A Clinician's Guide for Treating Active Military and Veteran Populations with EMDR Therapy

E. C. Hurley, DMin, PhD, is a retired Army Colonel with 33 years military service in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve with service beginning with the rank of Private during the Vietnam era and retiring with the rank of Colonel three decades later.His military awards include the Army Meritorious Service medal (awarded 3 times), the Bronze Star medal, and the Legion of Merit and the Army Air Assault badge. He was selected and trained as an EMDR trainer by Francine Shapiro, PhD. As a licensed psychotherapist since 1980 he is trained in the major orientations of psychotherapy. He is a Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, an Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and an Approved Consultant and Trainer with the EMDR International Association (EMDIA) and the EMDR Institute, as well as a member of the American Psychological Association and the Psychological Society of Ireland. Dr. Hurley holds graduate degrees in pastoral counseling, counseling psychology and clinical psychology with the Doctor of Ministry in pastoral counseling and PhD in clinical psychology. E. C. is the Executive Director of EMDR-Tennessee and the Founder of Soldier Center. He provides EMDR basic trainings at Soldier Center and various other locations. His EMDR advanced trainings are scheduled throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Hurley is the 2005 receiptant of the Elizabeth Stryker Volunteer of the Year award presented by EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program (EMDR-HAP) and this year (2019) was presented the Francine Shapiro award, the highest award the EMDR International Association bestows. He is a member of EMDR's Council of Scholars, a group of 35 international EMDR leaders. He is author of the chapter "EMDR therapy in the treatment of military sexual trauma" in the book Treating military sexual trauma edited by Katz, L, (2015) and coauthored a chapter on EMDR therapy in the publication PTSD Case Book (2015) published by the American Psychological Association and his published research Effective Treatment of Veterans With PTSD: Comparison Between Intensive Daily and Weekly EMDR Approaches (Hurley, 2018) comparing EMDR intensive daily treatment with weekly sessions.

Part 1: Treating Military and Veterans with the EMDR 8-Phase Approach
CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING THE MILITARY VETERAN
CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCING EMDR THERAPY TO YOUR CLIENT: GATEWAY TO HISTORY-TAKING
CHAPTER 3: PHASE 1: HISTORY-TAKING AMONG THE MILITARY/VETERAN POPULATIONS
CHAPTER 4: EMDR PHASE 2: PREPARING VETERANS FOR EMDR THERAPY
CHAPTER 5: EMDR PHASE 3: ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 6-a: PHASE 4: DESENSITIZATION (REPROCESSING THE TARGET MEMORY)
CHAPTER 6-b: EMDR PHASES 5 - 8: INSTALLATION TO REEVALUATION
Part 2: SPECIAL ISSUES
CHAPTER 7: TREATING PTSD SYMPTOMS AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
CHAPTER 8: TREATING MORAL INJURY WITH EMDR THERAPY
CHAPTER 9: EMDR THERAPY AND MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA (MST)
CHAPTER 10: SUICIDALITY IN THE TREATMENT OF VETERANS
CHAPTER 11: WHEN EMDR THERAPY DOES NOT WORK (WITH SOME THERAPISTS)
CHAPTER 12: EMDR EARLY INTERVENTION DURING MILITARY AND COMMUNITY OPERATIONS