EMDR Therapy on Children and Adolescents I.
Tracks
South Hall 3 (A + B) | Room 3
| Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Speaker
Mrs. Renée Beer
Clinical Psychologist
Vereniging Emdr Nederland
EMDR in Ukraine for children and adolescents: international project
10:30 - 11:30Abstract
Authors
Renée Beer1,
Elisa Pfeiffer 2,
Sergey Kosov3,
Anna Rita Verardo4,
Peter Niederhuber4,
Olya Zaporozhets5,
Olga Uralova6,
Isabel Fernandez7
1Private Practice, Gaasterlandstraat 24, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Levelingstraße 7, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
3Private Practice, Mariupol, Ukraine
4C&A trainers from Italy and Germany
5Regent University, 1000 Regent University, CRB 213, Virginia Beach, VA 23464
6EMDR Ukraine
7EMDR Europe
Background and Aims
EMDR is disseminated in Ukraine through an international project involving collaborations on several levels. C&A trainers and consultants from three countries trained Ukrainian C&A therapists online or onsite. Pre- and post-measurements of treated children and adolescents are analyzed. This project builds on a project on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), initiated to explore the efficacy and feasibility of implementing evidence-based trauma treatments in a war-affected country. As EMDR is also an evidence-based treatment, the focus was broadened. This project's results will indicate the potential efficacy of EMDR in these challenging conditions.
Methods
Children were screened for PTSD before and after EMDR therapy with the CATS-2. Prof. Dr.Elisa Pfeiffer and her team facilitated and coordinated data collection and analysis.
Results
Data analysis starts in March 2025, the results will be published in collaboration with the Ulm University team. A hybrid combination of one onsite and two virtual presentations will highlight outcome data and challenges that trainers, consultants, and therapists face in these circumstances.
Conclusions
Initial data will (hopefully) confirm that individual EMDR therapy can be effective for children and adolescents in ongoing war situations and that clinicians can be trained. Lessons learned from this project will be shared for future implementations.
Learning objectives
1) Understand the rationale and context of this project
2) Evaluate the efficacy of EMDR for C&A in a war-torn country
3) Comprehend challenges clinicians and clients face doing EMDR in these conditions
References
1) Pfeiffer, E., Beer, R., Birgersson, A., Cabrera, N., Cohen, J. A., Deblinger, E., ... & Klymchuk, V. (2023). Implementation of an evidence-based trauma-focused treatment for traumatised children and their families
during the war in Ukraine: a project description. European journal of psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2207422.
Renée Beer1,
Elisa Pfeiffer 2,
Sergey Kosov3,
Anna Rita Verardo4,
Peter Niederhuber4,
Olya Zaporozhets5,
Olga Uralova6,
Isabel Fernandez7
1Private Practice, Gaasterlandstraat 24, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Levelingstraße 7, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
3Private Practice, Mariupol, Ukraine
4C&A trainers from Italy and Germany
5Regent University, 1000 Regent University, CRB 213, Virginia Beach, VA 23464
6EMDR Ukraine
7EMDR Europe
Background and Aims
EMDR is disseminated in Ukraine through an international project involving collaborations on several levels. C&A trainers and consultants from three countries trained Ukrainian C&A therapists online or onsite. Pre- and post-measurements of treated children and adolescents are analyzed. This project builds on a project on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), initiated to explore the efficacy and feasibility of implementing evidence-based trauma treatments in a war-affected country. As EMDR is also an evidence-based treatment, the focus was broadened. This project's results will indicate the potential efficacy of EMDR in these challenging conditions.
Methods
Children were screened for PTSD before and after EMDR therapy with the CATS-2. Prof. Dr.Elisa Pfeiffer and her team facilitated and coordinated data collection and analysis.
Results
Data analysis starts in March 2025, the results will be published in collaboration with the Ulm University team. A hybrid combination of one onsite and two virtual presentations will highlight outcome data and challenges that trainers, consultants, and therapists face in these circumstances.
Conclusions
Initial data will (hopefully) confirm that individual EMDR therapy can be effective for children and adolescents in ongoing war situations and that clinicians can be trained. Lessons learned from this project will be shared for future implementations.
Learning objectives
1) Understand the rationale and context of this project
2) Evaluate the efficacy of EMDR for C&A in a war-torn country
3) Comprehend challenges clinicians and clients face doing EMDR in these conditions
References
1) Pfeiffer, E., Beer, R., Birgersson, A., Cabrera, N., Cohen, J. A., Deblinger, E., ... & Klymchuk, V. (2023). Implementation of an evidence-based trauma-focused treatment for traumatised children and their families
during the war in Ukraine: a project description. European journal of psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2207422.
