Introduction to the Group Resource Enhancement Protocol (G-REP)

Live Virtual Training October 24, 2025 10am-1:30pm Eastern Standard Time

Skill Level: Beginner

3 CEs Available

3 EMDRIA Credits: Program #17019-110

Audience: Mental Health Professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Graduate Students and pre-licensed therapists who are on a track to licensure.

Trainer: Bill Brislin

The EMDR Group Resource Enhancement Protocol (G-REP) is a structured activity intended to enhance ego strengthening. It can be delivered to individuals and/or groups, and can be used both as preparation for trauma processing and as a standalone intervention used to increase stability and resilience.

Therapists who deliver G-REP do not need to be trained in EMDR Therapy.

This 3-hour interactive course is delivered in a live webinar format and includes practicum experiences so that participants can immediately acquire competence and confidence in utilizing the Group Resource Enhancement Protocol. (G-REP).

Materials include a worksheet for group members, script for the G-REP leader and instructions for effective delivery. While we also offer a one-hour, on-demand version of the G-REP training, this live, virtual option is a better option both for therapists who are not yet trained in EMDR and EMDR therapists who are not yet trained in G-TEP, the Group Traumatic Episodes Protocol.

About the Presenter: Bill Brislin, MA, LMHC

Having fallen in love with the EMDR therapy model from the first day of his basic training, Bill enjoys passing on this treasure and takes delight in clinicians feeling more confident and effective in their work.

Bill was fortunate to have been trained in the Recent Traumatic Episodes Protocol (R-TEP) in 2010 by its developers, Elan Shapiro & Brurit Laub. He became an approved trainer in 2016. In collaboration with Reg Morrow Robinson, he presented the first Group Traumatic Episodes Protocol (G-TEP) in the United States and to date, has conducted over 40 R-TEP/G-TEP trainings.

Bill responded to the Orlando Pulse Nightclub mass shooting as a volunteer clinician and conducted a quickly arranged R-TEP/G-TEP training. Many of the other trainings he’s conducted have been in response to gun violence and other disasters. Along with virtual trainings, he has presented at Fort Hood (Texas), Chicago, Cincinnati, Toledo, Virginia Beach, Quantico Marine Base, and multiple Florida cities.

After conducting EMDR basic training in Kyiv, Ukraine, Bill maintained relationships with Ukrainian consultees and trainees. While collaborating with other EMDR clinicians to provide group EMDR therapy to therapists affected by the invasion of Ukraine, he was one of the first therapists to deliver the new Group Resource Enhancement Protocol (G-REP), developed by Maria Masciandaro, to individuals lacking conditions of present safety. Maria and Bill coauthored a chapter, Group Resource Enhancement Protocol, published in “EMDR Group Therapy” (2024). He has developed a one-hour on-demand training on this protocol.

Learning Objectives

Describe the relationship between recall of a positive experience (nostalgia) and higher positive affect.
Utilize imagery to increase capacity to cope effectively with stress.
Describe the usefulness of brief group interventions as a solution for scaling access to treatment for marginalized or underserved communities.

Schedule: (all times reflect Eastern Standard Time)

10 - 10:10 AM: Sign on and Welcome

10:10 - 11:50 AM: Lecture with 10 minute break

11:50 - 12PM: Break

12 - 1:30PM Guided Practicum

CEs

Connect is approved by:

The American Psychological Association (APA). Connect is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Connect maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The National Board of Certified Counselors. Connect has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7534

While most states and licensing boards accept course work that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, licensed professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

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Live! Introduction to the Group Resource Enhancement Protocol October 2025