidence and practical tools to apply EMDR effectively in their work.

Key topics include:

• Findings from randomized controlled trials confirming EMDR’s effectiveness in depression.
  
• The EMDR DeprEnd protocol – an evidence-based, step-by-step approach tailored to depressive patients.
  
  

Learning objectives

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Summarize the latest insights into EMDR therapy for depression.
   
2. Create treatment plans that incorporate compensation zones.
   
3. Apply the six steps of the EMDR DeprEnd protocol.
   
4. Use EMDR to process episode triggers, belief systems, and depressive states.
   
   

Evidence base

Nine randomized controlled trials and several meta-analyses have investigated EMDR therapy for depression. Results show EMDR is at least as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy, with recent evidence suggesting higher rates of full remission (Yan et al., 2022).

The webinar is intended for therapists who have completed the EMDR Basic Training.

You can find more information about refunds for your recording here.

Accreditation: None

Certificate: Yes

Presenters:

Arne Hofmann PhD. MD, is specialist for psychosomatic and internal medicine, founder of the EMDR-Institute Germany and one of the heads of an EMDR trauma hospital in Wesseling, Germany. He learned EMDR in 1991 from Francine Shapiro and is co-founding board member of EMDR Europe and a member of the German national guideline commission on the treatment of PTSD. He is teaching, researching and publishing in the field of psychological trauma, depression and has been teaching at the Universities of Cologne, Boston University and Peking University. In 2010 he co-founded the European EDEN research group that has up to now co-published 5 controlled studies that have shown that EMDR is highly effective in the treatment of depression. For his work has received several awards and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ad de Jongh, Ph.D., is a mental health psychologist and emeritus professor of Anxiety and Behaviour Disorders at the University of Amsterdam. He is also visiting professor of Northumbria University, honorary professor in psychology at the School of Health Sciences of Salford University in Manchester, at the Institute of Health and Society of the University of Worcester, and at the School of Psychology of Queen’s University in Belfast. He was involved in establishing the Psychotrauma Expertise Center (PSYTREC), where he is working at the research department. He is an expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders and involved in research on the efficacy of evidence-based trauma-focused treatments for a wide variety of patient groups, including children and adolescents, people with intellectual disabilities and other complex psychiatric conditions such as personality disorders and psychosis. He published more than 500 scientific articles, book chapters and books on his areas of expertise, is an approved trainer for the EMDR Europe association and former board member of the Dutch EMDR association and the EMDR Europe association.

Suzy Matthijssen PhD. is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She is Director of the PSYTREC Academy (Research and Training) and Director of the Enhancing Trauma Treatment Institute. She is a CBT Supervisor & Trainer as well as an EMDR Europe Supervisor & EMDR Europe Trainer. Suzy obtained her PhD on innovations in trauma treatment and has extensive experience providing training in EMDR 2.0, (intensive) PTSD treatments, and anxiety disorders. She conducts research and publishes on advances in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders. Suzy is the vice president of the Dutch EMDR association, is on the scientific committee of EMDR Europe, and is the former co-chair of the Council of Scholars; the Future of EMDR project.