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ForwardModule I - Live Training
Three days via online live interactive webinar format
(14.75 hours didactic, 3.25 hours practicum)
Prior to each training module, participants should prepare by completing the following minimum reading from the required materials:
- Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: basic principles, protocols, and procedures. New York: The Guilford Press.
Module I Readings
1. Readings from Shapiro (2018)
- Chapter 1. Background (pp. 1-24)
- Chapter 2. Adaptive Information Processing: The Model as a Working Hypothesis (pp. 25-51)
- Chapter 3. Components of EMDR Therapy and Basic Treatment Effects (pp. 65-71 only)
- Chapter 4. Phase One: Client History (pp. 85-112)
- Chapter 6. Phases Four to Seven: Desensitization, Installation, Body Scan, and Closure (Phase Seven, pp. 155-159 only)
- Chapter 12. Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (pp. 349-428)
- Appendix E. Client Safety, EMDR Dissociative Disorders Task Force Recommended Guidelines: A General Guide to EMDR’s Use in the Dissociative Disorders (pp. 498-502)
2. Readings from ISSTD EMDR Therapy Training Manual (see detailed agenda)
3. Additional required reading
Target Audience
Beginning/Introductory
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this module, participants will be able to:
Day One
- Define EMDR therapy
- Name, and provide a brief description for, the eight phases and three prongs of EMDR therapy
- Describe the major features of the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model that informs case conceptualization and treatment in EMDR therapy
- Name at least five characteristics, clinical signs, or symptoms of traumatic dissociation
- Name, and provide a brief description for, the three stages of trauma treatment
- Describe the purpose of EMDR Phase VI: Closure
Day Two
- Name at least three informal/relational signs of trauma-related symptoms and dissociation
- Identify at least five trauma-related screening and assessment options
- Describe how to score a dissociation screening instrument (the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II))
- Name at least three indicators of readiness for standard EMDR therapy
Day Three
- Name at least three ‘Red Flags’ for pathological dissociation
- Define Dual Attention Stimulus (DAS) and name three forms typically used in EMDR therapy
- Name and briefly describe Kluft’s three Treatment Trajectories
- Name at least two strategies for stabilizing and containing traumatic material
D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer
D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW, (he/they) is a 2006 graduate of The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago and currently maintains a private practice in Bremerton, Washington, USA.
Michael is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and has served EMDRIA in a number of different volunteer capacities over the years. He has presented on EMDR therapy and dissociation for EMDRIA, ISSTD, and independently, and serves as lead trainer for ISSTD’s EMDR therapy basic training, which he helped develop. He co-authored the MID Interpretive Manual, 2nd through 4th Editions, and has updated and managed both the MID Analysis and MID website since 2016. Michael has taught and consulted for hundreds of clinicians, both in the US and internationally, on using the MID for diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment.
Michael was co-author of both an article on screening for dissociation in EMDR therapy that appeared in the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research in 2022 and a book chapter on diagnostic instruments for dissociation published in Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders: Past, Present, Future (2nd Edition) in 2022. He is sole author of a chapter on the Autohypnotic Model of Dissociation, which will be part of a forthcoming book on childhood dissociation. Michael is currently co-authoring a book on EMDR and dissociation with his frequent collaborator Jennifer Madere.
Michael was elected to ISSTD’s Board of Directors in 2017, served as Treasurer from 2018 to 2023, was elected President-elect for 2024, and serves as President in 2025. He was named a Fellow of ISSTD in 2019 and has been honored with a number of awards from the Society, including the Cornelia B. Wilbur Award for Outstanding Clinical Contributions to the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders in 2022.
Available Credit
- 14.75 APAThe 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.
- 14.75 ASWB ACEThe International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 14.75 continuing education credits.