During EMDR treatment the client attends to emotionally disturbing material in brief sequential doses while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus and this assists the client to process often very disturbing somatically stored implicit memory and sensations. These are people who have difficulty thinking and speaking and the treatment offers a method of processing disturbing material to a more autonomically regulated and adaptive state.

About the trainer: Alexandra (Sandi) Richman is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in the treatment of victims of acute trauma and personal injury, adult survivors of childhood abuse and dissociative disorders. In addition to conducting a private practice, Alexandra is a Consultant Psychologist with the Traumatic Stress Service at the Maudsley Hospital in London, where she heads up an EMDR service within the Traumatic Stress Service. She is a Past-President of the EMDR UK & Ireland Association, an Approved Consultant and Trainer in EMDR with the EMDR International Organisation (EMDRIA), as well as with EMDR Europe Association and her EMDR trainings are accredited by both these organisations. She has presented on the Treatment of Trauma at a number of international conferences.