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EMDR Europe Research & Practice Conference 2025
This is the first time that the beautiful and historic city of Prague is hosting the EMDR Europe annual conference, and we are very pleased to head for the second time to the Eastern part of Europe. However, we may wonder if this delimitation between East and West is still valid in a world as wide open as it is now, with the political union of European countries and with digital technologies.“EMDR beyond borders” will be the theme of this conference. This can be understood in many ways. EMDR has shown to be efficient for many disorders and is not simply a PTSD treatment. As a result, EMDR goes beyond the borders of PTSD therapy. With its extraordinary rapidity, EMDR has raised question as to its working mechanism and has pushed research beyond its borders to better understand the neurobiological processes at stake.
EMDR research and practice has allowed to elaborate a conceptualization of mental health issues based on trauma and adverse experiences, especially in childhood and adolescence. EMDR therapy is therefore on the front line in favor of a transdiagnostic approach to mental health pathologies. During this conference we will have prominent keynote speakers addressing this central topic in psychology and psychiatry. They will illustrate how EMDR therapy goes beyond the borders of mainstream psychotherapy and places trauma back to its central role, as it was stipulated over 125 years ago by Janet and the young Freud.
By recently expanding its membership to many countries in the Eastern part of Europe. EMDR Europe Association is showing its ability to go beyond the borders of history, culture and language. We acknowledge the universality of pain and the universality of possibilities that EMDR therapy offers across Europe and all around the globe with our partners in the EMDR Global Alliance – The International Society for EMDR Therapy (www.emdrglobal.org).
EMDR Europe is committed in supporting new National Associations to ensure the development of EMDR therapy and its training all over the European continent, for the good of suffering individuals, beyond any kind of borders.
Olivier Piedfort-Marin Ph.D.
President of EMDR Europe AssociationThe EMDR Europe Practice & Research Conference 2025 will be a hybrid event taking place in person at the Prague Congress Center in Czech Republic and also on a virtual platform.
The official language of the conference is English. The main track will be translated in Italian, Spanish, French and Polish. Some additional languages may be added at a later stage and will be communicated here.
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