Amann, Benedikt L, MD, PhD
specialized in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. During his training, he initiated scientific projects on bipolar disorder and received grant funding from the Stanley Medical Research Centre. As a research assistant, he spent 1 year each in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Neurology in London, UK, and in the Bipolar Disorders Unit of Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain. In 2006, he was contracted as the principal investigator for the Ministry of Health in Spain and was named member of the CIBERSAM, the most relevant scientific network to study mental diseases in Spain. Since then, he has been working at the FIDMAG Research Foundation Germanes Hospitalàries, in Barcelona, Spain, with a scientific focus on neuroimaging, clinical studies about mental disorders, and the comorbidity of trauma and severe mental illness. As an EMDR clinician, he founded the Barcelona EMDR Research Group and initiated basic and clinical research on EMDR. He is a member of the Spanish and European EMDR Scientific Committees, author of more than 80 scientific articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and lectures regularly at national and international congresses. In 2015, the EMDR Europe Association presented him with the Francine Shapiro Award.
Batalla, Roser, PsyD
is a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant in Barcelona, Spain. She has undergone training in Brainspotting, brief strategic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), EMDR, and neuro-linguistic programming and rhythmic movement therapy and special training for emergencies, catastrophes, and grief work. She works with infants, children, and adults. She is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Begum, Millia, MD
is a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service (NHS) Lanarkshire in the West of Scotland region. She is also an EMDR Europe–approved consultant. She has a keen interest in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. She has worked collaboratively with Therese McGoldrick over the years, publishing research papers and promoting EMDR through joint presentations on various trauma-related topics. She has published with other colleagues in peer-reviewed journals, the most recent being a systematic review of the world literature on Olfactory Reference Syndrome.
Blanch, Vicky, PsyD
is licensed in clinical psychology. She is an EMDR facilitator and consultant and she is trained in neuropsychology, hypnosis, brief strategic therapy, and sensorimotor therapy. She has participated in various research projects concerning EMDR and is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Böhm, Karsten, D Phil, Dipl Psych
is a consultant in EMDR and CBT; EMDR facilitator; and specialist in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and PTSD psychotherapy. He is a member of the German EMDRIA board and also of the German National Guideline Commission on the treatment of OCD. He lectures on psychotherapy for the EMDR Institute Germany, for Institutes for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (in Stuttgart and Basel, Switzerland), for medical councils, and for different congresses (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde [DGPPN] Congress Berlin, etc.). He has published a number of articles, chapters, and working materials on the use of EMDR with OCD patients. From 2003 to 2009, he worked as a clinical and ward psychologist at the University Hospital of Freiburg. Currently, he is working as a lead psychologist in Klinik Friedenweiler of Friedenweiler in the Black Forest, Germany.
Brown, Keith, MB, ChB, MRCGP, FRCPsych, FRCPE
is an honorary professor at Stirling University and a retired consultant psychiatrist. He cofounded and was codirector of the first trauma clinic in Scotland that specialized in the use of EMDR. He has coauthored a number of research papers on EMDR, PTSD, and body dysmorphic disorder. He has served on a number of government advisory bodies related to psychological trauma. He was the chairman of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN), a member of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), and sat on the advisory board of the British National Formulary (BNF).
Capellades, Dolors, PsyD
is licensed in clinical psychology and is an EMDR practitioner. She has undergone training in Brainspotting, brief strategic therapy, CBT, EMDR, and neuro-linguistic programming. For 20 years, she has worked in a private practice focusing on PTSD, attachment disorders, psychosomatic disorders, severe mental disorders, and personality disorders. She is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Carvajal, Maria José, PsyD
is licensed in clinical psychology and is an EMDR facilitator and consultant. She has undergone training in brief strategic therapy, EMDR, and neuro-linguistic programming. She currently works in the Stress Traumatic Institute in Barcelona, Spain, and is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Divitiis, Anna Maria De, PsyD
is a clinical psychologist, EMDR facilitator, and approved consultant. She is cofounder of the Italian EMDR Association (Associazione per l’EMDR in Italia) and was on its board of directors for 10 years. She has worked for 26 years as a lead psychologist at Family Planning Centers (NHS) and has conducted Childbirth Preparation Courses with expectant women. She is a trainer of trainers of Childbirth Preparation Course in a number of professional training institutes. She teaches psychotraumatology, attachment theory and psychotherapy, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at the A.T. Beck Institute in Caserta (Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Training Centre). She has taught critical incident stress intervention at the Civil Defense Center in Naples. She has presented several papers and has published articles on EMDR and drug addiction intervention and the prevention of birth trauma and postpartum depression. She has participated in humanitarian projects through the Italian EMDR Association.
