EMDR Basic Training with a Focus on Working with Children and their Families

45 CE Hours + 10 Consultation Hours = 55 Training Hours

This training course consists of six full days of training, including didactic and practicum components plus 10 hours of group consultations with EMDRIA-approved consultants and access to an extensive resource library, including videos of advanced training in various topics.

This training provides supplemental information for children and adolescents in both parts. It will cover how to use EMDR therapy with developmentally appropriate adaptations for children and adolescents while also including information on how to use it with adults. You will leave this training equipped with the tools you need to practice EMDR with both children and adults.

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion of Basic Training in EMDR Therapy, which will allow for the provision of EMDR Therapy with a wide range of clients. Participants will also be eligible to attend further training in EMDR Therapy at the advanced level, participate in the EMDRIA Regional Meetings, and be eligible to pursue certification in EMDR Therapy.

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Addiction Counselors
• Social Workers
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about EMDR Therapy, with additional information about working with children and adolescents.

References

• -Adler-Tapia, R., & Settle, C. (2017). EMDR and the art of psychotherapy with children: Infants to adolescents treatment manual. New York, NY: Sringer Publishing company, LLC.
• -EMDR International Association. (Fall 2020). EMDR and racial trauma. Go With That, 25 (3), 1–40.
• -Grommet, J., & Galvin, M. D. (2015). Clinician experiences with EMDR: Factors influencing continued use. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 9(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.9.1.3
• Lee, C.W., & Cuijpers, P. (2013). A meta-analysis of the contribution of eye movements in processing emotional memories. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 44, 231-239.
• Knipe, J. (2018). EMDR toolbox: Theory and treatment of complex PTSD and dissociation. 2nd edition, Springer Pub.
• Moreno-Alcázar A., Treen D., Valiente-Gómez A., Sio-Eroles A., Pérez V., Amann B. L., et al. . (2017). Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Front. Psychol. 8:1750. 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01750
• Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures. Guilford Press.
• Watts, B.V. et al. (2013) Meta-analysis of the efficacy of treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 74, e541-550. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12r08225
• Wheeler, K. (2022).Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, chapter 7, pp 329-359 in Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: A how-to for evidence-based practice. 3rd edition. Springer Pub.