ASAP Group EMDR for Healthcare Practitioners
and First responders
Treatment for Vicarious Trauma and Moral Injury
Auckland, 27 May: 1pm - 4.30pm
1/2 Day Face-to-Face Workshop
Introduction to ASAP and Group EMDR – Understanding the impact of exposure to trauma on our nervous system and how EMDR works.
Experience the ASAP intervention for yourself.
Follow-up check-ins via texting by facilitator (Wilmé) after one and three days.
Interested in a private workshop for your team?
If your organisation is interested in hosting an in-house, face-to-face workshop for a group of participants by Wilmé, please contact us for more information.
ASAP Group EMDR for Healthcare Practitioners and First responders
Treatment for Vicarious Trauma and Moral Injury
The ASAP (Acute Stress Adaptive Protocol) is a group EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) group experience. It is an early intervention - you don’t need to have any symptoms to benefit from it, but it can prevent symptoms of Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and even PTSD developing.
It is presented in a group, but everyone focusses on their own chosen process in their minds and don’t have to share anything whilst guided through the process by the facilitator. Therefor completely confidential.
The ASAP helps participants to take out big rocks from their back packs – one at a time – so they can go back to work and homes feeling lighter, recharged and keen to re-engage with their clients, patients, members of the public, friends and families.
It is facilitated from the angle of:
Paying attention to your emotional self-care without compromising your clinical competency and integrity.
Acknowledging that Healthcare Practitioners and First Responders are exposed to real-life critical incidents, trauma, tragedy, suffering and loss of others in their work environment.
Different individuals are affected differently.
Kindness, compassion and safety.
Our recommendation that this ½ day workshop is followed up on an alternate monthly basis.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand how our nervous system deals with direct or indirect exposure to events, memories, information that traumatises us.
Understand what Vicarious Trauma and Moral Injury is and why Frontline workers like healthcare Practitioners and First responders experience this.
Understand how EMDR works in general and how this is applied in group settings to provide it on a scaled level and with the added benefit of a sense of community and support with peers.
Experience the ASAP EMDR intervention for yourself and notice powerful shifts in your own thoughts and behaviour over a period of time.
Learn practical methods of mindfulness, self-regulation and self-compassion.
This workshop is worth 10 points/3.5 hours CPD.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for professionals who work in helping professions of any kind, including:
Doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrists
Nurses and community mental health nurses
Case workers and social workers
Counsellors and school counsellors
Teachers and school leadership teams
Youth workers
Corrections and youth justice workers
Dispatch and call centre operators
What others have said
This is powerful stuff!
In the past, I had nightmares that related to this clients’ story of trauma. I felt so unsafe. That has not happened once since the ASAP.
I can now talk and think about the incident without feeling overwhelmed – something has definitely shifted for me.
Now I have hope for continuing with my work as therapist again. If I can unpack my backpack with this group method regularly, I will be able to recover from being burnout.
If feels like a weight has lifted from my shoulders.
Auckland
27 May 2025
Venue
The Parnell Hotel & Conference Centre
10/20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052
Parking
Limited onsite or street parking available.
Workshop times: 1pm - 3.30pm.
Registration starts at 12.30pm
Meet Dr Wilmé Steenekamp
Wilmé grew up in South Africa. The first 30 years of her career she was a medical practitioner. She was drawn to patients’ emotional experience of their physical condition or treatments thereof from early on and decided to study Clinical Psychology. She came to NZ 8 years ago and is working full time as psychologist in her private practice in Hamilton or doing presentations or facilitating groups. She regards herself as a neuronerd and loves learning about human behaviour.
Her skills include Somatic Experiencing; EMDR (especially Attachment and Internal family Systems Informed-EMDR); group EMDR (ASAP, G-TEP, R-TEP, G-REP); ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy); Developmental Model Couples therapy. And has obtained her training from numerous different countries in the world. She also loves sharing knowledge through presenting talks and workshops.
She has authored book chapters, numerous magazine articles, co-authored research articles.
Outside of work she loves making and enjoying music, spending time with her people, reading and spending time in nature.
Price & Registration - Early Bird Finishes 5 May
3.5 hour workshop
Early Bird: $300 Incl GST, per person - book and pay before 5 May
Standard Price: $400 incl GST, per person
Registration process
Payment online is by debit or credit card (VISA, Mastercard or American Express) only and there are 3 easy steps to complete the online booking process.
Our registration platform is hosted by Lil Regie, our NZ based booking agent. Upon completing your registration by hitting the blue 'Confirm Booking' button, you will receive an automated email confirming the booking and amount paid by credit card. A GST Tax Invoice showing your payment in full will also be emailed to you. This will appear on your statement as from LIL REGIE LTD WELLINGTON.
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If you would like to reserve a place, as our workshops fill quickly, or have any issues or questions about your booking, please contact Nathalie van Dort on 021 066 9811 or email: nathalie@grow.co.nz
What happens if you have to cancel?
We know that sometimes your plans can change for many different reasons. Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend at no extra cost. If a substitute delegate is not available and you need to cancel your registration, please be aware of the following:
Up to 7 days prior to the event you will be provided a refund of your registration cost, less a $20.00 inc GST per attendee service charge.
If you cancel within 7 days of the event, you are not eligible to receive a refund. Please note: should your registration not be paid by the time of the event, you are still liable to make the payment. Unpaid accounts may be passed over to our debt collection agency and additional costs may be incurred.
All cancellations must be received in writing (email).
Training is cancellable by GROW with 3 days’ notice if a minimum number of attendees is not met and full refunds will be provided.
Please note: GROW Ltd reserves the right to make any amendments that we may deem to be in the best interest of the forum – it is however very unlikely and we will notify you as soon as possible should this occur.
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e: nathalie@grow.co.nz
p: 021 066 9811
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