Jongh, Ad de, PhD
is both a clinical psychologist and a dentist. He is a professor of anxiety and behavior disorders at the Behavioural Science Department of the Academic Centre for Dentistry (ACTA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a collaboration of the University of Amsterdam and Vrije University. He is also an honorary professor at the School of Health Sciences of Salford University in Manchester, UK. He is involved in research investigating the efficacy of evidence-based treatments for the consequences of traumatic events in a variety of target populations, including children, people with intellectual disabilities, and people with complex psychiatric conditions, including psychosis and schizophrenia. He has (co-)authored more than 250 scientific articles and book chapters on anxiety disorders, and their treatment, as well as 5 books, and provides lectures and courses in his field of expertise, both in the Netherlands and abroad. He is an EMDR Europe–accredited trainer. In 2011, he received the outstanding EMDR Research Award from the EMDR International Association.
Ebner, Franz, MD
is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He is a senior trainer and supervisor in the German EMDR Institute with Arne Hofmann and, since 2000, he has conducted trainings in German-speaking countries, China, and Slovakia. He started as an EMDR facilitator in 1995. From 1998 until 2008, he was the head of one of the first inpatient trauma programs in a psychiatric hospital (Klinik Hohe Mark) in Oberursel, near Frankfurt, Germany. He has published articles and chapters in two books on EMDR. Currently, he treats trauma patients in the outpatient department for a clinic in Frankfurt and has a private practice.
Isabel, Fernández, PsyD
is a clinical psychologist. She is trained in CBT and is a member of the faculty of the Italian School of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. She has worked as a consultant psychologist for the psychiatric ward of Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy, conducting clinical research projects. Currently, she is the director of the Psychotraumatology Research Center of Milan and has published various articles and books on trauma and EMDR. She is an EMDR Europe–approved trainer, chairman of the Italian Association of EMDR, and EMDR Europe president. She belongs to the board of directors of the Italian Federation of Scientific Psychological Societies. She has directed and organized emergency psychology interventions in natural and incidental disasters and has worked in cooperation with civil defense and firefighters for debriefing and psychological support concerning the stress of emergency workers. She trains psychology graduates, postgraduates, and clinicians on trauma, EMDR, and crisis interventions.
Francisca, García, PsyD
is a clinical psychologist and EMDR trainer. Her specialties are in health, sexology, and sophrology. In 2001, Francisca was a founding member of the Spanish EMDR Association, but her active clinical experience with EMDR dates back to 1998. She is the president of the Spanish EMDR Association and Institute, dedicated to the organization of EMDR trainings and investigation of EMDR. In collaboration with EMDR Italy, she has trained more than 400 Cuban psychologists. She has participated in numerous research projects, and lectures in the fields of education and clinical psychology.
Hase, Michael, MD
is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, EMDR senior trainer, and EMDR consultant. He is head of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Diana Klinik Bad Bevensen, Germany. From 2007 to 2009, he was head of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Reha-Centrum Hamburg (former Reha-Zentrum Berliner Tor). From 1986 to 1987, he served as a physician with the Bundeswehr (Federal German Army). He studied neurology and psychiatry until 1992 and worked as a consultant at Lueneburg Psychiatric Hospital until 2007. During that time, he also did research on EMDR in the treatment of addiction. He is a registered specialist in psychotraumatherapy and lecturer at the Training Institute for Psychotherapy in Lueneburg, Germany, and at various institutes in Europe. Since 2011, Dr. Hase has been the president of EMDRIA Deutschland. In 2015, he founded the Lueneburg Center of Stress Medicine. His current research focuses on EMDR for the treatment of depression, National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) ear acupuncture, and burnout.
