KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
International Keynote Speaker
Renée Beer
Renée Beer is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral therapist based in the Netherlands. She is a senior EMDR Child & Adolescent (C&A) trainer, delivering EMDR trainings and presentations in various countries. Renée chairs the EMDR Europe C&A trainers and is an active member of the Global Child EMDR Alliance. Renée has authored multiple publications on EMDR Therapy. In collaboration with Carlijn de Roos, she edited the Handbook of EMDR with Children and Adolescents (in press), to be published by Oxford University Press soon. This book is a sequel to the Oxford Handbook of EMDR Therapy, which includes a C&A section for which she co-authored two chapters. Renée specialised in treating adolescents and adults with eating disorders and developed a protocol for incorporating EMDR Therapy into their treatment (Beer, 2019 and 2024).
Keynote Presentation: A Transdiagnostic Approach for Patients with Eating Disorders: Could EMDR be the Jewel in the Crown?
A transdiagnostic protocol has been developed for treating patients with an eating disorder with EMDR (EMDR-ED), based on two premises:
1) the transdiagnostic approach to eating disorders, which led to the development of CBT-E (Enhanced), the evidence-based leading treatment for adults worldwide (Fairburn, 2003), and
2) the transdiagnostic perspective on treating mental health conditions, introduced by Shapiro (2001) with the Adaptive Information Processing model.
Different psychopathologies require different types of EMDR targets. Dutch EMDR trainers have developed several strategies to identify and select relevant targets. In this keynote presentation, learn why and how EMDR therapy can be integrated as an add-on component in the treatment of adults and adolescents using this EMDR-ED protocol.
National Keynote Speaker
Associate Professor Chris Lee
Associate Professor Chris Lee, works in private practice and at the University of Western Australia. He is a certified trainer in EMDR. Chris has published research on personality disorders, depression, and PTSD, including three international multi-centred randomised controlled trials, two in treating complex PTSD and one treating borderline personality disorder.
Keynote Presentation: 35 years of EMDR Research and Practice: What We Know and What We Don't Know
This talk will provide a comprehensive evaluation of the current state of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, drawing on the latest research and clinical insights. Key questions to be addressed include: What types of issues can we confidently assert that EMDR leads to positive outcomes? In which areas do we need to do better? What client characteristics predict positive or poor outcomes? In what situations is EMDR contraindicated or too risky?