Western Massachusetts EMDRIA Regional Meeting

We are a vital and active community of EMDR therapists who strive to provide relevant EMDR related educational opportunities in our geographical area and beyond. Since October 2000, we have produced two educational events per year, compiled a directory of local EMDR clinicians and their specialties, and operated a list serve for the dissemination of EMDR-related training activities.

Regional Coordinator:

Mark Nickerson, LICSW

Event Planning Committee:

From Right to Left: Maury Abrams, LICSW Jane Laskey, LICSW  Nancy Simons, LMHC   Jason Rose-Langston, LICSW   Jim Helling, LICSW  Jane Porter, LICSW  Sheryl Knoff, LICSW  Mark Nickerson, LICSW

Commitment to EMDR-HAP

While we are committed to providing affordable training to our local EMDR therapists, we have also been able to provide a sizable donation to the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs after each of our full day training events over the past three years. We hope to do so this year as well. EMDR-HAP is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing low cost training to mental health professionals and paraprofessionals in communities of great need both in the United States and abroad.

Outstanding Regional Coordinator Award at EMDRIA 2006 Conference in Philadelphia

Nancy Knudsen and Shanti Shapiro (posthumously) were together honored for their outstanding leadership in our Western Massachusetts Regional EMDRIA Meeting. George Abbott received the award along with Nancy on Shanti’s behalf. There was a good showing of our local EMDR therapists in the audience to cheer them on.