EMDR Trainers - EMDR Institute, Inc.

Maria Elena Adúriz, Psychologist, is a Clinical Psychologist from Buenos Aires-Argentina. She specializes in treating Children, Adolescent and Families, and works with assessment and treatment of Anxiety Disorders, ADD, Attachment Disorders, PTSD and Catastrophe Intervention using EMDR. She is dedicated to working, teaching and writing about intervention in childhood trauma. Since it is creation, she has been President of “EMDR-Humanitarian Assistance Program” in Argentina, directing field work, research and teaching in catastrophe and mass trauma She is a certified trainer of trainers by the EMDR Institute, and part of the EMDR - Ibero American team.
Lucina Artigas, MA, MT, is an EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers, EMDRIA and EMDR-Iberoamerica Approved Consultant, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of EMDR Mexico, AMAMECRISIS and International Center of Psychotraumatology. In 2000 she received the EMDRIA Creative Innovation Award for the Butterfly Hug, and in 2007 she received the EMDR-Iberoamerica Francine Shapiro Award. She is a trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and Green Cross Academy of Trauma. She is co-author of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol that has been applied successfully with disaster survivors worldwide. She has presented workshops and has published articles on EMDR, Crisis Intervention and Compassion Fatigue. Since 1997 she has been involved in humanitarian projects in Latinamerica and Europe.
Ligia Barascout de Piedra Santa, Psychologist, is a Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist from Guatemala, Central America, who maintains a private practice in Guatemala City. She specializes in treating PTSD with children, adolescents and adults. She uses EMDR to treat sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, kidnapping, physical pain, torture and war issues. Since 1997, she has presented EMDR trainings in 10 different countries in Latin America. At the present time, she is coordinating and giving EMDR trainings in Central America and Panama. She is a Certified Trainer of Trainers by the EMDR Institute and an active member of the EMDR-Iberoamerica Team.
Sigmund Burzynski, Psychologist, is in private practice in Geelong, Australia. He completed the EMDR Basic Training in 1992 and became an Institute trainer in 1998. He has conducted trainings throughout Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and other major cities, and, internationally, in Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta. As a forensic psychologist for the Australian Department of Corrections, he was involved in the development of an Alternatives to Violence program for which he received an Australian award. His clinical specialties include the treatment of anxiety disorders, pain management, sexual dysfunction, anger management, performance enhancement, and dissociative disorders. Over the years he has been extensively involved in the supervision of psychologists and other health professionals. ,
Esly Regina Carvalho, MS, LPC, TEP, specializes in treating adult trauma, especially those related to sexual abuse, urban violence, psychosomatic illnesses, chronic pain, phobias and anxiety. She has a long history of teaching, training, and supervision, and a career as an author and public speaker in demand in Latin America. As a Brazilian-American, she is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and is founder of EMDR Brazil, and EMDR Ecuador. She presently directs the work of Plaza Counseling and Training Services. Esly is also one of the five Ibero-American EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers.
Ludwig Cornil, MA, is a clinical psychologist who works in Belgium in a hospital setting and also in private praxis. He’s the president of the Belgian Institute of Psychotraumatology and EMDR. He serves on the board of EMDR-Europe and is vice-president of the Humanitarian Assistance Program in Europe, which brought him to teach EMDR in Slovakia and China. He’s also a founding board member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. He organizes and teaches trainings on psycho-trauma and EMDR on the French and the Flemish side of Belgium and has been invited to lecture in other French-speaking countries. To visit the website of the Belgian organisation, go to http://www.bipe.be.
Isabel Fernandez, PhD, is a clinical psychologist working in Milan. She has been trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and has been on the faculty of the Italian School of Cognitive Behavior for 8 years, providing specialtization training in psychotherapy. She has worked as a consultant psychologist at the psychiatric ward of Niguarda Hospital, conducting clinical research projects. She is a lecturer a the Catholic University of Milan and Rome and at the La Sapienza University of Rome. Currently, she is Director of the Psychotraumatology Research Center of Milan and has published many papers, articles and books on trauma, EMDR and other topics. She is chairman of the Italian Association of EMDR and a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Federation of Scientific Psychological Societies. She has organized interventions with EMDR in mass disasters (Milan's aircrash on Pirelli Building and Molise's earthquake) and has worked in cooperation with Civil Defense and Fireworkers to provide psychological support and trauma treatment for emergency workers. She trains graduates students and clinicians in trauma, EMDR and crisis intervention in Italy, Spain and South America.
