ISSTD EMDR Therapy Training 2023-2024

September 8, 2023 to May 11, 2024

This training meets curriculum standards set forth by the EMDR International Association for EMDR therapy training: A minimum of 20 hours of in-person instructional learning, 20 hours of supervised practice, and 10 hours of consultation focused on integration and development of EMDR therapy skills (for a total of 50 hours of learning). This training exceeds the minimum standards, as follows: 46.25 hours of instructional learning (in both online live interactive and in-person formats), 22.75 hours of supervised practice, and 12 hours of consultation focused on integration and development of EMDR therapy skills (for a total of 81 hours of learning).

Please note this training is currently only available for participants located in North America. This training will be conducted as a live virtual online training only. 

2023-2024 Training Dates

  • Module I (Fri - Sun;  3 days, online live interactive): September 8-9, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm Eastern time
  • Module II (Fri - Sun; 3 days, online live interactive): November 10-12, 2023 | 9:30am - 6:30pm Eastern time
  • Module III (Fri - Sun; 3 days, online live interactive): February 9-11, 2024 |  9:30am - 6:30pm Eastern time
  • Module IV (Fri - Sat; 2 days, online live interactive): May 10-11, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm Eastern time

Abstract
Since the development of EMDR therapy in the early 1990s, a large body of research has shown that it is efficacious for treating PTSD. Clinicians and researchers have also found. positive treatment effects beyond PTSD for more complicated conditions. However, clinicians. discovered early on that EMDR seemed to move patients with complex trauma into dysregulated states rather than towards the expected, adaptive resolution when targeting traumatic memories. Stories of uncontrolled abreactions, the unanticipated emergence of dissociated self-states, and subsequent destabilization leading to major setbacks or harm prompted some clinicians to dismiss EMDR as a viable treatment option for persons with dissociative features. Although some advanced EMDR therapy trainings and publications consider these complexities and potential risks, initial EMDR therapy training historically has not.

Consisting of four modules and a total of 81 didactic, practicum, and consultation hours, this training is the beginning of a learning journey in the practice of EMDR therapy to resolve unprocessed life experiences and resultant symptomatic disturbances. Over the course of the four modules, participants will learn the skills necessary to work with persons dealing with the ‘simpler’ trauma-related presentations in an EMDR therapy frame, as well as basic and intermediate foundational knowledge in assessment and treatment of persons experiencing pathological dissociation. Although participants will not learn to use the advanced EMDR therapy methods needed to treat persons with dissociative disorders, they will learn much about becoming attuned to the presence and forms of simpler trauma, complex trauma, and dissociation. Context for the application of basic protocols for treating some issues faced by persons with more complex trauma histories will be addressed.

To aid different learning styles, the training will follow three fictitious, composite clients experiencing different severities of trauma and dissociation to illustrate the procedures of EMDR therapy. Francine Shapiro (2018, Chapter 4 and Appendices A and E) notes that some clients may not yet be ready, or may be inappropriate candidates, for EMDR therapy. Accordingly, both the standard ‘red flags’ for each of these composite clients, additional indications to proceed with caution, and explicit contraindications will be highlighted.

The training is overseen and provided by members of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), approved by the ISSTD Board of Directors, and accredited by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). All instructors are EMDRIA Approved Virtual Trainers. At the conclusion of all four training modules and the required consultation hours that comprise this training—and during which learners are required by EMDRIA to discuss case material from actual use of EMDR therapy methods with appropriate clients in their clinical practice--participants will receive a certificate of completion, at which point they will be “EMDR therapy trained” clinicians. Participants will have had the opportunity to learn and practice the skills to determine client suitability and readiness for trauma accessing in general, and the use of EMDR therapy methods for containment, stabilization, and trauma resolution for clients with simple and moderately complex trauma presentations, within their established area(s) of expertise.

Eligibility Requirements
Participants must meet the following criteria to complete registration for EMDR therapy training. Please be prepared to provide documentation to show meeting these criteria upon request:

  • Have completed and received a diploma for a Masters or Doctoral degree in a mental health related field (social work, counseling, psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, etc), and be licensed and in good standing to practice as a mental health professional by their local licensing board.
  • If a potential participant has completed a graduate degree in a mental health discipline, but is not licensed to practice independently, then they must be working toward licensure, submit documentation of working under the supervision of a qualified, fully-licensed professional, and provide a letter from the licensing supervisor voicing support of EMDR therapy training and practice in their current practice setting.
  • If potential participants are currently enrolled in a graduate program, they must have completed their core coursework, be working under a licensed supervisor in an internship/practicum setting, and provide a letter from the licensing supervisor voicing support of EMDR therapy training and practice in their current practice setting. First-year graduate students are not eligible to participate in this training.

