Ricky Greenwald is a clinical psychologist and an expert on

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post-traumatic stress d ...

(EMDR). He is also the creator of progressive counting (PC), both psychotherapy methods for resolving traumatic memories and associated symptoms. He founded the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, a non-profit organization, and is currently its executive director and chair of the faculty.

Education

Greenwald holds a B.S. in Psychology from

Lesley College Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate). History ...

(1988) and an M.A. degree in Psychology from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology (1989). After completing a two-year certificate in Family Therapy at the Kantor Family Institute (1991), Greenwald returned to the Forest Institute and earned his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology (1994) followed by a post-doc in Child and Adolescent Trauma from Community Services Institute (1996).

Professional contributions

Assessment

Greenwald has developed various assessment instruments for children's post-traumatic symptoms, including the Child Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms (CROPS) and Parent Report of he child'sPosttraumatic Symptoms (PROPS), Lifetime Incidence of Traumatic Events for students or parents (LITE-S and LITE-P), and Problem Rating Scale. These have been widely translated, and the CROPS & PROPS are available in about 20 languages.

Treatment

Greenwald was a pioneer in developing EMDR’s use with children and adolescents. He developed the Fairy Tale Model of trauma-informed treatment as well as progressive counting (PC), a trauma therapy based on the counting method. In recent years, he has been pioneering intensive trauma-focused therapy in the format of full consecutive days.

Training

Greenwald developed the full-package model of EMDR training, to include all parts of the training as well as follow-up consultation; this training approach has been widely adopted internationally. He also developed PC training, along with a trainer training system and a PC certification. Greenwald offers a six-day small-group Trauma Trainers Retreat every year, to mentor aspiring trauma experts.

Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute

In 2002, Greenwald founded the Child Trauma Institute (later renamed the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute), a nonprofit organization in Northampton, MA, USA. Initially solely a training institute, it is now also active in research on treatment and training and in providing intensive trauma-focused therapy. Greenwald is an affiliate professor at the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 18 ...

School of Social Work, served on the board of directors for the EMDR International Association, and is a fellow of the

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, Division 56.

Publications

Books

*Greenwald, R. (1993). ''Using EMDR with children''. Pacific Grove, CA: EMDR Institute. panish translation,1999 *Greenwald, R. (1999). ''Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in child and adolescent psychotherapy''. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. talian translation, 2000; German translation, 2001. *Greenwald, R. (Ed.).(2002). ''Trauma and juvenile delinquency: Theory, research and interventions''. NY: Haworth. *Greenwald, R. (2005). ''Child trauma handbook: A guide for helping trauma-exposed children and adolescents''. NY: Haworth. orean translation 2011.ref name=":0"> *Greenwald, R. (2007). ''EMDR within a phase model of trauma-informed treatment''. NY: Haworth. *Greenwald, R., & Baden, K. J. (2007). ''A fairy tale.'' omic bookGreenfield, MA: Child Trauma Institute. utch translation, 2014. *Greenwald, R. (2009). ''Treating problem behaviors''. NY: Routledge; utch translation, 2013.8) Greenwald, R., & Rettun, J. *Greenwald, R. & J. Rettun (2012). ''The child abuser’s secret book of tricks''. omic book.Greenfield, MA: Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute. erman translation, 2014 *Greenwald, R. (2013). ''Progressive counting within a phase model of trauma-informed treatment''. NY: Routledge. *Greenwald, R. (2016). ''Slaying the dragon: Overcoming life’s challenges and achieving your goals''. Northampton, MA: Trauma Institute.

Selected articles

*Greenwald, R. (1994). Applying eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to the treatment of traumatized children: Five case studies. ''Anxiety Disorders Practice Journal'', 1, 83-97. *Greenwald, R. (1996). The information gap in the EMDR controversy. ''Professional Psychology: Research and Practice'', 27, 67-72. *Greenwald, R., & Rubin, A. (1999). Brief assessment of children’s post-traumatic symptoms: Development and preliminary validation of parent and child scales. Research on Social Work Practice, 9, 61-75. *Soberman, G. S., Greenwald, R., & Rule, D. L. (2002). A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for boys with conduct problems. ''Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma,'' 6, 217-236. *Jaberghaderi, N., Greenwald, R., Rubin, A., Zand, S. O., &Dolatabadi S. (2004). A comparison of CBT and EMDR for sexually abused Iranian girls. ''Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy'', 11, 358-368. *Greenwald, R. (2006). The peanut butter and jelly problem: In search of a better EMDR training model. EMDR Practitioner. *Greenwald, R., Maguin, E., Smyth, N. J., Greenwald, H., Johnston, K. G., & Weiss, R. (2008). Trauma-related insight improves attitudes and behaviors toward challenging clients. ''Traumatology'', 14(2), 1-11. *Greenwald, R.,& Schmitt, T. A. (2010). Progressive Counting: Multi-site group and individual treatment open trials. ''Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy'', 2, 239-242. *Becker, J., Greenwald, R.,& Mitchell, C. (2011). Trauma-informed treatment for disenfranchised urban children and youth: An open trial. ''Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal'', 28, 257-272. *de Roos, C., Greenwald, R., den Hollander-Gijsman, M., Noorthoorn, E., van Buuren, S., & de Jongh, A. (2011). A randomized comparison of CBT and EMDR for disaster-exposed children. ''European Journal of Psychotraumatology'', 2, 5694. *Greenwald, R., Siradas, L., Schmitt, T. A., Reslan, S., Sande, B., &Fierle, J. (2012). Implementing trauma-informed treatment for youth in a residential facility: First-year outcomes. ''Residential Treatment for Children & Youth'', 29, 1-13. *Greenwald, R., McClintock, S. D., & Bailey, T. D. (2013). A controlled comparison of eye movement desensitization & reprocessing and progressive counting. ''Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma'', 22, 981-996. *Greenwald, R. (2014). Intensive child therapy to prevent further abuse victimization: A case study. ''Journal of Child Custody'', 11, 325-334. *Greenwald, R., McClintock, S. D., Jarecki, K., & Monaco, A. (2015). A comparison of eye movement desensitization & reprocessing and progressive counting among therapists in training. ''Traumatology'', 21, 1-6.

References

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