EMDR Therapy and First Responders

First responders spend their careers working in and around their communities to protect the safety and welfare of citizens. They experience daily personal and professional exposure to traumatic incidents. Enter EMDR therapy and EMDR-certified therapists like Kate Pieper, MFT. She has spent most of her 30-year counseling career working with firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and police officers. Learn more about how EMDR therapy helps this population, what kind of education, experience, and cultural relevancy a therapist must have before treatment, and how EMDR helps first responders with their post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI). 

• Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement Officers: A Guide for Officers and Their Families by Kevin M. Gilmartin, Ph.D. 
• EMDR Therapy with First Responders, Go With That Magazine, December 2018 
• EMDR for First Responders and Protective Services Personnel  EMDRIA Online Community Special Interest Group
• Focal Point Blog
• EMDRIA Practice Resources
• EMDRIA Online EMDR Therapy Resources 
• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory lists more than 14,000 EMDR therapists.
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• EMDRIA Online Membership Communities for EMDR Therapists
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Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.