Dear Colleagues

EMDR Europe goes up North! 

This year for the first time the EMDR Europe annual Conference will take place in a Nordic country, Norway. EMDR Norway is a successful Association with the highest rate of EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioners in Europe. We are happy to celebrate the 25^th Anniversary of EMDR Norway and its great success on this occasion.

The theme of the conference, proposed by Norwegian Senior EMDR trainer Bjørn Aasen, brings us to our fundamentals as EMDR therapists: the Adaptive Information Processing model and how to unlock the AIP, how to free the AIP for the best possible outcome of EMDR therapy. While there are many adaptations of the EMDR standard protocol and many integrations of EMDR therapy with other methods, one thing remains or should remain the core of our work when we conceptualize our clients’ clinical presentations and we help them improve: the Adaptive Information Processing model. 

The Scientific Committee, chaired by Michael Hase, has prepared a program of workshops that covers a wide range of clinical applications of EMDR therapy. This Conference is a Workshop Conference: half-day and full-day workshops will give the participants the opportunity to go in depth in the different clinical presentations, and are addressed specifically to clinicians. This year for the first time in the selection process of the workshops, the EMDR National Associations were asked to propose the best presenters of their respective country. Out of these proposals, the Scientific Committee selected classical and innovative themes to cover the needs of both EMDR therapists in the process of accreditation and experienced ones, with two main goals: to empower the attendees and to enrich them with practical tools in EMDR therapy.

The Conference Committee, chaired by Beatrice Strock, is leading on all the organizational aspects of the Conference, in close collaboration with Kuoni. The Conference Committee is working hard to make sure your attendance to this conference is not only interesting workwise but also a joyful, fun and rich human experience. The Conference Committee wants you to leave Oslo with great memories of the time spent sharing your enthusiasm for EMDR with colleagues from all around the world.

There are many good reasons to visit Oslo and its surrounding: a modern city in the middle of preserved nature, popular traditions, the long June nights, and more. You can take the opportunity of the EMDR Europe conference to visit this beautiful city and be energized when you return to your practice, knowing you have acquired new knowledge and skills and are part of a large European community of EMDR therapists.

The whole team working on the conference is eager to meet you in Oslo!