Course Objectives
First part of course:
- Learn the underlying Adaptive Information Processing theory of EMDR Therapy and other theoretical, brain functioning, and research issues
- Learn to assess the appropriateness of using EMDR Therapy with your patients
- Learn to conceptualize a case from an EMDR Therapy and trauma viewpoint
- Learn to integrate EMDR Therapy into a comprehensive treatment plan
- Develop skill in using all eight phases of the EMDR Therapy treatment method
- Learn how to apply the target sequencing plan
- Learn the three stage standard protocol
- Learn to identify, select, and develop appropriate target issues for use with an EMDR Therapy protocol
- Learn the safeguards
- Learn soothing and grounding techniques
- Learn techniques to teach patients to tolerate and modulate affect
- Learn resource development and installation
- Learn responses to certain resistances
- Learn applications of EMDR Therapy to various patient problems
- Be aware of clinician limitations
- Make use of on-going supervision and case consultation
Between the first and second parts of the course, and in order to continue to the second part, each participant will present a case and a recording of one session with a patient for review and consultation.
Second part of course:
- Learn special protocols to use with specific patient groups and specific patient problems
- Learn additional techniques to handle looping, resistance and other problems
- Learn therapeutic and cognitive interweaves
- Learn applications of EMDR Therapy to dissociative, Axis II, and other disorders
- Learn to integrate EMDR Therapy into your current treatment approach
- Be further cognizant of safety issues
- Consider legal, ethical issues
- Learn to identify practitioner problems with the method
- Further practice with clients
- Continue to make use of on-going supervision and case consultation with Instructor and with peers
- Demonstrate proficiency in using the EMDR Therapy
At the end of the second part of the course, and in order to complete the second part, each participant will present a case and a recording of one session with a patient for review and consultation, demonstrating adequate skills in using the EMDR Therapy method.
Upon completion of the course:
- Be able to incorporate the practice of EMDR Therapy in your work with a range of clients
- Be eligible to:
- Apply for membership in EMDRIA
- Apply to EMDRIA to be certified in EMDR, after completing the additional requirements:
- At least 50 EMDR Therapy sessions with at least 25 clients
- 12 additional hours of EMDR Therapy training (EMDRIA credits)
- 20 hours of consultation (10 of which must be individual, 10 of which may be in groups of 8 or less) with an Approved Consultant or Consultant-in-training
- Be listed in the EMDRIA Direcotry and on the EMDRIA web site
- Attend the annual EMDRIA International Conference