In partnership with the EMDR Association, the charity Trauma Response Network has 300 volunteer EMDR therapists offering free therapy online in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. NHS and key workers are being prioritised, but it is open to anyone severely traumatised by the pandemic.  Sean Gardner, a businessman caught up in the Manchester Arena bombing founded Trauma Response Network together with EMDR therapists, to provide ‘mental health first aid’ in the aftermath of a mass trauma event. There are links to Manchester Evening News who covered the story below and a clip from Sky News.

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A woman describes how EMDR helped her on the road to recovery from PTSD caused by the violence she suffered as a very young child growing up in the Ukraine.

A Canadian journalist describes how effective she found EMDR for the issues she was dealing with, and gives some background to the therapy.

Medical TV series ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ takes EMDR as a storyline: the writer and producer gives an interview to explain why.

A programme about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on Radio 4’s You and Yours highlights that EMDR is a first line treatment and includes several calls from listeners who benefited from the therapy.

Experimental musician Nina Keith’s debut album was inspired by her experience of EMDR therapy:

A new video is launched about EMDR Therapy by the EMDR International Association. A great introduction to the what and why of this amazing therapy.

A woman trapped in the doors of a train travelling at high speed, recovered from the lasting trauma of this experience with EMDR. Read her story in The Guardian:

A woman suffering from PTSD following the birth of her baby was able to recover with the help of EMDR

Article in the Guardian about mental health support for homeless people which mentions EMDR.