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EMDR for Complex Trauma: Step-by-Step Somatic & Polyvagal-Informed Interventions

Many clinicians like you weren’t trained to work with deeply ingrained trauma…

It can lead you to second-guess your most effective trauma treatments, like EMDR.

Treating deeply rooted, complex trauma requires you to have interventions that support healing your client’s mind, body and emotions.

Join renowned EMDR expert Rebecca Kase to learn a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive approach that integrates key somatic and polyvagal interventions with EMDR to get solutions that help your clients with the most challenging and chronic trauma symptoms.

You’ll learn:

•   How & why to integrate polyvagal interventions into EMDR
•   How to overcome the most common client defenses to keep therapy moving forward
•   New and creative strategies to help clients resource, even during the most intense emotions
•   Somatic-based training to support all phases of EMDR treatment

PLUS, get practice exercises, client vignettes and REAL client demonstrations in every module!

Register now and do more than just use EMDR – get strategies to help you treat the most challenging types of trauma with integrative interventions!

Program Information

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses Case Managers
Physicians
Other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

Evaluate current research for the treatment of complex PTSD (CPTSD), common clinical symptoms, and treatment guidelines.
Assess the usefulness of EMDR with CPTSD presentations, and review contraindications for EMDR-based interventions.
Analyze core principles of Polyvagal Theory and appraise their application to EMDR Phases 1 & 2 in the treatment of CPTSD.
Utilize mindfulness and somatic-based interventions to resource and stabilize clients with CPTSD.
Utilize ego states interventions to resource clients and improve functioning.
Integrate at least two techniques into your clinical practice with CPTSD clients to increase dual awareness and reduce dissociation.
Appraise the usefulness of EMDR desensitization techniques with CPTSD.
Develop a symptom-focused EMDR treatment plan for CPTSD clients, focused on improving functioning and reducing acute symptoms.

Outline

How It All Works

EMDR & C-PTSD – what and why?
Known contraindications, risks & limitations
How to use neuro-informed counseling
Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, how it works
How memories are felt

Integrating Polyvagal Theory

Neural exercises are and how they apply to work with CPTSD
Importance of therapeutic presence
Why care about the Vagus Nerve?
The 3 Circuits – how they work
- Ventral Vagal
- Sympathetic Nervous system
- Dorsal Vagal
How to tune into nervous system cues
Survival Physiology – protective or problematic?
The pathway to healing: nervous system regulation
Practice: Neural exercises

Strategies to Increase Dual Awareness

One foot in the past, one in the present
Working with types of dissociation – befriending them
Assessing readiness
Grounding in the here-and-now
The role for psychoeducation
Practice: Circuit Mapping, Narrative, Regulation

Creative Resourcing Strategies for Safety

Learn to be “quick on the draw” and how to resource adaptive moments in therapy
C-PTSD specific opportunities for resourcing
Mindfulness and interception work
Ego States: develop the oldest, wisest self
Explore modifications to BLS for CPTSD clients
Practice: Installing safety, Building interoception

Increasing Somatic Awareness

Help clients reclaim their bodies
Build & optimize interoception
Help clients develop vocabulary to notice and name feelings and sensations
Cultivating curiosity
Practice: Describe sensations, Pendulating awareness, Surfing

Treatment Planning & Targeting

Where to start?
Target specific symptoms
Reflexive Orienting to reduce overwhelm
Overcome common client defenses with BLS
Integrate BLS & mindfulness to target emotions
Explore “fractionating” a treatment plan
Where to go next?
Video Demonstration: EMD & EMDr
Vignettes

Copyright : 01/23/2023

EMDR for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect: Advanced Treatment Techniques for Insecure Attachment and Complex Trauma

Plagued with trauma, low self-esteem, relationship problems, and difficulty regulating their emotions, adult clients who’ve experienced childhood emotional abuse and neglect can be some of your toughest cases.

Not only are you facing therapeutic challenges like fragmented self-identity, dissociation and difficulty forming healthy attachments – you’re often left trying to identify and reprocess what may be unrealized, absent, or lacking…

…all while trying to attune to experiences for which the client struggles to have words.

Fortunately EMDR is up to the challenge, giving you the tools you need to successfully treat these clients so they can move past their traumatic childhoods to achieve lasting healing.

Now in this advanced training, you’ll watch Sarah Freeze, LCSW, a certified EMDR therapist and consultant who has been working with clients who have experienced childhood emotional abuse and neglect for over a decade.

Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and insight building case studies, Sarah will teach you how to build your clinical expertise with EMDR so you can:

Apply adult attachment principles for a fuller understanding of your client’s presentation and history
Develop skills to better address your client’s defenses for gentler and more effective trauma reprocessing
Identify and address adaptations to unavailable and dysfunctional caregivers
Use creative techniques to process unseen wounds that clients may have trouble verbalizing
Help clients feel in control by working with them to stay in their window of tolerance during trauma reprocessing
And much more!

You’ll leave this training with the tools you need to identify targets specific to complex childhood experiences and guide clients toward the trauma resolution and relief they need.

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Program Information

Objectives

Describe the link between childhood trauma and the development of Complex PTSD, insecure attachment, and emotional regulation.
Analyze research on the feasibility and efficacy of using EMDR with childhood emotional abuse and neglect experiences.
Identify clinical implications of childhood trauma.
Develop individualized treatment plans for clients with differing attachment styles and experiences of childhood relational abuse.
Incorporate attachment theory and polyvagal theory into current understanding of trauma an EMDR treatment.
Use three resourcing skills to strengthen client’s adult self and relational functioning for gentler trauma reprocessing.
Develop an understanding of how to track the body and use strategies to return to the window of tolerance during trauma reprocessing.
Employ target mapping for EMDR informed by specialized knowledge of complex trauma.
Recognize key components to an integrative treatment plan, incorporating EMDR with other treatment approaches.

Outline

Childhood Abuse and Neglect Experiences: The Latest Research and Relationship with Complex Trauma

Newest Research on ACE Studies
Relationship with Complex PTSD
Impact on Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship
Lack of Care and the Loss of Words
Polyvagal Theory and the Window of Tolerance
EMDR Research, Risks and Limitations

Client History and Assessment: Assessing Attachment, the Body and More

Understanding Adult Attachment
Skill: Assessing Attachment Based on Client’s Conversational Style
Skill: Five Adjectives to Describe Your Caregiver
Assessing the Body and One’s Ability to Care for Oneself
Online Sandtray as a Creative Technique for Self-Understanding

Case Conceptualization: How Clients Adaptations to Dysfunctional Caregivers Informs Treatment

Target Mapping Related to Unavailable Caregivers and Dissociation [vs focus]
Skill: Identify Unspoken Agreements between Child and Parent
Understanding how the Child Maintained Connection
Adaptation and Defenses
Skill: Listening for the Split
Idealization of the Caregiver
Skill: Targeting Idealization Defenses

Preparation and Assessment: Relational Resourcing to Strengthen Adult Self

Understanding What Grounding Techniques Have Worked Historically
Resourcing to Strengthen Adult Self
Skill: Circle of Love
Skill: Using an Online Sandtray for Relational Resourcing
Resourcing the Body
Skill: Somatic Container
Caring For Oneself as an Act of Resistance
Clinical Vignette of Peter: Identifying Loss of Appetite Related to Lack of Food in Childhood

Advanced Applications for Verbal and Non-Verbal Trauma Reprocessing

Empowering Your Client to Foster a Sense of Control
Physical Sensations and Associative Processing
Skill: Pendulation
Ideas on How to Target Affective Moments
Addressing Shame and Avoidance
Skill: Using an Online Sandtray for Nonverbal Trauma Reprocessing
Clinical Vignette of Tina: Target Mother Being “Emotionally Vacant”

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Therapists
Physicians
Nurses
Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

Copyright : 10/25/2023

EMDR and DBT for Interpersonal Trauma: An Integrated Toolkit to Treat Survivors of Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse

Clients who’ve suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse carry a heavy burden; traumatic memories leaving deep emotional wounds they can struggle to move past.

EMDR can be a lifesaver for these clients, allowing them to process these memories and reclaim their lives.

But even with the best tools, your road to successful treatment isn’t easy. The material is tough. Sessions can get intense. And when sessions end, clients still need to navigate relationships with others (and themselves) that have been complicated by their traumatic pasts.

That’s why if you use EMDR, integrating DBT can be a game-changer – giving you a powerful toolkit for addressing the emotional and relational aspects of interpersonal trauma as you process the traumatic memories they just can’t forget.

Watch this training led by Katelyn Baxter-Musser. Certified in both EMDR and DBT, Katelyn has helped thousands of clinicians get the most out of EMDR and DBT. She’ll provide you a step-by-step guide on how to use DBT skills to enhance the effectiveness of EMDR, resulting in more comprehensive trauma recovery for your clients.

