David Blore Associates Ltd

Curriculum Vitae: David Charles Blore

Last update: 16/10/09

• Accredited Consultant in Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Accredited Non-medical Consultant in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy(CBT)
• Clinical Director: David Blore Associates Ltd.
• Training Principal: Essential Training Consultancy

Contact Details

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Business Correspondence Address:
David Blore Associates Ltd.
Suite 303
Clifford House
7-9 Clifford Street
York
YO1 9RA
England
UK

Current and other Posts

• Psychotraumatologist
• Accredited Non-Medical Consultant in EMDR
• Accredited Non-Medical Consultant in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
• Clinical Director, David Blore Associates Ltd.
• Training Principal: Essential Training Consultancy www.thisisessentialtraining.com
• Founding Member: Northern Trauma Services
• Doctoral Researcher in Post Traumatic Growth, School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham
• Founding Member, Centre for Applied Positive Psychology www.cappeu.org
• Facilitator to EMDR Workshops Ltd www.emdrworkshops.com
• Yorkshire regional convener, EMDR UK & Ireland Association
• Facilitator to The EMDRHAP (Humanitarian Assistance Programmes)
• Founding Editor of The EMDR Practitioner www.emdr-practitioner.net
• Past President: EMDR UK & Ireland Association (2000)
• Visiting Lecturer: Moscow Psychological Institute

Professional Qualifications & Other Courses

• PhD (current student), School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham
• B.Sc(Hons) - Advanced Professional Nursing Practice and including:
  ENB Higher Award (English National Board - London 1993-5)(University of Nottingham - Nottingham 1993-5)
• Dip.B.Psych (ENBCC 650) (North Trent College of Nursing - Sheffield 1990-1)
• R.M.N. (Charles Frears School of Nursing - Leicester 1979-81)
• S.R.N. (Charles Frears School of Nursing - Leicester 1975-8)
• CISM training (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Inc. Maryland - London 1998)
• EMDR Facilitator training (EMDR Institute Inc. California - London 1996, Brussels 1997, London 1997)
• EMDR Level 2 (EMDR Institute Inc. California - Amsterdam 1996)
• EMDR Level 1 (EMDR Institute Inc. California - London 1995)

Accreditations & Affiliations

• CAPP Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
• EMDR UK & Ireland (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing Assoc., UK & Ireland)
• EMDR Europe Affiliated member and Accredited Consultant 2001 & 2006
• EMDRIA (EMDR International Association) Affiliated member
• BABCP (British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies) Accredited from 1994 (BABCP membership number 893699)
• EABCT (European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies) Affiliated member
• NMC (registration 75JO525E)

