Scarlett Begonias
EMDR Basic Training
Join us at Scarlett Begonias for a comprehensive EMDR training, available both in-person and online. This course fully complies with the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) standards for a Basic Training Course in EMDR. As a specialized therapeutic approach, EMDR requires supervised training to ensure maximum effectiveness and client safety. The program includes a combination of lectures, live demonstrations, video presentations, and supervised practice sessions. Over the span of three months, participants will attend four weekend sessions, each lasting two days. Additionally, the course provides the ten hours of required consultation to help trainees effectively incorporate EMDR into their clinical practice.
This training equips clinicians with the essential knowledge and skills needed to apply EMDR therapy, offering a thorough grasp of case conceptualization, treatment planning, and the integration of EMDR into clinical practice. An EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training in EMDR includes, at minimum, instruction on the latest explanatory models, methodologies, and foundational mechanisms of EMDR, delivered through lectures, hands-on practice, and integrated consultation. The program also features an interactive learning management system to support your online learning throughout the entire training process.
The curriculum offers an overview of EMDR and its historical development. At Scarlett Begonias, the course covers in-depth explanations of the neurobiological foundations of EMDR, the Eight Phases of EMDR therapy, and the three-pronged approach that addresses past events, current issues, and future situations. By the end of the training, participants will have applied the Adaptive Information Processing model, demonstrated the eight phases of EMDR, and learned how to use EMDR with specialized populations. The training also includes the latest research in neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, trauma, complex trauma, polyvagal theory, and more. Graduates of our program will have the option to join EMDRIA and work towards EMDRIA Certification.
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Objectives
Part One – EMDR Foundations
- Provide an overview of psychotraumatology.
- Offer a summary of Structural Dissociation and standardized assessment tools for trauma-related disorders.
- Outline a phase-oriented treatment model for PTSD and Complex PTSD.
- Identify EMDR as an evidence-based therapeutic practice.
- Discuss the history and development of EMDR.
- Explain the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model.
- Describe the Eight Phases of EMDR therapy.
- Explore the potential mechanisms behind the empirically supported effects of EMDR.
- Identify methods for conducting EMDR therapy through teletherapy.
- Summarize Attachment theory as it relates to EMDR treatment planning.
- Illustrate key principles and strategies for history taking in cases of ASD, PTSD, Complex PTSD, and DDNOS/DID.
- Demonstrate how to assess readiness for reprocessing during the Preparation Phase.
- Discuss the Preparation Phase of EMDR therapy in detail.
- Recognize the considerations and methods for obtaining informed consent for EMDR treatment.
- Summarize the mechanics of bilateral eye movements and other forms of bilateral stimulation (BLS).
- Outline stabilization techniques, including Breathing Exercises and Resource Development.
- Discuss criteria for selecting clients for EMDR therapy.
- Demonstrate the three-pronged approach (past, present, future) in processing.
- Summarize the use of history taking and targeting sequence in EMDR.
- Outline the Phase 3 Assessment questions to be addressed before EMDR processing.
- Discuss how to assess the target to be processed in EMDR.
- Demonstrate the concepts of memory image, Negative Cognition, Positive Cognition, Validity of Cognition, Emotion, SUD (Subjective Units of Disturbance), and physical sensation location.
- Identify the fundamental elements of phases four through seven in EMDR therapy.
- Summarize the Desensitization, Installation, Body Scan, and Closure processes within the assessment phase.
Part Two – Expanding EMDR Skills
Upon completing the training, participants will be able to:
- Outline the standards for scope of practice during and after EMDR basic training.
- Discuss the application of EMDR with children and adolescents.
- Identify strategies for maintaining and restoring effective processing.
- Introduce the “recent events” protocol for treating unconsolidated memories.
- Describe approaches for working with combat trauma and understanding military culture.
- Explore advanced topics for maintaining and restoring effective processing.
- Explain the use of cognitive interweaves during EMDR processing.
- Identify EMDR techniques for treating somatic disorders and chronic pain.
- Outline the approach for treating traumatic and complex grief using EMDR.
- Discuss methods for treating specific phobias with EMDR.
- Summarize techniques for addressing panic attacks, with and without agoraphobia.
- Identify the EMDR approach to treating addictions.
- Recognize methods to help clients stay within their processing tolerance window.
- Discuss approaches for working with survivors of incest, sexual abuse, and early neglect.
- Address challenges in working with DDNOS and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
- Summarize how to complete treatment plans in cases of PTSD.
- Discuss the role and importance of the EMDR community.
- Highlight the need for ongoing continuing education and consultation in EMDR.
- Review the EMDRIA Code of Conduct.
Course Description
This EMDRIA Approved EMDR Basic Training provides clinicians with the knowledge and skills to utilize EMDR therapy, a comprehensive understanding of case conceptualization and treatment planning, and the ability to integrate EMDR therapy into their clinical practice. An EMDRIA Approved EMDR Basic Training provides, at a minimum, instruction in the current explanatory model, methodology, and underlying mechanisms of EMDR through lecture, practice, and integrated consultation.
Intended Audience
This EMDR Training is designed for licensed mental health professionals who work in a clinical setting. Intended Audience – Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, and Substance Abuse Counselors.
Skill Level
This EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) basic training course is generally for the beginner level. The course is designed for licensed mental health professionals who treat children and adults in clinical settings. The courses aim to teach participants how to use EMDR therapy to treat a variety of conditions and self-esteem issues related to disturbing events and current life circumstances.