# Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/ukraynada-emdr-g-tep-sanal-uygulamasinin-etkinligi - Language: en - Last updated: 2026-09-15 - Page title: Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alişan Burak Yaşar > Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine (Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine) Cindy Palen (1), Olya Zaporozhets ( This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/ukraynada-emdr-g-tep-sanal-uygulamasinin-etkinligi) [← Back to blog](https://alisanburak.com/en/blog) # Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine July 30, 2024EMDR Europe Symposium 2024 Posters Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine (Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine) Cindy Palen (1), Olya Zaporozhets (1) Lisa Compton (1), Marilyn Luber (2) 1 Regent University, 2 Private Practice Translated by: Specialist Psychologist Gizem Pozam Background - The mental health crisis in Ukraine calls for prompt and effective interventions - EMDR G-TEP is a group protocol that can easily be adapted for virtual delivery Aims - Determine the effectiveness of virtual EMDR G-TEP in reducing wartime psychological distress in Ukrainian mental health professionals who are still experiencing a traumatic event such as war - Analyze whether significant results are maintained at the 6-week follow-up after the posttest Participants - Mental health professionals in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian War (N= 63). - Age 24-64 (N= 63, M = 42.67, SD = 8.92) - Gender: Female, n = 59 (93.7%); Male, n = 4 (6.3%) Methods - Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 33) or a waitlist control group (n = 30). - Wartime psychological distress was measured using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUDS). - The study measured improvement across three time points (pretest, posttest, and six-week follow-up). - After participants completed the pretests, the intervention group received two 60-minute online EMDR G-TEP sessions on two consecutive days; the control group received no intervention. All participants were reassessed at the six-week follow-up. - Data were analyzed using the Friedman test to analyze the within-subject effect of the median rank scores of the three measures. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze the median rank scores of the three measures between the control and intervention groups at three time points. Results - PCL-5: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 22.32, p < .001 Control Group: x2(2) = 3.30, p = .19 - PHQ-9: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 21.14, p < .001 Control Group: Control Group: x2(2) = 3.47, p = 18 - SUDS: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 46.34 p < .001 Control Group: x2(2) = 1.96, p = 38 The intervention group experienced significant improvement in all three measures across all three time points (p < .001), whereas the control group did not. Conclusions The study was conducted during the Russian-Ukrainian War, at a time when participants lacked a post-trauma window of safety and were scattered across Ukraine. At posttest, 7 intervention participants who had a preliminary PTSD diagnosis no longer met the criteria for PTSD, and four of these 7 maintained the positive results at the 6-week follow-up. This research suggests that virtual delivery of EMDR G-TEP may be effective as an early intervention to reduce psychological distress in participants who are still experiencing a traumatic event such as war. Effectiveness of Virtual Delivery of EMDR G-TEP in Ukraine Cindy Palen (1), Olya Zaporozhets (1) Lisa Compton (1), Marilyn Luber (2) 1 Regent University, 2 Private Practice Background - Mental health crisis in Ukraine warrants prompt and effective interventions - EMDR G-TEP is a group protocol that is easily modified for virtual delivery Aims - Determine the effectiveness of virtual EMDR G-TEP in reducing wartime psychological distress in Ukrainian mental health professionals who are still experiencing a traumatic episode such as war - Analyze the sustainability of significant results for a 6-week follow-up post-test Participants - Mental Health Professionals in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian War (N= 63). - Age 24-64 (N= 63, M = 42.67, SD = 8.92) - Gender: Female, n = 59 (93.7%); Male, n = 4 (6.3%) Methods - Participants were randomly placed in an intervention group (n = 33) or a waitlist control group (n = 30). - Wartime psychological distress was measured using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUDS). - The study measured improvement across three time points (pretest, posttest, and six-week follow-up). - After participants completed the pretests, the intervention group received two 60-minute online sessions of EMDR G-TEP on two consecutive days; the control group received no intervention. All participants were reassessed at a six-week follow-up. - Data was analyzed using the Friedman test to analyze the within-subject effect of the median rank scores of the three measures. The Mann Whitney-U Test was used to analyze the median rank scores of the three measures between the control and intervention groups at three time points. Results - PCL-5: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 22.32, p < .001 Control Group: x2(2) = 3.30, p = .19 - PHQ-9: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 21.14, p < .001 Control Group: Control Group: x2(2) = 3.47, p = 18 - SUDS: Intervention Group: x2(2) = 46.34 p < .001 Control Group: x2(2) = 1.96, p = 38 The intervention group experienced significant improvement in all three measures across three time points (p < .001), whereas the control group did not. Conclusions The study was conducted during the Russian-Ukrainian War when participants were without a post-trauma window of safety and were scattered across Ukraine. At posttest 7 intervention participants who had a preliminary PTSD diagnosis no longer met the criteria for PTSD, and of those 7, four retained the positive results to the 6-week follow-up. This research suggests that virtual delivery of EMDR G-TEP can be effective as an early intervention to reduce psychological distress in participants still experiencing a traumatic episode such as war. [← Previous Effectiveness of Group ISP® in Wartime Events](https://alisanburak.com/en/savas-zamani-olaylarinda-grup-ispnin-etkinligi)[Next → Efficacy of EMDR Combined with Virtual Reality Exposure in Relieving Post-COVID Brain Fog](https://alisanburak.com/en/covid-sonrasi-beyin-sisinin-giderilmesinde-sanal-gerceklige-maruz-kalma-ile-birlestirilmis-emdrnin-etkinligi) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/ukraynada-emdr-g-tep-sanal-uygulamasinin-etkinligi İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. 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