Light in the Heart of Darkness

Susan Rogers, Ph.D., has been actively involved in the treatment of war and trauma survivors since 1981 and has provided treatment and training in EMDR from Utah to Londonberry and Belfast, Northern Ireland; Cracow and Warsaw, Poland; and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina. She has also worked with the American National Red Cross in response to the 1995 Mississippi floods and tornados. She serves on the VA Emergency Response Team for Eastern Pennsylvania. Steven M. Silver, Ph.D., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who began working with trauma survivors in 1972. He is currently the Director of the inpatient Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Program of the VA Medical Center in Coatesville, PA. He has trained mental health professionals in EMDR in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Zagreb, Croatia; Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina; and in Oklahoma following the Oklahoma City bombing.

• The nature of war and terrorism trauma; case presentation; interview with an EMDR client; interview with an EMDR therapist; the therapist; overview of EMDR methodology; client history; client preparation; assessment; desensitization and blocked response; installation; body scan and closure; reevaluation and termination; recent and ongoing events; children; abreaction; grief and loss; guilt; anger; relief work; cross cultural issues; research.