Module II - Live Training

September 19, 2025 to September 21, 2025

Three days via online live interactive webinar format
(9.0 hours didactic, 9.5 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 II Readings

1. Readings from Shapiro (2018)

  • Chapter 5. Phases Two and Three: Preparation and Assessment (pp. 113-135)
  • Chapter 6. Phases Four to Seven: Desensitization, Installation, Body Scan, and Closure (pp. 136-161)
  • Chapter 7. Working with Abreaction and Blocks (pp. 162-190)
  • Chapter 8. Phase Eight: Reevaluation and Use of the EMDR Therapy Standard Three-Pronged Protocol

2. Readings from ISSTD EMDR Therapy Training Manual (see detailed agenda) 

3. Additional required reading

  • Beyond the DES-II: Screening for Dissociative Disorders in EMDR Therapy

Target Audience

Beginning/Introductory

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, participants will be able to:

Day One

  • Name and describe the seven elements of EMDR Phase III: Assessment
  • Name and describe the purpose of the three reprocessing phases of EMDR therapy
  • Describe the difference between complete and incomplete closure of an EMDR therapy reprocessing session
  • Name at least two potential challenges that can surface in EMDR Phase III: Assessment
  • Name three strategies to link to explicitly held experience to support continued reprocessing in EMDR therapy
  • Name and briefly describe the three domains of experience for Negative and Positive Cognitions in EMDR therapy

Day Two

  • Describe the purpose of EMDR Phase VIII: Reevaluation, and identify when it occurs
  • Name three interventions to help a client manage intrusive/disturbing images during EMDR therapy reprocessing
  • Name at least three signs that client may have exceeded their Window of Tolerance
  • Name at least one intervention to aid a client with simple trauma/wounding remain alert and ‘grounded’
  • Name at least one intervention that can help a client with intrusive dissociative symptoms remain ‘grounded’
  • Recognize and describe the difference between EMDR, EMDr, and EMD
  • Describe the purpose and main elements of a Future Template

Day Three

  • Name and briefly describe three unexpected, and potentially unfavorable, post-processing effects in EMDR therapy
  • Describe the differences between ‘state change’ and ‘trait change’ as it relates to the scope of treatment plan in EMDR therapy
  • Name and describe five target selection approaches in EMDR therapy
  • Name at least three professional or legal considerations when employing EMDR therapy with clients
     
 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 9.00 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.
  • 9.00 ASWB ACE
    The 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 9.00 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
08/01/2024
Course expires: 
01/15/2026
Event starts: 
09/19/2025 - 9:30am EDT
Event ends: 
09/21/2025 - 4:30pm EDT
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Jennifer Madere, LPC-S, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant & Trainer
Jennifer Madere is a LPC-Supervisor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant/Approved Trainer in private practice. She is a founding partner of Intuitus Group in Cedar Park, Texas. She has accompanied child and adult survivors of trauma on their journey of healing and recovery in psychotherapy since 2003.

Jennifer has a passion for supervising graduate and post-graduate clinicians and consults and offers training and consultation related to treatment of complex trauma, pathological dissociation, and EMDR therapy. Jennifer is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), co-chair of the ISSTD EMDR Therapy Training Committee, and co-teaches the EMDR therapy training offered by ISSTD. Jennifer also trains fellow clinicians in the ethical integration of faith and spirituality in clinical practice.

In addition to numerous professional presentations in local, national, and international conferences, Jennifer is the published author of several scholarly works on the topics of consultation and screening, assessment, and differential diagnosis for dissociative disorders. She is the primary author for an article focused on best practices in consultation for EMDR advanced designation published in the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research in 2020 and served on a working committee within the EMDR Council of Scholars focused on assessing the teaching and learning of EMDR therapy worldwide from 2021-2023.

Since 2015, Jennifer has collaborated with D. Michael Coy, LICSW, and Paul Dell, PhD to update the interpretive manual and associated documents for the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) and make the MID documents and training accessible to clinicians and researchers world-wide. Michael and Jennifer regularly offer training and consultation to support practitioners in learning to interpret and apply the MID in clinical practice.

Available Credit

  • 9.00 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.
  • 9.00 ASWB ACE
    The 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 9.00 continuing education credits.
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