John Hartung, PsyD, has coordinated EMDR Institute programs for Latin America for ten years. He is especially interested in cross-cultural trauma treatment, and in applications of EMDR to performance enhancement and positive psychology -- themes he promotes as professor at the Colorado School of Professional Psychology, as executive coach with the Center for Creative Leadership, and as co-director of the Bodymind Integration Institute of Singapore.
Arne Hofmann, MD, was trained in 1991 by Dr. Shapiro and became the first EMDR trainer in Europe. He teaches at the University of Cologne and researches on complex and acute trauma disorders. He is a member of a German scientific national guideline commission on PTSD and (founding) board member of several scientific trauma societies. He heads the EMDR Institute Germany where he is teaching and consulting in English and German. To visit EMDR Institute Deutschland on the web go to http://www.emdr-institut.de
Masaya Ichii, MA, is the first Japanese speaking approved EMDR Institute trainer. He is a full professor of Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Center for Developmental and Clinical Psychology. Trauma Section. He has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years, specializing in assessment and treatment of acute and chronic PTSD, phobias, stress, anxiety disorders, and depression. He is currently president of the EMDR Association Japan, a board member of Japanese Brief Psychotherapy Association, an editorial board member of the Japanese Behavior Therapy Association and the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. He is an invited speaker to many psychological and medical conferences in Japan and South Korea.
Santiago Jacome, Clinical Psychologist, presently directs the work of Campus Grupal-Fundacion Salud Alternative para el Desarrollo in Quito, Ecuador. His background is in Group Psychotherapy and in Psychodrama, and he has served on the faculty of the Ecuadorian Psychodrma Association. He is a founding member of the Ecuadorian Society of Psychotherapy and on the faculty at Universidad Central del Ecuador. He is Vice President of EMDR Ecuador and coordinates the EMDR trainings in Ecuador.
Ignacio Jarero, PhD, EDD, MT, is an EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers, EMDRIA Approved Instructor for Advanced Trainings and EMDR-Iberoamerica Co-Founder and Approved Consultant. He is Co-Founder and President of EMDR Mexico, AMAMECRISIS and International Center of Psychotraumatology. In 2007 he received the EMDR-Iberoamerica Francine Shapiro Award and in 2008 the Argentinean Society of Psychotrauma (ISTSS Affiliate) Psychotrauma Trajectory Award. He is co-author of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol that has been applied successfully with disaster survivors worldwide. He has presented workshops and has published articles on EMDR, Crisis Intervention and Compassion Fatigue; he is a trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Since 1997 he has been involved in humanitarian projects in Latinamerica and Europe.
Kerstin Bergh Johannesson, Psych, is a clinical psychologist and senior supervisor of psychotherapy at the Uppsala University Hospital and researcher at the Swedish National Center for Disaster Psychiatry, Uppsala University. She is President of EMDR Sweden, a board member of EMDR Europe, and served on the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She conducts workshops on EMDR throughout Europe and offers trainings in EMDR, psychotraumatology and crisis intervention nationally.
Roy Kiessling, LISW, ACSW, completed his EMDR Basic training in 1995, became an EMDR Institute Facilitator in 1997, and a trainer for the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Projects in 2001. Mr Kiessling's involvement in EMDR-HAP has taken him to Bangladesh, Poland, The Middle East and Russia. Domestically, Roy has been the Senior Trainer for EMDR-HAP since 2001, not only in conducting trainings for EMDR-HAP but also in mentoring and training Trainers for EMDR-HAP. In addition to his work with EMDRHAP, he has been a significant contributor of the EMDR Institute as the EMDR Institute Internet listserv moderator providing ongoing case consultation and education regarding EMDR basic protocols to a world-wide network of EMDR trained clinicians. In 2006, Roy received the Liz Synker Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award from EMDRHAP for his efforts in supporting the EMDR Community.
Deany Laliotis, LCSW-C, specializes in the treatment of acute and complex PTSD, anxiety disorders and peak performance issues. She is co-director of EMDR of Greater Washington in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the EMDR Institute's Extended Training Programs.