Hofmann, Arne, MD
is a specialist in psychosomatic and internal medicine. He is a senior trainer and is a trainers’ trainer in Europe. He introduced EMDR into the German-speaking countries of Europe after a 1991 residency at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, where he learned about EMDR, and went on to head the German EMDR Institute. In 1994, he started the first inpatient trauma program in a psychiatric hospital near Frankfurt, Germany. Later, at the university of Cologne, he assisted in developing aftercare programs subsequent to mass disaster events, such as the 1998 train catastrophe in Eschede, the 2002 school shooting in Erfurt, and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. He is a founding board member of the German-speaking Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (DeGPT) and EMDR Europe. He also is a member of a German National Guideline Commission on the treatment of PTSD and acute stress disorder. He has published a number of articles, one book on EMDR, and coedited three other books on trauma and EMDR. He has been teaching at the universities of Cologne, Witten-Herdecke, and Peking, and lectures internationally. He received the Ron Martinez Award from the EMDR International Association in 2003 and the first David Servan Schreiber Award of the EMDR Europe Association in 2013.
Horst, Ferdinand, MSc
is a licensed clinical psychologist and accredited practitioner in EMDR. He is combining clinical practice, research, and management in the Department of Psychiatry at St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands. His specialties are the assessment and treatment of complex (neuro)psychiatric disorders, PTSS, panic disorder, anxiety, and depression.
Lehnung, Maria, PhD
is a researcher who works and publishes in the field of brain trauma and developmental issues. She is also a clinical psychologist, working in private practice. She is an EMDR consultant and facilitator. She is involved in recent research on EMDR and depression and has coauthored a number of recent articles and a book on EMDR. She has been teaching at the University of Kiel, Germany.
Liebermann, Peter, MD
is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He is a senior trainer in Europe. He is a founding board member of the German-speaking Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (DeGPT) and EMDRIA Germany and served as president from 2005 to 2012. Since 2011, he has been the treasurer of EMDR Europe. He also is a member of a German National Guideline Commission on the treatment of PTSD. He has published a number of articles on EMDR and on the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Logie, Robin, MD
is a clinical psychologist in private practice. He is an EMDR Europe consultant and facilitator. He is a member of the board of EMDR Association UK and Ireland and was president of the association for 3 years. Dr. Logie’s particular interests include the use of EMDR with OCD, the Flashforward Procedure, and applications of attachment theory. He is extensively involved in EMDR supervision of individuals and groups and contributes to consultants’ training in the United Kingdom, as well as running workshops on supervision for EMDR consultants.
Lupo, Walter, MD
is licensed in clinical psychology and is an EMDR consultant and facilitator. He is one of the founding members of the Clínica Logos in Barcelona and team coordinator of the Psychiatry and Psychology Stress and Functional Medicine Institute Ignacio Umbert, Corachán Clinic, in Barcelona. He is a tutor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Central University, Barcelona. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Spanish EMDR Association, has participated in various EMDR research projects, and is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Marquis, Priscilla, MD
is a clinical psychologist and has been practicing EMDR since 1990. She has trained individuals in EMDR around the world in places such as Nicaragua, Bangladesh, and in underserved communities in the United States. She is an EMDRIA-certified consultant. She has published research on the treatment of PTSD with EMDR as part of the Kaiser Permanente Health Maintenance Organization study. She is Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Certified and has been working on OCD and its spectrum disorders since 1996. She has specialized in anxiety disorders since that time. She was the Anxiety Team leader at Kaiser San Francisco from 1997 to 2005. Dr. Marquis currently works as a neuropsychologist and leader of the OCD Spectrum Disorders treatment group at Kaiser San Francisco. She also works in private practice as a consultant and practitioner of EMDR.
