EMDR Europe Humanitarian Programs: Development, Current Status, and Future Challenges

215 © 2014 EMDR International Association http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.8.4.215 The media through radio, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet bring us devastating news daily of catastrophic events that impact entire communities, deeply wounding all those lives involved in such events. There have been many natural and man-made disasters that are increasing in frequency and affect a high number of people exacting a toll on the social, psychological, and economic well-being of entire communities. Disasters all over Europe such as bus accidents; airplane crashes; large entertainment event disasters (Love Parade in Germany); natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and fl oods; terrorist events such as bombings and school shootings have posed great challenges for the European community. This article reports on Europe’s eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy humanitarian projects following such several critical events. EMDR Europe Humanitarian Programs: Development, Current Status, and Future Challenges