Andrew M. Leeds, PhD, specializes in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress and dissociative disorders, depression, and addictive behaviors. He has presented papers on EMDR at the American Psychiatric Association and other national conferences. Information on his advanced EMDR specialty workshops, publications and papers may be found at http://www.AndrewLeeds.net
Ruben Lescano, MD, is a psychiatrist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He specializes in assessment and treating complex and acute trauma and is a consultant on dissociation. He is Co-Founder and past President of EMDRIA Latinoamerica and is conducting EMDR research in complex trauma. He is a general coordinator of the first EMDR book written in Spanish, TRAUMA y EMDR, and author of a three volume book and several papers in trauma journals. He heads the Scientific EMDR and Neurobiology Area of Argentina Society of Psychotrauma (affiliated to ISTSS and ISSD). He is part of the Argentina DBT-EMDR Team, Argentina Humanitarian Assistance Programs, and part of the EMDR-Ibero American team.
Monica Moguel, PhD, is a clinical psychologist from Mexico, specializing in the treatment of complex trauma in children, adolescents and adults. She is an EMDRIA approved instructor for advanced trainings and an Approved Consultant, a Green Cross Academy of Traumatology Certified Traumatologist, and co-founder of EMDR Mexico and AMAMECRISIS.
Andre Mauricio Monteiro, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who maintains a private practice in Brasilia, Brazil, where he specializes in treating PTSD, acute trauma and psychosomatic illnesses. As a Professor at the Catholic University of Brasilia, he teaches Crisis Intervention and supervises interns. Dr Monteiro is an active participant in the EMDR Ibero-American Team and one of the founders of EMDR-Brazil.
Ehud (Udi) Oren, PhD, is a Regional Director of Mental Health Services at an Israeli HMO. He is the director of the Israeli EMDR Institute and teaches at the Program for Advanced Studies in Integrative Psychotherapy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, and PTSD following war trauma, accidents and physical illness. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of EMDR-Israel.
Barbara Parrett, RN, MS. Lt. Col., USAF (RET), is a specialist on military and veteran issues (particularly women in the military), peak performance, PTSD and Legal Abuse Syndrome. She combines an extensive background in the medical profession and the military with her clinical expertise.
Michael C Paterson, OBE, PhD, DClinPsych, CSci, AFBPsS, is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland; he specializes in the treatment of traumatic stress in emergency service personnel. In addition to running a private mental health clinic, Michael has published articles on stress and trauma in the emergency services. He has also presented at international conferences and lectures on traumatology to postgraduate clinical psychology students at the Queens University of Belfast. Dr Paterson was honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II through being made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in her 2008 Birthday Honours List. Website: http://www.emdr-training.org
Gerald Puk, PhD, specializes in treating dissociative disorders, adult survivors of abuse, and victims of acute trauma and personal injury. He is a forensic consultant and expert witness in personal injury and motor vehicle trauma; he serves as a consultant to the New York State Education Department.
Gary Quinn, MD, is Director of the Jerusalem Stress and Trauma Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State University. He specializes in Crisis Intervention, the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, and the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following military trauma, terrorist attacks and motor vehicle accidents. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chariman of EMDR-Israel.
Mark C Russell, PhD, CDR, USN, trained in EMDR in 1989 and became part of the first facilitation staff in 1990. Conducted a series of EMDR lectures at Tokyo University Medical School and Waseda University in 1992 that have led to annual trainings and establishment of EMDR-Japan. In 1994-95 presented case studies on use of EMDR with children during post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital. Published first mutliple case study with Iraqi war casualties suffering from acute and post-traumatic stress disorder during field hospital deployment. Became only certified EMDR trainer in the Department of Defense (DoD), and has organized and conducted joint DoD-VA regional trainings since 2005. Clinical specialization in child and adult traumatic stress reactions, with particular emphasis in treating a wide-range of combat-related mental health conditons such as ASD/PTSD, depression, traumatic grief, psychosomatic conditions, conversion reaction, and phantom limb pain. Awarded Distinguished Psychologist by Washington State Psychological Association.
