EMDR trainings for Bosnia-Herzegovina mental health workers resulted with child training in Sarajevo for 75 EMDR psychotherapists aftermath the 1992–1995 war (original) (raw)

European Psychiatry, 2016

Abstract

Objectives Bosnia-Herzegovina affected by war 1992-1995, children survived severe war traumatization together with adult war victims. The Humanitarian Assistance Programmes UK & Ireland (HAP) work in partnership with mental health professionals in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) from 2009, providing knowledge and expertise in the treatment of trauma, and specifically in the use of EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing). Aim In this way, we aim to build a body of qualified and experienced professionals who can help children and adolescents, not only for adults. Method Authors described educational process for healing childhood trauma with EMDR considering the history of idea and its realization through training levels. Results Joanne Morris-Smith was invited by the EMDR Association of Bosnia & Herzegovina to provide Child Training in Sarajevo for 75 participants drawn from the 3 cohorts who HAP UK & Ireland has already fully EMDR trained. Many of our trainees work with both chi...

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