EMDRIA Requirements
Registrants will understand and agree to the following terms and requirements of this training:

  • EMDR therapy training requires supervised practice of EMDR therapy, addressing real personal issues in the roles of client, practitioner, and observer.
  • EMDR therapy training requires training participants to complete a minimum of 10 hours of consultation on the application and use of EMDR therapy. ISSTD’s EMDR therapy training requires 12 hours of consultation on these topics. Training participants must be able to apply EMDR therapy in their practice setting, and present clinical work on real cases in consultation.
  • EMDRIA requires that the EMDR therapy training process be completed within two years of the first date of training. This includes all four modules and the 12 hours of consultation.
  • Dates/times of upcoming group consultation will be publicized at each training module. A variety of times/days will be offered, and trainees will register for their choice of available options. These consultation groups are in addition to the in-person training modules, and full attendance and participation is required to complete this training. Consultations cancelled or not attended by the trainee will be made up at their own expense in order to complete all training requirements.
  • Personal information shared within demonstrations and practicum experiences will be held confidential, and will not be recorded or otherwise shared outside of the training context without written permission of the trainee in the client role, unless applicable legal/ethical codes require otherwise.
  • The dignity of all administrative and training staff and participants will be honored at all times. As an EMDRIA Approved Training Provider, we must not engage in or allow discriminatory behavior or bias, and we will hold trainees to the same standard.
  • Please contact ISSTD at cfas@isst-d.org to arrange accommodations for all disability needs or life-threatening allergies at the time of registration.

Target Audience

The content for this training is at the beginner and intermediate level.

Learning Objectives

Please see each module or the linked training syllabus for learning objectives.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 46.25 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 46.25 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 46.25 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
05/11/2023
Course expires: 
07/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/08/2023 - 9:30am EDT
Event ends: 
05/11/2024 - 4:00pm EDT
ISSTD Member cost:
$2,195.00
Your Price:
$2,195.00
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2023-2024 Training Dates and Location

  • Module I (Fri - Sun;  3 days, online live interactive): September 8-9, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm Eastern time
  • Module II (Fri - Sun; 3 days, online live interactive): November 10-12, 2023 | 9:30am - 6:30pm Eastern time
  • Module III (Wed - Fri; 3 days, online live interactive): February 9-11, 2024 |  9:30am - 6:30pm Eastern time
  • Module IV (Fri - Sat; 2 days, online live interactive): May 10-11, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm Eastern time

Jennifer A Madere, LPC-S, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer
Jennifer Madere, MA, LPC-Supervisor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant practices in Cedar Park, Texas. Having worked with child and adult survivors of trauma on their journey of healing since 2003, she sought basic training in EMDR Therapy in 2010, and is now an EMDRIA Approved Training Provider. Jennifer uses EMDR therapy and psychodynamic approaches in treatment of anxiety, complex trauma, and dissociative disorders in individual children, adolescents, and adults. She has written and presented on best practices for EMDR-focused consultation, and the formation of clinicians as persons and professionals. 

Jennifer began presenting the MID to EMDR clinicians in 2014. Since then, she has collaborated with D. Michael Coy and Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation developer Paul F. Dell, PhD, to make the MID more accessible to clinicians, and is co-author of the Interpretive Manual for the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation Analysis, 3rd Edition. Jennifer co-chaired the EMDR Therapy Training Task Group, which created this training.

D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer
D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW, maintains a private practice in Bremerton, Washington, focusing on the integrative treatment of persons who have struggled with the effects of pre-verbal and attachment trauma, addictions/compulsions, and complex trauma and dissociative disorders. With a foundation in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Michael is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer, has intermediate training in clinical hypnosis through ASCH, is trained in Ego State Therapy through Ego State Therapy North America, is Level I trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and has advanced training in Deep Brain Orienting. He served on the Standards & Training committee of the EMDR International Association from 2014 to 2017 and was appointed to the EMDRIA Training Council in 2022.

Since 2016, Michael has collaborated with colleague Jennifer Madere and Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation developer Paul F. Dell to make the MID more accessible. He co-authored the MID Interpretive Manual, 3rd Edition, and manages the MID Analysis and MID website. Since 2017, Jennifer and Michael have taught and consulted for hundreds of clinicians on how to employ the MID for diagnosis, conceptualization, and treatment, both in the US and internationally.

