Arne Hofmann, MD, PhD, is a specialist in psychosomatic and internal medicine, director of the EMDR Institute, and senior physician of the Gezeiten Haus Clinic for Psychosomatics, Psychotraumatology, and EMDR in Schloss Eichholz (Wesseling). He introduced the EMDR method in Germany in 1991 and is co-founder and honorary member of the German-speaking professional society for psychotraumatology (DeGPT) and the professional societies for EMDR Europe and EMDRIA Germany. He researches and teaches internationally in the field of treatment of trauma sequelae and depression. He has been awarded international prizes and the Federal Cross of Merit for his work. Luca Ostacoli, MD, is a psychiatrist. He is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Turin, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, School of Medicine and Surgery; head of the Clinical and Psychosomatic Psychology Service at S. Luigi Hospital (Orbassano, Turin, from 2001 to 2016); on the Clinical Obstetric Gynecological Psychology Service (from 2016 to present); and on the Psychotraumatology and Health Staff Support Service (City of Health and Science Hospital of Turin from 2019 to present). He is a member of the International Research Consortia and author of numerous scientific publications in the field of trauma-focused interventions, EMDR, and Mindfulness and their neurobiological correlates. He is a psychotherapist with body dynamics training. He is an EMDR Supervisor and Trainer in Clinical Mindfulness and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and conducts training seminars on psychotherapy. In 2018, he was awarded the EMDR International Association Award and in 2019 the Francine Shapiro Award from EMDR Europe. Maria Lehnung, PhD, is a psychological psychotherapist, did research at the University of Kiel with a neurobiological focus, and is now in private practice with a psychotraumatological focus. In addition, she is active as a lecturer and supervisor and EMDR Europe trainer. From the beginning of her work with EMDR, she was fascinated by the procedure and its possibilities and interested in finding creative ways of using EMDR even with difficult clients. For years she has been involved in the scientific research of EMDR therapy and was instrumental in developing the concept of treating depression with EMDR.
