Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic & Refresher Training Course: Integrating EMDR into Clinical Practice

Description

Roy Kiessling returns, along with Sherry McKisson, to offer an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training & Refresher Training Course, "Integrating EMDR into Clinical Practice" at MAHEC in Asheville, NC. This is the full EMDRIA-approved Five-Day Intensive Seminar that includes 10 required hours of basic consultation. Foundations of EMDR as well as standard EMDR procedures are covered. The training may be taken by clinicians new to EMDR or utilized as an excellent refresher course for previously trained providers. Adaptations for ethical application in a telehealth setting are also discussed.

Class Dates:
July 6th
July 7th
July 8th
July 9th
July 10th
Same time each day - 8 AM to 5:30 PM


The Foundations of EMDR
• The Adaptive Information Processing Model
• EMDR's 8 Phases and 3 Prongs
• Belief Schema Targeting Sequence Planning
• Multiple Stabilization Skills
• The Processing Continuum (EMD, EMDr, EMDR)
• 4 Supervised Practice Sessions
• 4 Stabilization Resourcing Skills
• EMD on Present or Future Triggers
• Acute Stress or Processing using Drawings

The Standard EMDR Procedures
Building upon the techniques practiced in The Foundations of EMDR, participants will expand their knowledge and skills by learning:
• Complex Targeting Sequence Planning Options
• Extended Resourcing Skills
• The full implementation of EMDR's procedures, and advanced clinical interventions to use during reprocessing with:
   o Special Populations
   o Clients with Dissociative Tendencies
   o Addictions: Introduction to DeTUR & FSAP
   o Phobia, Grief, and Pain
   o 4 Supervised Practice Sessions
   o Complex Target Sequence Planning
   o 4 Behavior Change Resourcing Skills
   o 2 Sessions of Standard EMDR Reprocessing

Target audience consists of Master's level mental health professionals including mental health and substance abuse counselors, social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, school counselors and other professionals interested in this subject. Must be licensed or provisionally licensed in a mental health or related field to attend this training. Interns & Students must be enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral program. Training eligibility for other healthcare professionals is considered. MDs need a medical specialty in Psychiatry, and Nurses need a Master of Science in Nursing with specialty in psychiatric nursing. Participants registering at the nonprofit/Medicaid provider/student rate must show proof at time of registration.

This course provides basic training as the initial step in using EMDR in practice and for potential certification. For information on additional elements required to obtain formal certification through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), go to www.emdria.org.

By registering for this program, you are also authorizing MAHEC to share your contact information with EMDR Consulting, LLC so that you may receive manuals, training information and ongoing resources relating to the practice of EMDR.

Lodging

A discounted, block of rooms has been reserved for July 5 – July 11, 2022. These special room rates will be available at the Element Asheville Downtown until June 5, 2022, or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. When inquiring, ask for the "MAHEC EMDR Conference" rate or reserve online.

Rates:
$169/night plus tax for a king room
$189/night plus tax for two queens

Element Asheville Downtown
62 College Place
Asheville, NC 28801
828-575-5881

Group Registrations

Registering 5 or more participants with one payment? Please use the paper registration form at the end of the PDF brochure. Send completed paper registrations for the full group to the Registration Team at MAHEC.

fax 828.257.4768 | scan and email | mail MAHEC Registration, 121 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC 28803

Target Audience

Master's level mental health professionals, including mental health and substance use counselors, social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, and other professionals interested in this subject. Must be licensed or provisionally licensed in a mental health or related field to attend this training.

Objectives

Upon completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe EMDR's Adaptive Information Processing Model, eight phases, and three-pronged procedures
• Explain how to integrate EMDR's targeting sequence plan from a belief schema perspective into a clinical practice
• Demonstrate the ability to practice effective, efficient, and safe reprocessing of a client's acute stress by using Restricted Processing (aka EMDR)
• Describe the application of EMDR when working with acute stress, dissociative-type clients, military personnel, couples, and children
• Describe complex client case conceptualization (Targeting Sequence Treatment Plans)
• Practice the Extended Resourcing Procedures
• Practice using the full Standard EMDR eight-phase / three-prong treatment
• Describe EMDR's usefulness in treating addictions, phobias, grief, and somatic disorders

Faculty

• Roy Kiessling, LISW, ACSW
• Sherry A. McKisson, LCMHC, LCAS, EMDR