We help people & communities just like you restore psychological wellbeing in the event of a disaster.

Who we are
​(from the EMDRHAP website)
The Trauma Recovery Network (TRN) is staffed by volunteer EMDR clinicians (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) through the greater Orlando area who provide pro bono counseling services to survivors of community-wide traumatic events. We were formed after the Pulse Nightclub shooting back in 2016, and also activated after Hurricane Irma in 2017. 

We are currently activated to provide support to residents of the Greater Orlando community related to COVID-19 and the protests following the death of George Floyd.

We are sponsored and coordinated at the national level by Trauma Recovery/EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs. The growing number of regional TRN Chapters are all staffed by volunteer licensed clinicians who prepare themselves and their communities to restore and safeguard psychological well-being in the event of a disaster. 
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How we help
We provide trauma counseling in the event of a disaster. The TRN volunteers practice EMDR trauma therapy, which is an evidence based psychotherapy ​that helps people and communities cope, recover, & heal. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

What is EMDR?
​(from the EMDRHAP website)
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a cost-effective non-invasive evidence-based method of psychotherapy that facilitates adaptive information processing. It was developed by Francine Shapiro, PhD in the late 1980's. EMDR is an eight-phase treatment which comprehensively identifies and addresses experiences that have overwhelmed the brain's natural resilience or coping capacity, and have thereby generated traumatic symptoms and/or harmful coping strategies. Through EMDR therapy, patients are able to reprocess traumatic information until it is no longer psychologically disruptive. 

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How effective is EMDR and what can it treat?
(from the EMDRHAP website)

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  • EMDR therapy has been listed as an effective treatment by the American Psychiatric Association, Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the World Health Organization, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services and numerous other international agencies.
  • More than a dozen studies support the use of EMDR therapy for trauma resulting from natural disaster and treatment of war- and terrorism-related trauma.
  • With little modification, EMDR has been used successfully in response to a variety of mass-casualty events such as community homicide and can be integrated with educational formats.
  • EMDR therapy has a positive impact on intrusive imagery (such as nightmares and flashbacks), numbing, and hyperarousal symptoms of PTSD, as well as on associated grief and depression.
  • In several direct comparisons with cognitive-behavioral therapy, EMDR offers equivalent effects more quickly (fewer sessions and/or no homework), process analyses indicate less distress for individuals undergoing treatment.

Past community responses:

  • Pulse Trauma Response of survivors and first responders.
  • Hurricane Irma Trauma Response for survivors and first responders.
See Greater Orlando TRN volunteers and members of the local EMDR community in our Keep Orlando Dancing video!