Anthony Smith, M Psych (Clin), is in private practice as a Clinical Psychologist in Adelaide, Australia. He has extensive clinical experience in the areas of stress and trauma--an interest fed in part by his own service with an infantry battalion during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Currently he focuses on the treatment of anxiety disorders, including acute and chronic PTSD, sexual abuse, and unresolved grief, sleep disorders and depression. He has been involved in teaching, training and supervision of psychologists for many years. He attended Dr Francine Shapiro's first EMDR training in Australia, and, subsequently, has become a Facilitatoar and Trainer of EMDR under her guidance. He has conducted EMDR trainings throughout Australia and overseas.
Roger Solomon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of trauma and grief. He is the police psychologist to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, and a consultant to the trauma programs of NASA, the US Senate, and several state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Pablo Solvey, MD, completed his basic EMDR training in 1993. Together with his wife, Raquel, they introduced EMDR in Argentina and in Latin America Private practice - specializing in adult trauma and anxiety disorders. Hypnotherapist - former training analyst of the IPA (International Psychoanalytic Assoc). Has presented papers about psychotherapy and EMDR at several international conferences. Coauthor of the first book written in Spanish, TRAUMA y EMDR, and coauthor of a two volume book, Terapias de Avanzada. Fluent in Spanish, English and French. Cofounder and current president of EMDRIA LATINOAMERICA, a non profit organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that brings together EMDR practitioners from all Latin America.
Raquel C. Ferrazzano de Solvey, MD, ND, completed her basic EMDR training in 1993. She became the one of the first Spanish speaking trainers, and with her husband, Pablo Solvey, MD, introduced EMDR in Argentina and in Latin America. She is in private practice specializing in adults, adolescents and children, in trauma, dissociative disorders and anxiety disorders. Hypnotherapist - former member of the IPA (International Psychoanalytic Assoc). Has presented papers about psychotherapy and EMDR at several International Conferences. Coauthor of the first EMDR book written in Spanish, TRAUMA and EMDR, and coauthor of a two volume book, Terapias de Avanzada. Fluent in Spanish and English. Cofounder and former president of EMDRIA Latinoamerica, a non profit Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that brings together EMDR practitioners from all Latin America.
Kay Werk, LISW, is manager at Community Crisis Response for Netcare Corporation. She is an International Critical Incident Stress Foundation-trained instructor and mental health director of several CISM teams. She has taught at Ohio State University and specializes in critical incident stress intervention with public safety forces, hospital personnel and civilians.


	Maria Elena Adúriz, Psychologist, is a Clinical Psychologist from Buenos Aires-Argentina. She specializes in treating Children, Adolescent and Families, and works with assessment and treatment of Anxiety Disorders, ADD, Attachment Disorders, PTSD and Catastrophe Intervention using EMDR. She is dedicated to working, teaching and writing about intervention in childhood trauma. Since it is creation, she has been President of “EMDR-Humanitarian Assistance Program” in Argentina, directing field work, research and teaching in catastrophe and mass trauma She is a certified trainer of trainers by the EMDR Institute, and part of the EMDR - Ibero American team. Lucina Artigas, MA, MT, is an EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers, EMDRIA and EMDR-Iberoamerica Approved Consultant, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of EMDR Mexico, AMAMECRISIS and International Center of Psychotraumatology. In 2000 she received the EMDRIA Creative Innovation Award for the Butterfly Hug, and in 2007 she received the EMDR-Iberoamerica Francine Shapiro Award. She is a trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and Green Cross Academy of Trauma. She is co-author of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol that has been applied successfully with disaster survivors worldwide. She has presented workshops and has published articles on EMDR, Crisis Intervention and Compassion Fatigue. Since 1997 she has been involved in humanitarian projects in Latinamerica and Europe. Ligia Barascout de Piedra Santa, Psychologist, is a Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist from Guatemala, Central America, who maintains a private practice in Guatemala City. She specializes in treating PTSD with children, adolescents and adults. She uses EMDR to treat sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, kidnapping, physical pain, torture and war issues. Since 1997, she has presented EMDR trainings in 10 different countries in Latin America. At the present time, she is coordinating and giving EMDR trainings in Central America and Panama. She is a Certified Trainer of Trainers by the EMDR Institute and an active member of the EMDR-Iberoamerica Team. Sigmund Burzynski, Psychologist, is in private practice in Geelong, Australia. He completed the EMDR Basic Training in 1992 