Schedule

Day 1 – Impacts of Trauma

  • Attachment Theory and how client’s attachment impacts        
  • EMDR therapy and reprocessing
  • The Theory of Structural Dissociation
  • The AIP Model 
  • Dissociative Screening and Diagnostic Tools
  • Conducting a Comprehensive History in Phase 1
  • Case conceptualization utilizing the client’s history
  • Assessing Readiness and Stability of Clients
  • Appropriate use of the Floatback
  • Case Conceptualizing looking at two cases

Day 2 – Modalities of BLS

  • Facilitating in person and Remote EMDR 
  • Psychoeducation and informed Consent with EMDR
  • Phase 2 – Calm Place, RDI, preparation
  • Videos
  • Phase 2 – Dealing with Affect Phobias utilizing the Progressive Approach
  • Case conceptualizing with one case
  • Phase 3 – understanding the details of each aspect
  • Overview of Phases 4-6
  • Responses suggestive of effective / ineffective reprocessing
  • Returning to Target
  • Documenting process notes for the Standard Protocol 
  • Phase 7

Day 3 – Group exercise – Examining what to do during Phases 3-4

  • Dual Attention – Teeter Totter Model (Leeds 2016)
  • Assessing treatment effects
  • Case conceptualizing with one case
  • Phase 8 – Macro and micro reevaluation
  • Group Exercise – How to proceed during Phase 8
  • Handling abreactions
  • The five causes of ineffective reprocessing
  • Cognitive Interweaves
  • Videos

Day 4 – When processing has stalled

  • Cognitive Interweaves con’t
  • Group Exercise – when to use cognitive Interweaves
  • Prong 2
  • Prong 3 – Standard Future Template, Positive Template, RDI for New Self Concept
  • Cultural humility
  • LEARN model for cultural humility
  • Ethical obligations
  • 2 hours of consultation with participants presenting cases – teaching case conceptualization