Robbie Adler-Tapia, Ph.D

  • EMDRIA Approved Trainer and Training Provider for EMDR Therapy Basic
    and Advanced Trainings
  • EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Certified Therapist
  • Licensed Psychologist and National Registry Health Psychologist
  • CISM Provider

Dr. Adler-Tapia is a licensed psychologist who was previously a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT). In addition, her early career started by studying nursing before moving on to her life profession as a psychologist.

Currently, she is an Employee Assistance Provider for law enforcement, firefighters, and Emergency Responders, and one of the Clinical Directors for ERAP – the Emergency Responders Assistance Program. Dr. Adler-Tapia was part of the Mental Health Team for the National Fallen Firefighters’, Taking Care of Our Own Program, and she was one of the Founders of PISTLE (Post Incident Stress and Trauma in Law Enforcement). She is the great-granddaughter and granddaughter of Law Enforcement Officers, and the daughter of a Volunteer Fire Chief who still responds to calls at the age of 86.

She is now working towards opening a non-profit Organization to provide her First Responder trainings, First 4 Heroes (FiRSST).

As a national and international speaker, Dr. Adler-Tapia was trained as an EMDR therapy Trainer by Dr. Francine Shapiro, the Founder of EMDR therapy, and has provided trainings since 2005.   

Dr. Robbie has presented at many EMDRIA conferences in the US, Europe, and Brazil, including:

  • The ISST-D Conference 
  • The ERAP (the Emergency Responders Assistance Program)
  • The National Fallen Firefighters’ Foundation
  • Arizona Women in Policing
  • PISTLE
  • The Rady Chadwick International Child & Family Maltreatment Conference
  • The Iceland Women and Children’s National Conference

She also presented various EMDR therapy topics in Brazil, Kenya, and Australia. Finally, she presented a pre- recorded training on Child Welfare for the US State Department in Latvia.

Dr. Adler-Tapia has authored/co-authored several books and workbooks in the fields of EMDR Therapy with Children and EMDR Therapy with First Responders. 

View and purchase her works here.

On a volunteer basis, Dr. Adler-Tapia is involved in various committees. She sat on the Tempe Mayor’s Task Force focused on concerns about policing, on the Arizona State Subcommittee for PTSD in Emergency Responders, Public Safety, and the Military and Veterans, and on the City of Phoenix Craig Tiger PTSD Committee.

Dr. Adler-Tapia has been married for 32 years to her best friend, Dr. Hugo Tapia who is a school psychologist. The couple have 6 adult children (3 birth and 3 bonus humans).