Module III - Live Training

November 21, 2025 to November 23, 2025
Three days via online live interactive webinar format
(9.25 hours live didactic, 9.25 how 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 9. Standardized Protocols and Procedures for Special Situations (pp. 213-255)
  • Chapter 10. The Cognitive Interweave: A Proactive Strategy for Working with Challenging Clients
  • Chapter 11. Selected Populations (pp. 283-348)
  • 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

  • Recognize three indicators of blocked processing in EMDR Phase IV: Desensitization
  • Name and describe three interventions to address blocked processing in EMDR Phase IV: Desensitization
  • Articulate the function of a cognitive interweave, and when to use this intervention
  • Describe the difference between first-level and second-level interventions in EMDR Phase II: Preparation
  • Describe the purpose and steps of Resource Development and Installation (RDI)
  • Name the basic steps involved in setting up a 3-Prong treatment plan

Day Two

  • Describe the difference between a future target and future template
  • Describe the process of EMDR Phase VII: Reevaluation within each of the 3 Prongs
  • Describe at least three potential legal and ethical issues that commonly arise in application of EMDR therapy

Day Three

  • Describe at least three strategies to aid recognizing and addressing over-accessing or over-activation of traumatic material
  • Identify when to expand EMDR Phase II: Preparation for more complex client presentations
  • List the basic steps of utilizing the Recent Traumatic Events protocol
  • Describe modifications to treatment planning based on simple PTSD, complex trauma, and dissociative case presentation examples
  • Describe the scope and limitations of self-use applications of EMDR therapy
 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 9.25 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.
  • 9.25 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 9.25 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
08/01/2024
Course expires: 
01/15/2026
Event starts: 
11/21/2025 - 9:30am EST
Event ends: 
11/23/2025 - 4:30pm EST
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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 also developed the Introject Decathexis (Id) Protocol, a powerful integrative approach to help unbind perpetrator-identifying states.

Michael was elected to ISSTD’s Board of Directors in 2017, served as Treasurer from 2018 to 2023, and was elected President-Elect for 2024. 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

  • 9.25 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.
  • 9.25 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 9.25 continuing education credits.
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