Under Katelyn’s expert guidance you’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate two of today’s most proven approaches, so you can:

Enhance client readiness for EMDR
Help clients better manage emotional intensity during EMDR sessions
Address complex relational issues associated with interpersonal trauma
Boost distress tolerance skills to support trauma processing
Improve interpersonal functioning in clients through DBT-informed interventions
Tailor EMDR and DBT interventions to meet the unique needs of your clients
Skillfully work with a wide range of clinically challenging trauma clients

Don’t miss this opportunity to take your EMDR therapy to the next level with the DBT skills to make sessions more effective than ever before.

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Program Information

Objectives

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and explore how these approaches can be effectively integrated to support individuals who have experienced interpersonal trauma.
Acquire an in-depth understanding of how DBT and EMDR can be utilized to help clients regulate their emotions, reduce trauma triggers, and enhance stability in the face of trauma-related symptoms.
Review the existing evidence-based research on the efficacy of EMDR and DBT in managing trauma symptomology, and critically analyze their applicability in clinical practice.
Develop strategies for seamlessly incorporating DBT principles and techniques into the various phases of EMDR therapy, to enhance treatment outcomes for trauma survivors.
Utilize the biosocial theory of DBT and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model of EMDR to effectively conceptualize and understand the complex needs of clients with interpersonal trauma and create comprehensive treatment plans.
Identify specific treatment goals and targets that align with the unique needs and challenges of survivors of interpersonal trauma, and tailor therapeutic interventions accordingly to promote healing and recovery.

Outline

Interpersonal Trauma: Neurobiological, Physiological, and Psychological Perspectives

Exploring physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
Neurobiological, physiological, and psychological processes involved
Long-term consequences of interpersonal trauma
Recognizing risk factors
Prevalence rates and barriers to disclosure of interpersonal trauma
Impacts on relationships with others and oneself

Assess for Interpersonal Trauma in the Clinical Setting

Recognizing warning signs, symptoms, and comorbidities
Differentiating physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in the clinical context
Screening and assessment measures for identifying trauma in clients
- Trauma Symptom Inventory
- CAPS
- Dissociative Experiences Scale
Developing a trauma-informed approach

DBT Skills for Trauma-Related Symptoms, Triggers, and More

Research on DBT and survivors of interpersonal violence
DBT components and how the biosocial theory relates to trauma
Goal and targets of treatment
DBT tools for managing crises and creating safety plans
DBT validation strategies and creating a safe therapeutic environment
How DBT helps clients set healthy boundaries

EMDR for Traumatic Memories Related to Interpersonal Violence

How the AIP model relates to trauma processing
Characteristics and phases of EMDR
Goal and targets of EMDR therapy
Challenges and complexities of working with survivors of IPV
Managing dissociation and other challenges
Resourcing and grounding techniques to enhance stabilization and containment

Integrating EMDR and DBT in Trauma Work: Enhancing Resilience and Coping During Stabilization and Trauma Processing

How EMDR and DBT complement each other
Assessing clients’ needs and treatment priorities
Common goals for survivors of interpersonal violence
DBT treatment planning strategies to identify specific targets for EMDR
Enhancing EMDR readiness with DBT emotional regulation skills
DBT coping skills for calm and focus in EMDR sessions
5 practical ways to fuse DBT skills directly into EMDR sessions
Case studies
Research, risks and limitations

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Therapists
Art Therapists
Physicians
Nurses
Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

Copyright : 10/06/2023

An EMDR Super Resourcing Strategy for Treating Attachment Trauma

I’ve witnessed the power of EMDR in the treatment of trauma again and again. Yet, for all I’d seen it achieve, I wasn’t getting the same results for my clients who suffered from attachment wounding. Their symptoms such as an inability to experience essential trust or feelings of deep-seated abandonment continued to exist.

That’s why I began enhancing Phase Two of EMDR by integrating ego state and attachment-based interweaves into the processing.

The outcome? I found I could more successfully treat attachment wounds by attending to the part of the client who experienced trauma, rather than focusing on the trauma itself. Not only was the approach effective it opened the door to clients who couldn’t previously tolerate deep trauma work.

Watch this video and get step-by-step instructions for this EMDR resourcing strategy so you can take your EMDR therapy to the next level.

