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February 21, 2025 to February 23, 2025
Three days via online live interactive webinar format
(9.0 hours live didactic, 1.5 hours asynchronous 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 I 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
Target Audience
Beginning/Introductory
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this module, participants will be able to:
Asynchronous (Pre-Module II Recorded Material)
- Define the purpose of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II)
- Describe at least two limitations/challenges inherent to using the DES-II as a screening instrument
- Name the five scales, including sub-scales, used to score the DES-II
- Explain the steps for administering and scoring the DES-II scales and sub-scales
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
Available Credit
- 10.50 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.
- 10.50 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 10.50 continuing education credits.