Peer-Reviewed Publications/Conference Presentations

• BLORE D.C.,(1993a)
  'Positive Responses', Nursing Times, 89(8):44-46.
  (Case study of the treatment of Psychogenic Vomiting)
• BLORE D.C.,(1993b)
  'Treating a Miner with Underground Phobia', British Journal of Nursing, 2(20):1017,1020-1021.
• BLORE D.C.,(1995)
  'Grinding Down', Nursing Times, 91(26):46-47.
  (Case study of the treatment of Bruxism)
• BLORE D.C.,(1996a)
  'Use of Eye Movement to Reduce Stress After Trauma', Nursing Times, 92(18):43-45.
  (An extract from this paper was cited by Dr. Francine Shapiro the discoverer of EMDR - at the Level 2 training in Amsterdam 1996. A case from this paper is included and acknowledged in Dr. Shapiro's 2nd book on EMDR: 'EMDR The Breakthrough Therapy' - page 227, published in the UK in September 1997)
• STOKES P., BLORE D.C., & MEATS P., (1996b)
  'Behavioural Psychotherapy by Trainee Psychiatrists: Does it work and is it cost effective?', Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 24(2):185-188.
• BLORE D.C., (1997a)
  'Reflections on: "A Day When the Whole World seemed to be Darkened"', Changes, 15(2):89-95.
  (This paper describes the personal experience of EMDR, and experiences using EMDR, after a mining disaster - it is cited in the EMDR Level 1 Training Manual. Information about EMDR training can be obtained via www.emdrworkshops.com
• BLORE D.C., (1997b)
  'Use of EMDR to treat Morbid Jealousy: A case study', British Journal of Nursing, 6(17):984-988.
  (This paper is also cited in the EMDR Level 1 Training Manual. Information about EMDR training can be obtained from: www.emdrworkshops.com This case study was also used to illustrate EMDR per se in: Goulston, M. (2008) ‘Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for Dummies’ p.156)
• BLORE D.C., (1997c)
  'Twenty Five Minutes in the life of an EMDR Client', The EMDR Practitioner, The Internet, www.emdr-practitioner.net
• MacCULLOCH M.J., BLORE D.C., & GRAY N.S.,(1998)
  'Pre and post session measures of traumatic memories by Semantic Differential indicate that EMDR is a rapid counter-conditioning process which catalyses stalled emotional processing', Proceedings of XXVIIIth EABCT Conference: Cork, Ireland
• BLORE D.C., (2000)
  'EMDR for mining and related trauma: The Underground Trauma Protocol', The EMDR Practitioner, The Internet,
  (This paper describes a new, and now established, protocol for use with EMDR. The UTP was one of the protocols used by therapists in New York after the 9/11 attack. www.emdr-practitioner.net see also Blore D. C. (2009))
• BLORE D.C., (2001)
  'The Experience of Trauma: 'Dead is death, those left behind are ours' - A reply to Purves', The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1(4) Winter 2001: 258-263.
  (This paper describes the personal experiences of being involved in the aftermath of the 1999 Turkish earthquakes response. Although the cause for the trip was to help with the teaching of Turkish psychologists, personal experience described was of the secondary, and probably preventable, traumas.)
• BLORE D.C., (2002)
  'EMDR and the Workplace..... helpful hints for the practitioner', The EMDR Practitioner, The Internet, www.emdr-practitioner.net
• BLORE D.C., (2003)
  'EMDR and Workplace trauma'. Proceedings of EMDR Association UK & Ireland Conference, Birmingham, UK 2004
• BLORE D.C. (2005a)
  'Affect and Traumatised Traincrew: using an integrated CBT/EMDR approach to facilitate an early return to work'. Abstract Book of the XXXVth EABCT Conference: Thessalonica, Greece, p114-5.
  This paper was presented in the symposium :'Integrating Affect into the Practice of CBT with EMDR'
• BLORE D.C., (2005b)
  'New Tricks or a new Dawn' (Book Review of: 'EMDR & the Energy Therapies: Psychoanalytic perspectives' Mollon, P., 2005), Psychotherapy & Politics International 3:224-6
• BLORE D.C., & HOLMSHAW E.M., (2006)
  'The Railway Experience: 'being in control' the non-disclosure of traumatic memory content and EMDR' 4th Annual conference of EMDR UK & Ireland, Royal Institute of British Architects, London
• BLORE D.C. (2006a)
  'Growing' a Philosophy of Healthcare: The germination and flowering of a personal experiential healthcare philosophy', The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 6(3) Autumn 2006: 127-133.
• BLORE D.C. (2006b)
  'Some Marxist Reflections on a Decadent Capitalist 'Battle': the CBT/EMDR War' The EMDR Practitioner, The Internet, www.emdr-practitioner.net
  (Author's name published in Cyrillic: Дзвид Блор)
• BLORE, D.C., (2007a)
  EMDR Generates Post Traumatic Growth (PTG): Preliminary research results. EMDR UK & Ireland Conference Glasgow, Scotland 23/24.3.07
• BLORE, D.C., (2007b)
  Towards a Perspective-related Categorisation of PTG: Preliminary results from Phenomenological Research into EMDR. Founding Conference of the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology, University of Warwick, England 18/20.4.07
• BLORE, D.C., (2007c)
  Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) facilitated by Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR): Report on initial findings. Italian EMDR Association Newsletter No. 14 (September 2007)
• BLORE, D.C., FARRELL, D., CLIFFORD, C. (2008)
  ‘The Experience of Post Traumatic Growth amongst Road Traffic Accident Victims who have completed EMDR treatment: A status report on research’ (Poster Presentation), EMDR Europe Conference, London 2008
• BLORE, D.C., (2009a)
  The Range & Diversity of Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) following EMDR for Involvement in an RTA. 7th Annual Conference of EMDR UK & Ireland, University of Manchester, UK
• BLORE, D.C., (2009b)
  EMDR for Mining and Related Trauma: The Underground Trauma Protocol. In M. Luber (Ed.), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: EMDR Scripted Protocols Basic and Special Situations (pp. 215-32). New York: Springer Publishing
• BLORE, D.C., & HOLMSHAW, M.E., (2009a)
  EMDR “Blind to Therapist Protocol”. In M. Luber (Ed.), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: EMDR Scripted Protocols Basic and Special Situations (pp. 233-40). New York: Springer Publishing
• BLORE, D.C., (2009c)
  From old channels through future templates to Post Traumatic Growth: What happens after successful EMDR? Abstract book of the 10th European EMDR Conference, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp.29-30
• BLORE, D.C., & HOLMSHAW, M.E., (2009b)
  The Blind to Therapist (B2T) Protocol: Two case examples. (Poster Presentation), 2nd EMDR Autumn Workshop Conference, Well Met Centre, Leeds, UK.