Complete with clinical applications and videos from actual client sessions, you’ll discover how to:

Create the experience of safety, protection and guidance so critical to good therapy
Reduce trauma symptoms without clients having to process trauma directly
Guide clients in creating their own corrective emotional environment consisting of installed resources and their accompanying positive sensations, emotions and cognitions

You’ll also receive a group guided session that will deepen your understanding of the material.

So many of our clients are dealing with the legacy of traumatic attachment injuries. Learning this resourcing strategy is an opportunity to make their treatment more successful.

Register today!

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate the historical evolution of EMDR’s Phase Two Resourcing.
Employ an integrative approach to EMDR resourcing by incorporating ego state psychology and attachment theory.
Utilize a four phase EMDR resourcing strategy for resolving attachment wounds without having to process trauma directly.
Develop fully installed positive resources through EMDR’s Accelerated Information Processing (AIP) to promote ego strengthening and development of a new positive narrative.
Employ five applications of EMDR resourcing to address different clinical presentations of attachment trauma.
Utilize EMDR resourcing to lower the occurrence of resistance, dissociation, looping or stuck processing and open the door to a wider range of clients who struggle with trauma work.

Outline

Super Resourcing: Enhancement of Phase Two of EDMR

Review of the history of EMDR resourcing.
Review of Trauma, Attachment and Ego State theories
Review of EMDR
The power of neurologically installed positive ideation
The clinical impact of working within a positive resource matrix
EMDR research, risks and treatment limitations

A Four Phase Strategy to More Effective Resourcing

Preparation
Developing and installing positive resources for wounded parts to create an inner experience of safety, nurturance, protection and guidance
Linking together ego states, resources and their accompanying positive sensations, emotions and cognitions
Closure and reinforcing new positive narratives

Clinical Applications

Preparation for EMDR and other modalities
Potentiating EMDR Positive Interweaves and Cognitions
Neurological installation of positive insights, memories, emotions and sensations
Treating distressing symptoms of attachment wounding
Special populations/issues (addiction, insomnia, etc.)

Benefits of Client-Centered Embodied Resources

Resource/attachment focus vs. trauma focus
Transform disturbance in a positive resourced field
Stabilization and integration of structurally dissociated parts
Enhancement of present time experience of self
Development of a new positive narrative; leaving the past in the past

Direct Experience and Guided-Session

Case studies
Client video clips
An annotated full client session
Experiential learning through a group guided session

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Other Mental Health Professionals

Complex Trauma: Create Change with Parts Work, Somatic Psychology and EMDR

When children are raised by narcissistic or emotionally abusive parents they’re often drawn as adults to unhealthy relationships that replicate the abuse. The resulting trauma is complex and requires complex treatment. In this session you’ll go beyond the limitations of standalone therapies with Dr. Arielle Schwartz, psychologist, best-selling author and a leading voice in the healing of complex trauma. Watch her and explore how somatic psychology, parts work therapies and EMDR can be integrated to manage emotional and psychological dysregulation states for safe and effective treatment of relational abuse survivors.

Program Information

Objectives

Apply co-regulation strategies to enhance relational safety in preparation for EMDR Therapy.
Investigate emotional and physiological dysregulation related to complex trauma.
Create a safe environment for clients with a history of complex, relational traumatization.

Outline

The neurobiology of complex trauma and co-regulation skills
How parts, ego states and defenses create walls to change
Using somatic psychology, parts work and EMDR with CPTSD clients

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
Therapists
Art Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual

Clinicians working with complex trauma are honored with the most sacred of tasks: to bear witness to clients’ suffering and to attend compassionately to their wounds.

In The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, clinicians will find the road map they need to conduct successful therapy with clients who have experienced prolonged exposure to traumatic events. Combining the science and art of therapy, Dr. Arielle Schwartz seamlessly integrates research-based interventions with the essentials of healing to create a whole-person approach to trauma treatment.

Drawing from her years of experience in working with trauma survivors, Dr. Schwartz provides clinicians with the tools they need to become a trustworthy companion to trauma survivors and become capable of guiding a healing journey for clients with a history of abuse or neglect. Within these pages, you will find:

Essential interventions that strengthen mindful body awareness, enhance distress tolerance, cultivate self-compassion, and facilitate trauma recovery
Over 50 practices, worksheets, and self-regulation points to utilize in each stage of the client’s therapeutic process
Integration of several therapeutic approaches for trauma treatment, including relational therapy, mindful body awareness, parts work therapy, CBT, EMDR, somatic psychology, and practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine