Aura Health offers following group programs in 2025
What is EMDR Group Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy designed to assist individuals in addressing symptoms and emotional distress resulting from distressing life experiences. The EMDR Group Protocol is a structured adaptation of this treatment for use in group settings. It has been developed to help those impacted by negative events or trauma with ongoing effects. In EMDR group therapy, participants do not need to discuss distressing events during the group sessions. Clients do not share their past trauma with other group members at any time.
What does the group work look like?
The group functions within a structured framework, comprising up to four participants and two clinicians. In the initial group EMDR session, confidentiality will be thoroughly discussed, and resources for grounding and establishing a sense of present safety will be developed. Participants will reprocess a past trauma episode without disclosing details to other group members. A clinician will provide assistance to any participant who may have difficulty managing the session, offering support for emotional regulation as necessary. Four subsequent sessions will follow a similar format, enabling individuals to address the same memory, a part of a memory, or a different memory in each session.
HEAL: EMDR Group Therapy for Anxiety, Depression and PTSD
This EMDR Group Therapy is available for individuals who experience Anxiety, Depression and PTSD and wish to address their traumatic experience and its effects on their lives. Those who have experienced sexual violence in their life can also participate in this group but there will be a pre-screening to determine the whether this group EMDR setting is suitable for them. This meeting will take place either online or in person. If the group is unsuitable at this time, clients may want to consider it in future and/or consider having individual EMDR treatment if appropriate..
When: The program will take place over five weeks, with sessions every Wednesday from May 7th to June 4th, between 3. 30 pm to 5. 30pm in Term 2. Each session will be two hours long, totalling ten hours of therapy.
Term 4 – October 8th to November 12th (3 pm to 5 pm). Days: Oct 8th, 15th, 22nd and November 5th and 12th.
Venue: The Bealey Centre, 120 Hills Road (Wharfdale Room)
Fees for EMDR Group Programs
Individuals $900 and Business $1250 (please note that this is partially funded by Aura Health).
Research participant’s rate: Individual $400 and Business $650 (Those who are willing to participate in research they will be asked to complete questionnaires that will compare their experiences on a range of wellbeing measures before and after participating in the EMDR group and this is funded by Aura Health).
About the facilitators
Jain Joseph is a clinical psychologist and an accredited EMDR therapist. He is currently working towards completing his advanced accreditation in Schema Therapy. He holds a Masters in Applied Psychology (MA), a Master of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (M.Phil), and a PhD in Psychology.
Ambily M Joseph is a registered social worker who will be co-facilitating this group. She holds a Masters in Applied Psychology (M.Sc.) and a Masters in Social Work (MSW).
Once you have returned your registration to aurahealthnz@gmail.com a confirmation and an invoice will be sent out. You need to make full payment before the start of the program.