LECTURES 1992 onwards

• The Society of Occupational Medicine (East Midlands branch) @ Nottingham @ 6.February.92
  'Treating Traumatised Coalminers with Underground Phobia' (Lecture given in a symposium on occupational mental health.)
• The National Conference of Occupational Nurses in Mining @ Bretby, Leicestershire 4 times during Sept 92
  Cognitive Behavioural Interventions in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Coalmining'
• Central Notts Healthcare Trust - Psychotherapy Interest Group @ Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 19.Sep.94
  'EMDR in post traumatic stress imagery'
• 1^st National Conference for Nurse Education and Practice @ London on 26 & 27.Sept.94
  'Reflections on practice - Obtaining Informed Consent in EMDR'
• British Coal Corporation - Full Time Medical Centre Attendants Refresher Course @ Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 16.March.95
  'PTSD in mining'
• Central Notts Healthcare Trust - Psychotherapy Interest Group @ Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 24.July.95
  'An evaluation of EMDR for post trauma imagery: outcome of initial research'
• Nottingham Health Promotion @ Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 13.February.96 & 9.March.96
  'Anxiety, Stress and Panic in Primary care settings'
• British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (Yorkshire Branch) @ Sheffield on 26.July.96
  'Psychological interventions in Coal mining Disasters - Initial outcomes of EMDR after the Bilsthorpe Colliery Disaster'
• Small GP Practices Association (Nottingham Branch) @ Nottingham on 12.September.96
  'Psychological Aspects of Trauma - EMDR, a very effective treatment for PTSD?'
• 1^st National Conference - EMDR UK & Ireland @ Watford, Hertfordshire on 6.March.97
  'EMDR and traumatised coalminers'
• Level II EMDR Training - Special Presentations @ London on 26.April.97
  'Tips from the Pits - a proposal for an extended single trauma protocol for use of EMDR in mining trauma' This presentation was the first by a European clinician at an EMDR training. Until this point, all presentations in Europe had been exclusively provided by American trainers.)
• South Durham NHS Trust: Psychotherapy Interest Group - Guest Presentation @ Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham on 17.Nov.97
  'An Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing'
• Central Notts Healthcare Trust: Coronary Heart Disease & Rehabilitation Training For Practitioners @ Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 1.Dec.97, 12.Jan.98 and 18May98
  'Panic & Anxiety - to keep death off the roads do you drive on the pavement?'
• Moscow Psychological Institute: Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Module @ Moscow, Russia on 22.April.98 and 23.April.98
  'Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy in the U.K. and related lectures' 'EMDR workshop: a protocol for use in mining related traumata'
• 28^th Congress Of The European Association For Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies @ University College, Cork, Ireland on 10.September.98
  'EMDR and PTSD: Two year Case Series of Traumatised Coalminers, Outcomes and Follow ups'
• Small GP Practices Association - (Nottingham Branch) @ Nottingham on 13.May.99
  'Rapid and lasting amelioration of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in oad Traffic Accident (RTA) victims'
• Pharmacia Upjohn (Pharmaceuticals) Innovations in Mental Health Issues, An Interactive Symposium @ Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on 15 & 16.October.99
  'The treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder using EMDR'
• EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP) Psychology Training Response To: The 1999 Turkish Earthquakes @ Kemerburgaz near Istanbul, Turkey on 1.11.99
  'The possible use of MDR in 'surface burial' earthquake trauma, based on the treatment of traumatised coalminers' (Lecture given on day 5 of a 5 day training schedule)
• Northampton Boys School: Guest Lecture @ Northampton on 2.12.99
  'Psychological/humanitarian response to the 1999 Turkish Earthquakes'
• EMDR UK Regional Group: S.E. Midlands 1999 AGM: Guest Lecture @ Northampton on 2.12.99
  'EMDR HAP in Turkey: from Gölçük to Yalova'
• Prison Staff Welfare Association: Guest Lecture @ Leicester on 5.12.01
  'The role of EMDR in Occupational Health'
• Business Healthcare Ltd: Presentation @ Mansfield Woodhouse on 12.12.01
  'My role - your questions' Formation Of EMDR Workshops Ltd.
• Programme Of 9 Two Day Workshops On
  'trauma awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Arriva Trains Northern' York, January to March 2004
• Annual Conference of EMDR UK & Ireland @ Birmingham 21.2.04
  'EMDR and Workplace trauma'
• Programme Of 2 Two Day Workshops On
  'Trauma Awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Arriva Trains and Northern Rail' York, December 2004
• Selby & York CRUSE: Guest Lecture
  'Developments in Trauma Counselling: in the wake of the tsunami' York on 2.2.05
• Moving Minds Ltd, Novartis Foundation, London
  'Network Training day' London, 19.2.05 School Of Health Sciences, Birmingham University 'Moving over to Phenomenology' 11.5.05
• Feastfield Medical Centre, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
  'Introduction to CBT: not the boring version!' 12.7.05
• 35^th Congress Of The European Association For Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies @ Thessaloniki, Greece on 23.September.05
  'Affect and Traumatised Train Crew: Using an Integrated CBT/EMDR Approach to Facilitate an Early Return to Work'
• Post Graduate Programme For GPs And Psychiatrists, Harrogate Clinic, North Yorkshire
  'EMDR and CBT in Occupational Mental Health or: "Psychiatry owes a lot to British Rail"' 15.10.05
• EMDR Interest Group, The Retreat Hospital, York
  'Psychotraumatology owes a lot to Arriva Trains Northern' 26.10.05
• Guest Lecture: 2^nd Military conference on CBT & EMDR in the Military, RAF Donnington nr. Birmingham
  'CBT and EMDR: Discovering Post Traumatic Growth' 15.11.05
• Northern Rail Training Academy, Bolton, Lancs
  'Trauma Awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Northern Rail' x6 (Nov05 to Jan06)
• PC Harringtons, London (for Moving Minds Ltd.)
  'Trauma Awareness Training at PC Harringtons' 23 & 24.11.05
• Moving Minds Ltd, University Of Birmingham
  'Psychological Trauma at Work, 3 lectures: Trauma in the workplace; What can be done to get workers back to work & Workplace trauma and the law' Birmingham, 18.2.06
• 4^th Annual Conference of EMDR UK & Ireland, Royal Institute of British Architects, London 'The Railway Experience:
  'Being in control' the non-disclosure of traumatic memory content and EMDR't + mini practicum' London 4.3.06
• United Response, Leeds (for Moving Minds Ltd.)
  'Trauma Awareness Training at PC Harringtons' 6 & 7.4.06
• Northern Rail Training Academy, Bolton, Lancs
  'Trauma Awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Northern Rail' (Nov05 to Jun06)
• Northern Rail Training Academy, York
  'Trauma Awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Northern Rail' (Oct & Dec 06)
• Conocophillips Oil, Aberdeen
  'Psychological Support for Employees at ConocoPhillips: EMDR' (21.3.07)
• 5^th Annual Conference, EMDR UK & I, Teachers Building, Glasgow
  'EMDR Generates Post Traumatic Growth (PTG): Preliminary results' (24.3.07)
• 1^st Annual Conference, Centre for Applied Positive Psychology, University of Warwick
  'Towards a perspective-related categorisation of PostTraumatic Growth (PTG): Preliminary results of phenomenological research into Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)' (19.4.07)
• Cygnet Hospital Harrogate
  '2 day staff training - new 3 week EMDR in patient training progamme' (19 & 20.9.07)
• Novartis Foundation, London
  'EMDR & Positive Psychology - Masterclass' (4.10.07)
• EMDR, NE England Regional Group, Darlington
  'Contraindiactions and Safety Considerations in the selection of clients for EMDR' (9.1.08)
• School Of Health Sciences, Birmingham University
  ‘"I'm so grateful it happened": The Lived Experience of Post Traumatic Growth following Road Traffic Accidents and EMDR treatment’ (29.4.08)
• Northern Rail Training Academy, York
  'Trauma Awareness for DTMs and CTMs of Northern Rail' (Aug, Sep & Nov 08)
• 1^st Yorkshire EMDR Region Autumn Workshop (Conference)
  ‘EMDR Supervision: What the Supervisee Wants from EMDR Supervision versus what EMDR Accreditation Requires for Competency’ (17.10.08)
• Haxby Scouts, York
  ‘My job: What has working on the railways got to do with Earthquakes?’ (Nov 08)
• 7th Annual Conference of EMDR UK & Ireland, University of Manchester
  'The Range & Diversity of Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) following EMDR for Involvement in an RTA' Manchester 28.3.09
• 10th European EMDR Conference, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  ‘From old channels through future templates to Post Traumatic Growth: What happens after successful EMDR?’ Amsterdam 6.6.09

