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A-2405
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G-TEP: When Trauma Hits a Group

An EMDR Early Intervention in an Unpredictable World

This advanced EMDR specialty training will prepare you to work with a couple, a family, or a community who are in the midst of a traumatic episode or have recently endured shattering trauma. Exposure to traumatic stress generates symptoms that are disruptive to the normal flow of life, while processing the experience early on can prevent PTSD and even lead to post traumatic growth. G-TEP helps establish a sense of safety in the present moment and offers contained processing to relieve the acute stress, allowing clients to respond more adaptively to the inherent stressors of their situation. Through lectures, videos and supervised practice in small groups, you'll learn to integrate this powerful, creative, and evidence-based protocol into your clinical practice generating a ripple effect of healing and transformation for all.

EMDRIA CE credits only
No other CE credits are offered for this course
GTEP
Start date
Location
Online
Standard
Tuition
$200
Application fee
$0
$200
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Last Minute
Tuition
$220
Application fee
$0
$220
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Training Program Schedule
November 22, 2024: 10:00 am — 5:30 pm ET
Full Program Schedule
Location info

Online

Trainer / Trainers
Maria Masciandaro, Psy.D.
Mary Ray, LCSW
Training Coordinator
Loralee Bowen
admin@emdrtherapy.com
Continuing Education Credits
6
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G-TEP Expands the Reach of EMDR Early Intervention

G-TEP (Group Traumatic Episode Protocol) expands the reach of EMDR Early Intervention (EEI), especially when resources to treat large numbers of individuals following a traumatic episode are limited. Adapted from R-TEP (Recent Traumatic Events Protocol) developed for use with individuals, G-TEP makes it possible to treat everyone simultaneously for acute exposure to one or more traumatic experiences and ongoing traumatic stress. It can also be applied with individual clients who struggle with putting words to their experience or prefer not to share details.

G-TEP is considered guided self-help so any number of individuals can work simultaneously on a shared or discrete trauma. They process the trauma as they experienced it and in their own terms. 

G-TEP uses an art therapy format so clients represent their experience of the trauma episode visually with no verbal articulation of traumatic material. Thanks to simultaneous processing in a group format and visual-only representations of the trauma, G-TEP offers emotional safety as well as powerful benefits by:

  • Avoiding the potential of vicarious traumatization and shame-based exposure for clients
  • Sidestepping language issues with immigrants and refugees as well as with children, teens and anyone who struggles with expressive language
  • Accommodating diversity among group participants, so you can use it with different people in various settings
  • De-stigmatizing mental health services with groups whose culture may carry negative perceptions of therapy.  

What If EMDR Processing Is Not Possible Right Away?

G-REP (Group Resource Enhancement Protocol) is designed to provide relief and stability when internal and/or external resources for processing are limited. You'll learn how to use this extended resource-only intervention with all clients and groups. Adapted from G-TEP, G-REP was first developed by Dr. Maria Masciandaro to meet the needs of refugees from Ukraine whose situations were acute, ongoing, and unpredictable. You'll learn to use G-REP as an early intervention following a recent traumatic event to guide the individual or group to connect with their own inner resources, bolstering resilience and providing sufficient stability and relief until trauma processing becomes an option.

EMDRIA CE Credits Available: 6

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)

The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy is an EC Provider (#00017) and this program is pending approval for 6 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA Credits is limited to those who have completed an EMDR Basic EMDR Training.

EMDRIA CE credits only
No other  CE credits are offered for this course

Meet Your Trainers

Maria Masciandaro

Maria Masciandaro

Maria Masciandaro Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and EMDR therapy professional who specializes in treating recent trauma. She is among the first R-TEP trainers in the US who have been endorsed by the originators of this powerful protocol. She will be your lead trainer. Maria is also an EMDRIA Approved Consultant who mentors EMDR clinicians pursuing EMDRIA Certification as either an EMDR Therapist or Approved Consultant. She provides consultation to several organizations with focused trauma programs and is a faculty member at The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy.

Mary Ray

Mary Ray

Mary Ray, LCSW, trained in EMDR in 2000 with Francine Shapiro moving immediately into ongoing consultation and advanced training with Deany Laliotis. Mary treats recent trauma and applies EMDR as a comprehensive relational psychotherapy. Mary is an R-TEP trainer as well as EMDRIA Approved Consultant providing individual and group case consultation. She is a senior faculty member and R-EMDR Master Consultant at The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy.