
Winter Basic EMDR Training

Winter Basic EMDR Training is organized by Envision Workshops, Inc and will be held from Jan 26 - Feb 25, 2024.
Description:
Envision Academy is a comprehensive and innovative EMDR training provider that offers a unique, in-depth, online learning experience. Our dedicated team delivers the highest quality training to professionals who want to incorporate EMDR therapy into their practice. In addition to that, your experience with us doesn’t end with the completion of your Basic EMDR Training. Envision offers the most comprehensive post-training support to help you continue your learning journey and become an expert EMDR.
Learning Objectives:
Part 1 – Day 1 Learning Objectives
• Describe the history of EMDR therapy and contributing theoretical orientations.
• Describe the Adaptive Information Processing Approach.
• Identify at least two (2) mechanisms of EMDR therapy.
• Describe EMDR therapy as an evidence-based therapy.
• Identify at least one (1) research supporting EMDR application.
• Describe EMDR’s Three-pronged approach.
• Utilize the 3-pronged, 8-phased EMDR protocol to select clients.
• Explain Phase 1: Client history and treatment planning, including appropriate clients and safety for processing.
• Create an EMDR Treatment Plan.
• Explain Phase 2: Preparing clients for EMDR therapy, including psycho-education, dual attention stimuli, and coping strategies.
Part 1 – Day 2 Learning Objectives:
• Assess Client’s readiness for treatment.
• Describe at least 2 self-use techniques for clients during phase 2.
• Explain Phase 3: Assessing the current target for processing and access the memory network.
• Explain Phase 4: Effectively work with clients to desensitize traumatic memories.
• Demonstrate and practice how and analyze how to handle looping.
• Recognize how to handle Abreactions.
• List at least 2 strategies to deal with abreactions and blocked processing.
Part 1 – Day 3 Learning Objectives:
• Describe what a Cognitive Interweave is.
• Identify when to use cognitive interweaves during reprocessing work.
• Explain Phase 5: Install adaptive information (positive cognition) with the memory.
• Explain Phase 6: Recognize the importance of the body and how trauma is held within the body through every phase.
• Explain Phase 7: Close therapy sessions to promote client emotional regulation.
• Explain Phase 8: Re-evaluate with clients.
• List at least 3 ways to adapt the standard protocol when working with children and adolescents.
• Demonstrate EMDR skills through practicum.
Part 2 – Day 1 Learning Objectives:
• Describe what PTSD is.
• Describe what Complex Trauma is.
• Describe what dissociation is.
• Describe adverse childhood experiences.
• List at least 2 ways to adapt the standard protocol for working with complex cases, including working with complex trauma.
• List at least four (4) positive cognitions.
• Describe the importance of assessing for dissociation.
• Describe at least 2 modifications necessary when working with dissociation.
• Utilize procedures for special situations, including Single traumatic events, EMD, EMDR, Anxiety protocol, Protocols for recent traumatic events, Phobias, and complicated grief, Pain, Addictions.
Part 2 – Day 2 Learning Objectives
• Use advanced skills for working with complex trauma clients in Phases 1-8.
• Explain what feeder memories are.
• Apply, demonstrate, and practice how to apply the Future Template.
• Demonstrate EMDR skills through practicum.
• Provide at least two (2) differences between EMD and EMDr.
Part 2 – Day 3 Learning Objectives
• List at least two (two) protocols to use with clients who struggle with addictions.
• Define the concept of complicated grief.
• Describe what a Recent Critical Incident is.
• Describe what Ongoing Traumatic Stress is.
• List at least one (1) example of situations within EMDR therapy where making modifications may be necessary, especially when working with Sexual Abuse Survivors.
• List at least two (2) examples of situations within EMDR therapy where making modifications may be necessary, especially when working with Active Military & Veterans.
Overall learning objectives as it pertains to social work practice:
• Provide a working definition of trauma from a social work perspective and explain how it relates to the adaptive information processing (AIP) model.
• Utilize all 8 phases of EMDR Therapy concerning general, well-established principles for trauma-informed care.
• Discuss, in general, what it means to be an ethical EMDR Therapist and list three safeguards for ensuring safe and ethical practice as it relates to social work standards.
• Explain the best practices for conducting EMDR therapy with the following groups of people/clinical situations: Adults, Children, addictions, survivors of sexual abuse, complex PTSD and developmental trauma, military and public safety personnel.
Overall learning objectives as it pertains to psychology and psychotherapy/counselling practices:
• Provide a working definition of trauma from a psychological perspective and explain how it relates to the adaptive information processing (AIP) model.
• Utilize all 8 phases of EMDR Therapy concerning general, well-established principles for trauma-informed care.
• Discuss, in general, what it means to be an ethical EMDR Therapist and list three safeguards for ensuring safe and ethical practice as it relates to psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling standards.
• Explain the best practices for conducting EMDR therapy with the following groups of people/clinical situations: Adults, Children, addictions, survivors of sexual abuse, complex PTSD and developmental trauma, military and public safety personnel.
Part 1: January 26-28, 2024
Part 2: February 23-25, 2024