Coming soon!
RESTORE & RECLAIM
RECONNECT
Drop-In EMDR Group for Alumni
of Any Restore & Reclaim Series
Need a place to land when life gets overwhelming? Our Drop-In sessions offer an affirming, virtual space to process new stressors, recent triggers, or reconnect with yourself. This is a space to process new or acute stress, or return to inner work with support without the need to share your story out loud. Minimal commitment, max flexibility. Simple sign up required 24 hours in advance due to limited space. No intake needed.
Coming Soon
What to expect:
90 minutes drop in sessions
Virtual Meetings (join from anywhere in Ohio)
A Trauma-Informed, Affirming, Confidential Space
Structured Healing Utilizing EMDR GTEP (Group Traumatic Episodes Protocol)
Supportive Community
Investment:
Maintain your peace.
Restore & Reclaim Reconnect – Drop-In EMDR Group: $75
If cost is a concern, please reach out—limited sliding scale spots are available with priority for LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC folks.
Please note: Superbills are not provided for insurance reimbursement for EMDR Groups.
What is an EMDR Group?
EMDR Groups are structured group spaces in which participants can engage in personal healing without telling their stories out loud. EMDR Groups provide a contained way to help renew a sense of safety, presence, and ease. Our EMDR Groups use what is called EMDR G-TEP (Group Traumatic Events Protocol)—a trauma-informed, research based, powerful approach to increase ability to respond more adaptively to stress. In EMDR groups, there is no need to share your story out loud. All of our EMDR Groups are offered virtually in the comfort of your home or whatever private space you choose that feels good to you.
Group EMDR (G-TEP or Group Traumatic Episode Protocol) was developed by Elan Shapiro and Brurit Laub around 2013. G-TEP was developed as a group model for EMDR R-TEP (Recent Traumatic Episodes Protocol), developed to mitigate distress that could result from recent adverse experiences or trauma. While G-TEP incorporates the traditional 8 phases of EMDR, in G-TEP sessions clients do not disclose any details about their experiences of adversity or trauma. Non-disclosure of traumatic or stressful memories reduces exposure to secondary trauma that participants may encounter in usual group trauma therapy settings. G-TEP is carried out, in this case, virtually over a secure HIPAA compliant video platform. G-TEP uses traditional components of EMDR therapy, including bilateral stimulation (tapping in this case) to help the brain and body process stress and trauma. G-TEP engages clients in processing using EMDR without talking about distress out loud, and instead directly messaging the group facilitator updates about their distress level (on a simple 0-10 scale) between sets of processing. Group members have the option of disclosing details of their adverse experiences or trauma in an initial individual session with the group facilitator, although it is not required to participate.
If you are unfamiliar with EMDR, and are interested in learning more, EMDRIA is a great place to start to learn about the traditional individual EMDR experience that Group EMDR is adapted from.
About the Facilitator
Hi, I'm Beth.
I'm a queer, nonbinary (they/them), gender affirming, LGBTQIA2S+ affirming, trauma informed, anti-oppression oriented therapist. I am trained in EMDR, with additional training in RTEP (Recent Traumatic Episodes Protocol) and GTEP (Group Traumatic Episodes Protocol) to respond in a timely way to continuous, cumulative, concurrent, or single incidents that cause trauma or stress.
