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a report of zeros and ones, and one three on Trainer of Trainers in EMDR therapy, as well as
the SUDS scale. a Psychodrama trainer. An author and interna�-
This was surprising and unexpected and leads onal speaker, she has spent her life working in
to the importance of further inves�ga�ons re- La�n America and Brazil, training in three lan-
garding the power of healing in sharing groups. guages, in both pastoral as well as clinical
se�ngs. She has wri�en books available on
Observa�ons: Amazon. Esly is married to a re�red missionary,
These groups have been formed from all deno- has an adult married daughter who is also a cli-
mina�ons and churches. Our experience has nical psychologist and trainer in her own right,
been that programs that do not come from in- and loves those grandchildren!!
side specific church ac�vi�es will not be promo-
ted by the local church. Since this is just in its References:
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The mee�ngs began and ended regularly with Carvalho, E. (2018) in Rupture and Repair, TraumaClinic
prayer. Short Biblical explana�ons were given at Edições, 2018; available in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
the beginning of each one, weaving scien�fic Feli�, V.J. MD, FACP, Anda, R.F., MD, MS, Nordenberg, D., MD,
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implemented worldwide and in different lan-
guages. We are se�ng up the recordings in the
languages with which we are familiar with the
inten�on that they can be sub�tled into other Presenta�ons on the Pillars of Life
languages in the future. We have learned from by Esly Carvalho:
the Lord that, ‘without healing there is no holi-
ness’. This is our contribu�on to the worldwide • Pillars of Life: EMDR and resource installa�on,
healing process, since it is easy to learn, simple EMDR Europe, Madrid, June 2012
to implement, produces fast results and provi- • EMDR and the Pillars of Life, EMDR Iberoame-
des safety in adversity. rican Conference, October, 2010, Quito, Ecua-
Special thanks to Brent Lindquist and Sik-Lam dor, with prac�cum.
Wong who supported this project with their • EMDR and the Pillars of Life, EMDRIA Confe-
presence, ideas, and prayers. rence, Atlanta, August, 2009, with a live prac�-
Esly Carvalho, Ph.D., T.E.P. is an experienced cal demonstra�on.
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