Michael has presented original material, as well, in the form of the EMDR Introject Decathexis (Id) Protocol, as well as a framework for recognizing, contextualizing, and resolving clients’ dissociated memory material communicated non-verbally through mirror neuronal communication, the integration of Ego State Therapy and EMDR, and the creative employment of trance in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. He has also co-authored both an article and a book chapter on screening and diagnostic assessment of dissociative disorders.

Michael has served on the Board of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation since 2017, and became Treasurer in 2018, a role in which he continues to serve. Michael co-chaired the EMDR Therapy Training Task Group, which created this training.

Jill Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and EMDR Trainer
Jill Hosey, MSW RSW LICSW, is a Social Worker, Consultant, Trainer, and Psychotherapist in private practice, providing trauma therapy to children, youth, and adults with histories of complex trauma and dissociation where she integrates a variety of trauma, attachment and dissociation focused theories and modalities. She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and EMDR Trainer, a facilitator with the AGATE (Ana Gomez Attachment Trauma Education) Institute, and Faculty with the ISSTD’s Professional Training and EMDR Therapy Training Programs. Jill has presented extensively on integrating the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) into EMDR and sits on the Clinical Advisory Board at Unyte. Jill is the lead author of the Clinical Guidelines and considerations for integrating the Safe and Sound Protocol into EMDR Therapy, a chapter on Therapeutic presence and the therapeutic relationship as both trigger and container to healing in E. Christenson’s (Ed.), Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical, Historical, and Cultural Issues, and the co-editor and contributing author for the Handbook for Child Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications (Routledge, In Press). She is the winner of the 2022 ISSTD Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2023 ISSTD President’s Award, and is a Fellow of the ISSTD.

Please note that APA certificates will automatically populate upon the completion of the course. ASWB certificates are manually processed by staff and will be sent to eligible participants approximately two weeks after the course closure date. 

Available Credit

  • 46.25 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 46.25 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 46.25 continuing education credits.
 
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Early Bird rates end August 4, 2023 at noon US Eastern Time. After this date prices will increase by $50.

Registrants receive the following as part of the training fee:

  • Three, three-day, live online training modules 
  • One, two-day, live online training modules 
  • 12 hours of group consultation
  • 207-page training manual (PDF format)
  • A complimentary, one-year, ISSTD membership (regardless of current ISSTD membership)

Important Registration Information

  • "Your Price" above reflects your final price based on your career stage.
  • Payment plans may be available upon request (50% of fee upfront, 50% 30 days before start of training). For more information email cfas@isst-d.org.
  • Registration is complete when your registration has been submitted, all supporting documentation is received, and full payment has been made. 
  • All fees are listed in USD

Auditing Training

  • Individuals who have previously completed EMDR training are eligible to audit the training.
  • The cost to audit is $1095 and does not include participation in the practicum. 
  • A maximum of 10 additional participants auditing the training may be allowed.
  • To register to audit the course, please email a copy of your certificate of completion from the previously completed EMDR Basic Training to cfas@isst-d.org. Once your certificate is reviewed, you will be provided a discount code to register at the discounted rate.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations with a full refund minus a $75 processing fee will be accepted thirty (30) days or more prior to commencement of the first training module. No refund is available for cancellations received fewer than thirty (30) days prior to the first training. Attendee substitutions can be made until five (5) days prior to commencement of the first training module. 

All materials used for this course are subject to copyright laws and are not for duplication or distribution by course participants. Fees must be submitted with registration, and must be submitted in US dollars.

Disability Policy (ADA)
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs. Please contact ISSTD Headquarters via email at professionaltraining@isst-d.org or via phone at 202-803-6332 for assistance.

Grievance Policy
ISSTD is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformation with the APA, EMDRIA, and ASWB grievance procedures.

During a course, instructors will address any concerns that arise. Every effort will be made to address the concerns during the course when possible. If the course instructor(s) are unable to address the participant’s concerns, the complaints and grievances shall be presented in writing to ISSTD Headquarters at professionaltraining@isst-d.org. These will be forwarded on for review by the ISSTD Executive Committee.

Social Workers: Should social workers have a specific grievance, these grievances will be addressed by D. Michael Coy, LICSW. In situations where the social worker would have a conflict of interest, then, Christine Forner, MSW will review the grievance.

ISSTD strives to resolve grievances in a manner that is in the best interest of the participant. All complaints and grievances are reviewed within five working days. Formal grievances are required to be written and emailed as directed above and will be responded to within 15 business days.

Awarding of Certificate of CE Credit
Certificates of continuing education credit are awarded within 30 days of completion of the evaluation for the training. Participants will be sent a link to complete evaluations and will be able to download a pdf of their certificate after all evaluations are complete.

Required Hardware/software

ISSTD uses Zoom for the virtual portions of this course. Information on system requirements can be found here