What is the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program?
In 1995, Dr. Shapiro and several associates created a non-profit corporation for the express purpose of 1) promoting research on humanitarian applications of EMDR and 2) expanding the training of EMDR clinicians beyond the circle of those who could afford to travel to commercial trainings and pay commercial training fees. EMDR HAP particularly aims to help clinicians whose clients are undersupplied with mental health resources. A third element in EMDR HAP’s mission is 3) responding to traumas resulting from disasters, whether man-made or natural in origin. EMDR HAP is a 501(c )(3) organization that depends heavily on tax-deductible donations and on low program fees to support the work of hundreds of HAP volunteer professionals who conduct our trainings and respond to calls for assistance at times of disaster.
