Next Training Date

Dates/Time:
August 28, September 4-5, September 25-26, October 23-24, and November 14, 2025

8:30AM – 4:30PM
EASTERN TIME

Cost:

• $1,695 for Private Practitioners

• $1,495 for Non-Profit Organizations

39 CEs provided by Ce-classes.com (pending)
There is no CE credit for consultation hours. 

Who Should Attend/Pre-Requisite:

• 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.

• Beginner Level. 

Course Description:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective and efficient method of treating traumatic memories and related problems. This program has no “parts” or “levels” - this is the complete EMDR training as defined by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). This is a hands-on clinical skills training for using EMDR and integrating it with your psychotherapy approach. This program is designed to help participants learn when and how to use EMDR, and to gain competency with EMDR over a period of several months. The training program involves lecture, demonstration, in-class practice, and on-the job practice with your clients. This is an experiential training, including practice with other participants. 

Presenter Bio:
Karl is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CT and VT. He is the former Clinical Director of Training at EMDR HAP and is an EMDRIA approved consultant and trainer. 

​Learning Objectives:
Day 1

• name four phases of a trauma-informed approach.

• describe an expanded definition of “trauma”.
  

• practice delivery of a case formulation.
  

• explain how to take a trauma history safely.
  

• explain the AIP hypothesized model to explain how EMDR works (adaptive information processing.)
  

Day 2

• describe the difference between EMD and EMDR (degrees of allowing free association)

• name the three parts of the preparation phase.
  

• practice resource development (developing an image-based, internal, positive state or internal quality).
  

• describe the history, development and hypothesized mechanisms of effect of EMDR.
  

• describe potential contraindications for the use of EMDR.
  

• describe ethical steps when involved in legal cases.
  

Day 3

• summarize caution in treating clients with medical issues.

• name the eight phases of the EMDR protocol.
  

• state the three levels of the EMDR processing continuum (levels of restriction of free associating).
  

• practice EMDR in groups of three.
  

Day 4

• describe closure of an incomplete trauma processing session.

• name the major addition to the EMDR protocol with recent events (memories no older than 90 days).
  

• practice EMDR as therapist and client.
  

Day 5

• describe the EMDR three-pronged approach.

• summarize the EMDR trauma-informed approach to anxiety and panic.
  

• explain the purpose of the cognitive interweave (an option for getting client unstuck while processing).
  

Day 6

• describe two adaptations in working with children using EMDR.

• describe Joan Lovett’s story telling technique with children.
  

• describe the difference between Popky’s and Miller’s approaches to addiction.
  

• explain the RUG-C acronym when working with ego states.
  

• describe how racism and prejudice can be treated as PTSD.
  

Day 7

• present a case formulation and video of a client session in order to demonstrate basic competence with the EMDR protocol.