Therapists trained to provide eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy have a global responsibility. This article summarizes the multiple impacts of high stress events, and their long-term effects on individuals, families, communities, and nations. While it is well documented that EMDR treatment will remediate the individual symptoms of posttraumatic stress, research is still needed to determine how far-reaching such outcomes are. Future studies should determine whether treatment reverses the neurobiological changes, cognitive deficits, and affective dysregulation, which are associated with exposure to traumatic events. Research should also investigate whether successful treatment decreases high-risk and/or perpetrator behavior, and whether these effects are translated into behavioral and attitudinal changes sufficient to bring an end to intergenerational trauma and ethnopolitical conflicts. It seems self-evident that the ideal way to address pressing societal needs, on both local and global levels, is by the integration of science and practice. The article also discusses the development of nonprofit EMDR humanitarian assistance programs, and their essential work in the alleviation of suffering around the world. In addition to recommending the examination of EMDR's efficacy in treating traumatization from direct, natural, structural, and cultural causes, this article advocates that research resources be dedicated for testing interventions in the areas of the world with the greatest needs. The alleviation of suffering is the duty of our profession.

S ince its 1989 inception, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has become an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy approach proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences. Impassioned debates about EMDR therapy's empirical support have gradually been tempered over the past 3 decades, but the issue is far from resolved. Despite the ongoing controversy, EMDR therapy has rapidly spread across the world. An estimated 200,000 clinicians worldwide have been trained in EMDR therapy (F. Shapiro, 2018). According to the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), there are over 10,000 trained members. EMDR professional associations exist across Asia, Canada, Europe, Ibero America, the United States, and now, Africa. EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs volunteers have provided hundreds of low-or no-cost EMDR trainings and disaster relief services globally. Yet, despite all its achievements, there is 6