EMDR Chronology

• 18th August 1993: Bilsthorpe Colliery Disaster, Nottinghamshire, England
• Sept 93: EABCT London, Workshop 16, first workshop on EMDR held in the UK
• Oct 93: Starts use of EMDR based on published papers, commences supervision by correspondence with psychologist in Belgium
• Sep 93 to May 95: BSc(Hons) dissertation - evaluation of EMDR case series
• Sep 94: 'EMD/R in post traumatic stress imagery' lecture
• Sep 94: 'Reflections on practice - Obtaining Informed Consent in EMDR' lecture
• Jul 95: 'An evaluation of EMDR for post trauma imagery: outcome of initial research' lecture
• Sep 95: Level 1 training, London
• May 96: BLORE D.C.,(1996a) 'Use of Eye Movement to Reduce Stress After Trauma'
• May 96: Level 2 training, Amsterdam
• Jul 96: 'Psychological interventions in Coal mining Disasters - Initial outcomes of EMDR following the Bilsthorpe Colliery Disaster'
• Sep 96: 'Psychological Aspects of Trauma - EMDR, a very effective treatment for PTSD?' lecture
• Sep 96: 'Red Badge training' (EMDR facilitator training), London (Level 1)
• Mar 97: 'EMDR and traumatised coalminers' lecture
• Apr 97: 'Red Badge training' (EMDR facilitator training), Brussels (Level 1)
• Apr 97: 'Tips from the Pits - a proposal for an extended single trauma protocol for use of EMDR in mining trauma'
• Apr 97: 'Red Badge training' (EMDR facilitator training), London (Level 2)
• May 97: BLORE D.C., (1997a) 'Reflections on "A Day When the Whole World seemed to be Darkened"'
• Jun 97: Facilitator Level 1, CologneJul 97: BLORE D.C., (1997b) 'Use of EMDR to treat Morbid Jealousy: A case study'
• Jul 97: BLORE D.C., (1997c) 'Twenty Five Minutes in the life of an EMDR Client'
• Sep 97: Facilitator Level 1, London
• Nov 97: 'An Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing' lecture
• Jan 98: CISM for EMDR practitioners training
• Apr 98: 'EMDR workshop: a protocol for use in mining related traumata' lecture
• Sep 98: Facilitator Level 1, Cork
• Sep 98: 'EMDR and PTSD: Two year Case Series of Traumatised Coalminers, Outcomes and Follow ups' lecture
• Feb 99: Facilitator Level 1, Cologne
• May 99: 'Rapid and lasting amelioration of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Road Traffic Accident (RTA) victims' lecture
• Sep 99: Facilitator Level 1, Cologne
• Oct 99: 'The treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder using EMDR' lecture
• Nov 99: 'The possible use of EMDR in 'surface burial' earthquake trauma, based on the treatment of traumatised coalminers' lecture
• Dec 99: 'Psychological/humanitarian response to the 1999 Turkish Earthquakes' lecture
• Dec 99: 'EMDR HAP in Turkey: from Gölçük to Yalova' lecture
• Jan 00: BLORE D.C., (2000) 'EMDR for mining and related trauma: The Underground Trauma Protocol'
• Mar 00: Facilitator Level 1, GlasgowMar 00 : Elected President EMDR UK & I
• Aug 00: Facilitator Level 2, BelfastSep 00 : Starts to produce video footage of EMDR clinical practice for teaching purposes
• Dec 00: Facilitator Level 1, London
• Jun 01: Becomes Past President EMDR UK & IOct 01 : Facilitator Level 2, London
• Dec 01: BLORE D.C., (2001) 'The Experience of Trauma: 'Dead is death, those left behind are ours' - A reply to Purves'
• Apr 02: Facilitator Level 1, Edinburgh
• Apr 02: becomes director of EMDR Workshops Ltd.
• Sep 02: BLORE D.C., (2002) 'EMDR and the Workplace..... helpful hints for the practitioner
• Oct 02: Facilitator Level 1, LondonDec 02 : EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 2 : EMDR Intensive, London
• Feb 03: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 3 : EMDR Intensive, LondonFeb 03 : Facilitator Level 1, Edinburgh
• May 03: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 5 : EMDR Intensive, Glasgow
• Jun 03: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 6b : EMDR Using EMDR for Performance Enhancement in career and creative and performing arts. 2003 special workshop, London
• Nov 03: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 8 : EMDR Intensive, York
• Dec 03: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 9 : EMDR Intensive/Intermediate training, London
• Feb 04: Blore D.C., (paper written in 2003) 'EMDR and Workplace trauma'. Proceedings of EMDR Association UK & Ireland Conference, Birmingham, UK 2004
• May 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 11: EMDR Level 1 training, London
• Jun 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 12: EMDR Intermediate training, London
• Jun 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 13: EMDR and client stabilisation, 2004 special workshop, London
• Jul 04: Intermediate training, University of Ulster, Belfast
• Sep 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 14: EMDR Intermediate training, Stirling Scotland
• Oct 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 15: EMDR Level 1 training, York
• Nov 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 16: EMDR Level 2 training, London
• Dec 04: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 17: EMDR Intermediate training, London
• Mar 05: EMDR Workshops Ltd. workshop 18: EMDR Intermediate training, York
• May 05: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, London
• Sep 05: (Blore D.C., 2005a) 35th CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOURAL & COGNITIVE THERAPIES @ THESSALONIKI, GREECE on 23.September.05 'Affect and Traumatised Train Crew: Using an Integrated CBT/EMDR Approach to Facilitate an Early Return to Work
• Oct 05: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Oct 05: POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME FOR GPs AND PSYCHIATRISTS, HARROGATE CLINIC, NORTH YORKSHIRE 'EMDR and CBT in Occupational Mental Health or: "Psychiatry owes a lot to British Rail"'
• Oct 05: EMDR INTEREST GROUP, The Retreat Hospital, York 'Psychotraumatology owes a lot to Arriva Trains Northern'
• Oct 05: GUEST LECTURE: 2nd Military conference on CBT & EMDR in the Military, RAF Donnington nr. BIRMINGHAM 'CBT and EMDR: Discovering Post Traumatic Growth'
• ANNUAL CONFERENCE of EMDR UK & Ireland, LONDON: 'Conducting EMDR 'blind' to the therapist + mini practicum' London 4.3.06
• Mar 06: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, London
• Mar 06: EMDR INTEREST GROUP, The Retreat Hospital, York 'EMDR and Performance Enhancement'
• May 06: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Jul 06: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Sep 06: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, London
• Oct 06: Guest Presentation 'EMDR: a rapid, effective and lasting treatment for psychological trauma' South Staffs NHS Trust, Stafford
• Oct 06: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, York
• Jan 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, York
• Jan 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Jun 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, York
• Jun 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, London
• Jul 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Aug/Sep 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, York
• Oct 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, London
• Oct 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, London
• Nov 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, York
• Nov 07: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Jan 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, London
• Feb 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, York
• Feb/Mar 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, York
• Apr 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, York
• Apr 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, London
• Apr 08: PhD student presentation: ‘"I'm so grateful it happened": The Lived Experience of Post Traumatic Growth following Road Traffic Accidents and EMDR treatment’ University of Birmingham
• May 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, London
• Jun 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, York
• Jun 08: BLORE, D.C., FARRELL, D., CLIFFORD, C. (2008) ‘The Experience of Post Traumatic Growth amongst Road Traffic Accident Victims who have completed EMDR treatment: A status report on research’ (Poster Presentation), EMDR Europe Conference, London 2008
• Jul 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, York
• Sep 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, London
• Sep 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 3 training, York
• Oct 08: Chairman of the 1st Yorkshire EMDR Region Autumn Workshop
• Oct 08: 1st Yorkshire EMDR Region Autumn Workshop (Conference) BLORE, D.C. (2008) ‘EMDR Supervision: What the Supervisee Wants from EMDR Supervision versus what EMDR Accreditation Requires for Competency’ (17.10.08)
• Oct 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 2 training, Rhyl, North Wales
• Oct/Nov 08: EMDR Workshops Ltd: EMDR Part 1 training, Birmingham