and became an Institute trainer in 1998. He has conducted trainings throughout Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and other major cities, and, internationally, in Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta. As a forensic psychologist for the Australian Department of Corrections, he was involved in the development of an Alternatives to Violence program for which he received an Australian award. His clinical specialties include the treatment of anxiety disorders, pain management, sexual dysfunction, anger management, performance enhancement, and dissociative disorders. Over the years he has been extensively involved in the supervision of psychologists and other health professionals. , Esly Regina Carvalho, MS, LPC, TEP, specializes in treating adult trauma, especially those related to sexual abuse, urban violence, psychosomatic illnesses, chronic pain, phobias and anxiety. She has a long history of teaching, training, and supervision, and a career as an author and public speaker in demand in Latin America. As a Brazilian-American, she is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and is founder of EMDR Brazil, and EMDR Ecuador. She presently directs the work of Plaza Counseling and Training Services. Esly is also one of the five Ibero-American EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers. Ludwig Cornil, MA, is a clinical psychologist who works in Belgium in a hospital setting and also in private praxis. He’s the president of the Belgian Institute of Psychotraumatology and EMDR. He serves on the board of EMDR-Europe and is vice-president of the Humanitarian Assistance Program in Europe, which brought him to teach EMDR in Slovakia and China. He’s also a founding board member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. He organizes and teaches trainings on psycho-trauma and EMDR on the French and the Flemish side of Belgium and has been invited to lecture in other French-speaking countries. To visit the website of the Belgian organisation, go to http://www.bipe.be. Isabel Fernandez, PhD, is a clinical psychologist working in Milan. She has been trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and has been on the faculty of the Italian School of Cognitive Behavior for 8 years, providing specialtization training in psychotherapy. She has worked as a consultant psychologist at the psychiatric ward of Niguarda Hospital, conducting clinical research projects. She is a lecturer a the Catholic University of Milan and Rome and at the La Sapienza University of Rome. Currently, she is Director of the Psychotraumatology Research Center of Milan and has published many papers, articles and books on trauma, EMDR and other topics. She is chairman of the Italian Association of EMDR and a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Federation of Scientific Psychological Societies. She has organized interventions with EMDR in mass disasters (Milan's aircrash on Pirelli Building and Molise's earthquake) and has worked in cooperation with Civil Defense and Fireworkers to provide psychological support and trauma treatment for emergency workers. She trains graduates students and clinicians in trauma, EMDR and crisis intervention in Italy, Spain and South America. John Hartung, PsyD, has coordinated EMDR Institute programs for Latin America for ten years. He is especially interested in cross-cultural trauma treatment, and in applications of EMDR to performance enhancement and positive psychology -- themes he promotes as professor at the Colorado School of Professional Psychology, as executive coach with the Center for Creative Leadership, and as co-director of the Bodymind Integration Institute of Singapore. Arne Hofmann, MD, was trained in 1991 by Dr. Shapiro and became the first EMDR trainer in Europe. He teaches at the University of Cologne and researches on complex and acute trauma disorders. He is a member of a German scientific national guideline commission on PTSD and (founding) board member of several scientific trauma societies. He heads the EMDR Institute Germany where he is teaching and consulting in English and German. To visit EMDR Institute Deutschland on the web go to http://www.emdr-institut.de Masaya Ichii, MA, is the first Japanese speaking approved EMDR Institute trainer. He is a full professor of Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Center for Developmental and Clinical Psychology. Trauma Section. He has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years, specializing in assessment and treatment of acute and chronic PTSD, phobias, stress, anxiety disorders, and depression. He is currently president of the EMDR Association Japan, a board member of Japanese Brief Psychotherapy Association, an editorial board member of the Japanese Behavior Therapy Association and the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. He is an invited speaker to many psychological and medical conferences in Japan and South Korea. Santiago Jacome, Clinical Psychologist, presently directs the work of Campus Grupal-Fundacion Salud Alternative para el Desarrollo in Quito, Ecuador. His background is in Group Psychotherapy and in Psychodrama, and he has served on the faculty of the Ecuadorian Psychodrma Association. He is a founding member of the Ecuadorian Society of Psychotherapy and on the faculty at Universidad Central del Ecuador. He is Vice