McGoldrick, Therese, BA
is the head of Behavioural Psychotherapy and the Trauma Service with NHS Forth Valley in Central Scotland and an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Stirling. She is an EMDR Europe consultant, an EMDR Institute–approved facilitator, a previous member of the EMDR UK and Ireland Board, and current member of the editorial board of the EMDR Journal of Practice and Research. She has a keen interest in research and has coauthored a number of papers published in peer-reviewed journals; in 2003, she received the EMDRIA award for outstanding contribution to research in EMDR. She has presented at national and international conferences on her work and has also been part of humanitarian assistance programs in Bangladesh, Turkey, and Northern Ireland. She sits on the Scottish Trauma Advisory Group (STAG), which advises the Scottish government on trauma-related issues.
Ostacoli, Luca, MD
specializes in psychiatry and is an EMDR consultant of the Italian EMDR Association. He is a researcher and teacher at Turin University in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Since 2001, he has been the head of the University Service of Psychosomatics and Mood Disorders at San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano (Turin). He applies EMDR Therapy in patients who are medically ill and in those suffering from mood, borderline, and psychotic disorders. After the earthquake in Emilia (Italy), he participated in the crisis intervention response, conducting EMDR groups for adults and integrating the group format with individual EMDR, as needed. Furthermore, he has been part of the response team after other acute traumas in the community setting.
Ponte, Marian, MD
has a degree in psychology from the University in Barcelona, Spain, and has had specialty training in sexuality, at the University of Valencia, Spain. She has worked in the areas of mental health and psychology interventions with immigrants and gives lectures in trauma centers and in universities on sexuality, psychology, trauma, and EMDR, with a focus on physically abused women. She has co-organized EMDR courses in Spain, is a clinical facilitator and supervisor of EMDR, and has participated in various research projects concerning EMDR.
Rost, Christine, MD
is a medical doctor with a specialization in gynecology, obstetrics, and psychotherapy. She is an EMDR trainer with the EMDR Institute Germany. Since 1998, she has had a private practice in Frankfurt/Main as a psychotherapist. She specializes in psychotrauma and EMDR.
Sánchez, Maria José, PsyD
is licensed in clinical psychology. She is an EMDR facilitator and consultant. She has undergone training in Brainspotting, brief strategic therapy, hypnosis, gestalt therapy, and neuro-linguistic programming. She has participated in various research projects concerning EMDR and is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Sanfiz, Jesús, MD
is a licensed clinical psychologist in Barcelona, Spain, and an EMDR Europe–accredited consultant. His special interests include crisis intervention, the treatment of complex PTSD and PTSD following military trauma, and terrorist attacks. He was involved in humanitarian projects in Africa and Europe. He is cofounder and director of the Stress Traumatic Institute in Barcelona, Spain. He is a member of the Barcelona EMDR Research group.
Santed, Antonia, PsyD
is licensed in clinical psychology and is an EMDR facilitator and consultant. She has trained in brief strategic therapy (master level) and has a postgraduate diploma in clinical hypnosis. Currently, she is the director of the Adala Psychological Center and the Barcelona Trauma Institute. Furthermore, she has participated and coordinated various research projects on EMDR.
Sprowls, Christie, PsyD
is a psychologist, executive, and personal and work–life balance coach, and has been in independent practice in Austin, Texas, for more than 25 years. Dr. Sprowls is an EMDR trainer affiliated with both the EMDR Institute and the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program. She has been presented with two Humanitarian Assistance Awards from the EMDR Institute for her service in disaster sites abroad. Dr. Sprowls travels internationally, speaking, training, and conducting workshops.
Tumani, Visal, MD
is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with a specialty in trauma (DeGPT). She is running and supervising a special outpatient unit at the University Hospital of Ulm for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy for patients with PTSD.