Our annual EMDR training programmes were held back from 2020, due to Covid 19. As the situation is not yet promising and going by the current trend of having all Sessions on line, we also decided to try out the EMDR training on line. Thus, with the collaboration of EMDR Asia and Trauma Recovery /Hap, we launched out the first Virtual training of Level 1, from 25th to 30th of April, 2021. We had 11 participants from Sri Lanka, 6 participants from Maldives, and 1 participant from Indonesia. As usual Dr Sushma Mehrotra was our chief Organizer and trainer. She had an efficient international team of trainers and facilitators. The team included Dr Parul Tank, Dr. Dushyant Bhadlikar, and Mr. Chintan Naik from India, Dr.Mahajabeen Haque, and Dr. Shaheen Islam from Bangladesh and, Sr Janet Nethisinghe and Ms Indira Weerasinghe. from Sri Lanka.There was also a host of other facilitators who helped us in facilitating the practical training. It was a very successful Training and created a lot of hope for future virtual training, if the pandemic situation continues to hamper our usual way of training.