President of EMDR Ecuador and coordinates the EMDR trainings in Ecuador. Ignacio Jarero, PhD, EDD, MT, is an EMDR Institute Trainer of Trainers, EMDRIA Approved Instructor for Advanced Trainings and EMDR-Iberoamerica Co-Founder and Approved Consultant. He is Co-Founder and President of EMDR Mexico, AMAMECRISIS and International Center of Psychotraumatology. In 2007 he received the EMDR-Iberoamerica Francine Shapiro Award and in 2008 the Argentinean Society of Psychotrauma (ISTSS Affiliate) Psychotrauma Trajectory Award. He is co-author of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol that has been applied successfully with disaster survivors worldwide. He has presented workshops and has published articles on EMDR, Crisis Intervention and Compassion Fatigue; he is a trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Since 1997 he has been involved in humanitarian projects in Latinamerica and Europe. Kerstin Bergh Johannesson, Psych, is a clinical psychologist and senior supervisor of psychotherapy at the Uppsala University Hospital and researcher at the Swedish National Center for Disaster Psychiatry, Uppsala University. She is President of EMDR Sweden, a board member of EMDR Europe, and served on the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She conducts workshops on EMDR throughout Europe and offers trainings in EMDR, psychotraumatology and crisis intervention nationally. Roy Kiessling, LISW, ACSW, completed his EMDR Basic training in 1995, became an EMDR Institute Facilitator in 1997, and a trainer for the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Projects in 2001. Mr Kiessling's involvement in EMDR-HAP has taken him to Bangladesh, Poland, The Middle East and Russia. Domestically, Roy has been the Senior Trainer for EMDR-HAP since 2001, not only in conducting trainings for EMDR-HAP but also in mentoring and training Trainers for EMDR-HAP. In addition to his work with EMDRHAP, he has been a significant contributor of the EMDR Institute as the EMDR Institute Internet listserv moderator providing ongoing case consultation and education regarding EMDR basic protocols to a world-wide network of EMDR trained clinicians. In 2006, Roy received the Liz Synker Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award from EMDRHAP for his efforts in supporting the EMDR Community. Deany Laliotis, LCSW-C, specializes in the treatment of acute and complex PTSD, anxiety disorders and peak performance issues. She is co-director of EMDR of Greater Washington in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the EMDR Institute's Extended Training Programs. Andrew M. Leeds, PhD, specializes in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress and dissociative disorders, depression, and addictive behaviors. He has presented papers on EMDR at the American Psychiatric Association and other national conferences. Information on his advanced EMDR specialty workshops, publications and papers may be found at http://www.AndrewLeeds.net Ruben Lescano, MD, is a psychiatrist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He specializes in assessment and treating complex and acute trauma and is a consultant on dissociation. He is Co-Founder and past President of EMDRIA Latinoamerica and is conducting EMDR research in complex trauma. He is a general coordinator of the first EMDR book written in Spanish, TRAUMA y EMDR, and author of a three volume book and several papers in trauma journals. He heads the Scientific EMDR and Neurobiology Area of Argentina Society of Psychotrauma (affiliated to ISTSS and ISSD). He is part of the Argentina DBT-EMDR Team, Argentina Humanitarian Assistance Programs, and part of the EMDR-Ibero American team. Monica Moguel, PhD, is a clinical psychologist from Mexico, specializing in the treatment of complex trauma in children, adolescents and adults. She is an EMDRIA approved instructor for advanced trainings and an Approved Consultant, a Green Cross Academy of Traumatology Certified Traumatologist, and co-founder of EMDR Mexico and AMAMECRISIS. Andre Mauricio Monteiro, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who maintains a private practice in Brasilia, Brazil, where he specializes in treating PTSD, acute trauma and psychosomatic illnesses. As a Professor at the Catholic University of Brasilia, he teaches Crisis Intervention and supervises interns. Dr Monteiro is an active participant in the EMDR Ibero-American Team and one of the founders of EMDR-Brazil. Ehud (Udi) Oren, PhD, is a Regional Director of Mental Health Services at an Israeli HMO. He is the director of the Israeli EMDR Institute and teaches at the Program for Advanced Studies in Integrative Psychotherapy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, and PTSD following war trauma, accidents and physical illness. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of EMDR-Israel. Barbara Parrett, RN, MS. Lt. Col., USAF (RET), is a specialist on military and veteran issues (particularly women in the military), peak performance, PTSD and Legal Abuse Syndrome. She combines an extensive background in the medical profession and the military with her clinical expertise. Michael C Paterson, OBE, PhD, DClinPsych, CSci, AFBPsS, is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland; he specializes in the treatment of traumatic stress in emergency service personnel. In addition to running a private mental health clinic, Michael has published articles on stress and trauma in the emergency services. He has also presented at international conferences and lectures on traumatology to postgraduate clinical psychology students at the Queens University of Belfast. Dr Paterson was honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II through being made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in her 2008 Birthday Honours List. Website: http://www.emdr-training.org Gerald Puk, PhD, specializes in treating dissociative disorders, adult survivors of abuse, and victims of acute trauma and personal injury. He is a forensic consultant and expert witness in personal injury and motor vehicle trauma; he serves as a consultant to the New York State Education Department. Gary Quinn, MD, is Director of the Jerusalem Stress and Trauma Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State University. He specializes in Crisis Intervention, the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, and the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following military trauma, terrorist attacks and motor vehicle accidents. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chariman of EMDR-Israel. Mark C Russell, PhD, CDR, USN, trained in EMDR in 1989 and became part of the first facilitation staff in 1990. Conducted a series of EMDR lectures at Tokyo University Medical School and Waseda University in 1992 that have led to annual trainings and establishment of EMDR-Japan. In 1994-95 presented case studies on use of EMDR with children during post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital. Published first mutliple case study with Iraqi war casualties suffering from acute and post-traumatic stress disorder during field hospital deployment. Became only certified EMDR trainer in the Department of Defense (DoD), and has organized and conducted joint DoD-VA regional trainings since 2005. Clinical specialization in child and adult traumatic stress reactions, with particular emphasis in treating a wide-range of combat-related mental health conditons such as ASD/PTSD, depression, traumatic grief, psychosomatic conditions, conversion reaction, and phantom limb pain. Awarded Distinguished Psychologist by Washington State Psychological Association. Anthony Smith, M Psych (Clin), is in private practice as a Clinical Psychologist in Adelaide, Australia. He has extensive clinical experience in the areas of stress and trauma--an interest fed in part by his own service with an infantry battalion during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Currently he focuses on the treatment of anxiety disorders, including acute and chronic PTSD, sexual abuse, and unresolved grief, sleep disorders and depression. He has been involved in teaching, training and supervision of psychologists for many years. He attended Dr Francine Shapiro's first EMDR training in Australia, and, subsequently, has become a Facilitatoar and Trainer of EMDR under her guidance. He has conducted EMDR trainings throughout Australia and overseas. Roger Solomon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of trauma and grief. He is the police psychologist to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, and a consultant to the trauma programs of NASA, the US Senate, and several state and federal law enforcement agencies. Pablo Solvey, MD, completed his basic EMDR training in 1993. Together with his wife, Raquel, they introduced EMDR in Argentina and in Latin America Private practice - specializing in adult trauma and anxiety disorders. Hypnotherapist - former training analyst of the IPA (International Psychoanalytic Assoc). Has presented papers about psychotherapy and EMDR at several international conferences. Coauthor of the first book written in Spanish, TRAUMA y EMDR, and coauthor of a two volume book, Terapias de Avanzada. Fluent in Spanish, English and French. Cofounder and current president of EMDRIA LATINOAMERICA, a non profit organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that brings together EMDR practitioners from all Latin America. Raquel C. Ferrazzano de Solvey, MD, ND, completed her basic EMDR training in 1993. She became the one of the first Spanish speaking trainers, and with her husband, Pablo Solvey, MD, introduced EMDR in Argentina and in Latin America. She is in private practice specializing in adults, adolescents and children, in trauma, dissociative disorders and anxiety disorders. Hypnotherapist - former member of the IPA (International Psychoanalytic Assoc). Has presented papers about psychotherapy and EMDR at several International Conferences. Coauthor of the first EMDR book written in Spanish, TRAUMA and EMDR, and coauthor of a two volume book, Terapias de Avanzada. Fluent in Spanish and English. Cofounder and former president of EMDRIA Latinoamerica, a non profit Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that brings together EMDR practitioners from all Latin America. Kay Werk, LISW, is manager at Community Crisis Response for Netcare Corporation. She is an International Critical Incident Stress Foundation-trained instructor and mental health director of several CISM teams. She has taught at Ohio State University and specializes in critical incident stress intervention with public safety forces, hospital personnel and civilians.
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