Selected Media Appearances

• BBC 1 East Midlands Today News (5.7.96): The use of EMDR amongst coalminers involved in the Bilsthorpe Colliery Disaster.
• BBC Radio: Radio Nottingham, Radio Sheffield, Radio Five Live (5.7.96):The use of EMDR amongst coalminers involved in the Bilsthorpe Colliery Disaster.
• Nottingham Evening Post (18.7.96): Feature article on EMDR.
• Guest expert on the EMDR Internet discussion list, 1-14.12.1997: Discussing EMDR treatment of underground disaster victims.
• BBC 1 East Midlands Today News (16.3.98):Trip to Moscow to teach Russian EMDR practitioners the use of EMDR amongst coalminers involved in the Siberian and Ukrainian colliery disasters of 1997/98.
• Radio Nottingham, Radio Five Live (16.3.98): Trip to Moscow to teach Russian EMDR practitioners the use of EMDR amongst coalminers involved in the Siberian Colliery Disaster.
• Nottingham Evening Post (21.10.99): 'David to treat quake victims' feature on forthcoming humanitarian trip to Turkey'.
• BBC 1 East Midlands Today News (26.10.99): Humanitarian response to the Turkish earthquakes.
• CHAD newspaper (article available on request) (28.10.99): 'David to the rescue in Turkey'.
• Turkish Probe - Turkish news in English (31.10.99): 'In the midst of autumn, life is tough in tent cities'.
• 'Hot' (Arriva Trains Northern's safety newsletter) (October 2003 issue): 'Tackling trauma on the tracks'.
• 'Hot' (Arriva Trains Northern's safety newsletter) (May 2004 issue): 'Taking trauma out of tragedy'.