EMDR THERAPY THERAPY TRAINING PART 1

EMDR Therapy is a comprehensive psychotherapy that accelerates the treatment of a wide range of pathologies and self-esteem issues related to disturbing events and present life conditions.  This interactional, standardized approach has been empirically tested in over 20 randomized controlled studies with trauma patients and hundreds of published case reports evaluating a considerable range of presenting complaints including, depression, anxiety, phobias, excessive grief, somatic conditions and addictions and compulsive disorders.  EMDR Therapy is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing model hypothesizes that unprocessed memories appear to set the basis for a wide range of dysfunction.  A number of neurophysiological studies have documented the rapid post-treatment EMDR therapy effects. This core training, EMDR Therapy Part 1 and Part 2, train mental health clinicians in the standardized protocol for EMDR treatment and meet all EMDR International Association’s (EMDRIA) requirements. 

PART 1 IS REQUIRED BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN PARTICIPATE IN PART 2

Part One

• Apply the underlying Adaptive Information Processing theory of EMDR Therapy and other theoretical, brain functioning, and research issues
• Assess the appropriateness of using EMDR Therapy with your patients
• Conceptualize a case from an EMDR Therapy and trauma viewpoint
• Integrate EMDR Therapy into a comprehensive treatment plan
• Develop skill in using all eight phases of the EMDR Therapy treatment method
• Apply the target sequencing plan
• Identify the three prong standard protocol
• Identify, select, and develop appropriate target issues for use with an EMDR Therapy protocol
• Utilize the safeguards
• Utilize soothing and grounding techniques
• Utilize techniques to teach patients to tolerate and modulate affect
• Utilize resource development and installation
• Apply responses to certain resistances
• Identify applications of EMDR Therapy to various patient problems
• Identify clinician limitations
• Make use of on-going case consultation

Between the first and second parts of the course, and in order to continue to the second part, each participant will participate in a total of 4 hours of consultation

 Part 1 and 2 will award 40.0 CE clock hours ; NBCC credit is not available for this program.

For More information or to register:  

Carol Miles MSW, LCSW LLC

110 East 7^th Avenue