Basic Training Overview
Participants will learn via lecture, video demonstrations, Q and A sessions, role play demonstrations, small group exercises and supervised practice sessions.
Each participant will experience EMDR as both clinician and client through two practice sessions each weekend. These practice sessions are facilitated by members of the training staff.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
EMDR: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Second Edition, by Francine Shapiro, PhD (Guilford Press, 2001).
Participants are NOT required to read Dr. Shapiro’s book prior to the training.
EMDR Scripted Protocols - Basic and Special Situations by Marilyn Luber (The publisher is selling us this book at a significantly reduced rate, and it will be available for purchase at the training).
Weekend 1
Training Goal:
Participants will learn the basic EMDR Protocol in order to begin to utilize EMDR in clinical practice within recommended limits.
Topics:
- History of the EMDR approach
- Overview of EMDR research
- Neurophysiology of trauma
- Range of applications
- 8 phases of EMDR treatment
- Stabilization and self control techniques
- Recommended limits for beginning utilization
Weekend 2
Training Goal:
Participants will learn the use of EMDR in more complex clinical presentations as well as broaden their understanding of the basic EMDR protocol.
Topics:
- Treatment planning using the EMDR approach
- Parameters surrounding client selection
- Tools for development of client resources
- Using EMDR in treating children, adult survivors of trauma, and recent events
- Overview of the utilization of EMDR in the treatment of addiction, phobias, couples and pain management