EMDR & Beyond provides top-tier continuing education events and online courses, featuring engaging and expert presenters dedicated to enhancing your practice of EMDR therapy and trauma treatment. Whether you're seeking advanced EMDR techniques from seasoned clinician educators or effective tools to support clients who encounter obstacles in their healing journey, our range of education offerings is designed to meet your professional development needs. Enhancing your conceptualization and understanding of how integrating the AIP approach into well used therapeutic approaches to accelerate client healing. EMDR & Beyond | Empowering Clinicians to Change Lives
Struggling to find training specific to your client's needs? EMDR & Beyond offers guidance on selecting the right continuing education to meet these needs. From beginner EMDR Practitioners to advanced, we can help you find the perfect training option. We are also offering more of the 'Beyond' segments at EMDR & Beyond, to provide more foundational building blocks to working with trauma.
Tired of disengaged trainers or workshops that miss the mark? Our trainers are not only engaging but respectful and considerate of trainee experiences. Our trainers join you on your journey and support your growth. Creative authors and practitioners who bring their expertise to you!
Learn all core components of EMDR, including the 8 phases and the AIP model, covering past, present, and future aspects. Our trainers provide practical information, demonstrate techniques, and allow hands-on practice. We provide relevant consultation and training opportunities. Free content with our Resources, blog and recommended readings to improve your practice.
Confidently learn what is advertised. Acquire concrete skills applicable to the 8 phases of EMDR treatment and integrations for your work within the AIP framework. Just learning about the AIP? We provide training opportunities to increase your conceptualization of the AIP Framework to integrate with treatment approaches for many populations and presentations.
If you are looking for Live In-Person or Live Virtual Training check back often. These are our upcoming live training sessions. Updated Frequently!
An intermediate-level, live virtual EMDR training for EMDR-trained clinicians focused on integrating somatic awareness and interoceptive processing into Phase Four. Learn practical somatic interweaves to support regulation, release dissociated material, and work through stuck moments.
LIVE VIRTUAL TRAINING
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
EMDRIA CREDITS: 6
CE CREDITS: 6
EMDR & Adolescent Brain Development
Lauren Ogren LMFT, PsyD, Brings you her years of expertise in working with Adolescents and focus on healing the Adolescent Wound. This 6 hour Intermediate training outlines how adolescence is a critical developmental stage that profoundly influences how individuals experience and process trauma. This program delves into three key areas of adolescent brain development to illuminate the heightened vulnerability to traumatic experiences during this time. Grounded in the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) framework, participants will explore how trauma during adolescence manifests in both immediate and long-term patterns of distress. Through the innovative concept of the “trauma tree,” this workshop demonstrates how to identify and address negative cognitions by “digging out the roots.”
Attendees will practice therapeutic techniques and resourcing strategies that promote the formation of adaptive neural pathways, fostering resilience and recovery. By integrating these tools into clinical practice, participants will enhance their ability to support clients, improving therapeutic outcomes and addressing the deep wounds of adolescent trauma.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 6 CEs: 6
Bridging Attachment, Development and Identity Rupture & Repair
Linda Russell LPC, EdD Brings her extensive experience and knowledge as she teaches you to use EMDR in the healing of traumatic family experiences. Adoption carries invisible threads of loss, separation, and identity disruption that can echo across the lifespan. This intermediate-to-advanced training helps EMDR-trained clinicians, psychologists, and adoption professionals understand adoption as a trauma experience through the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model.
Participants will explore how ambiguous loss, disrupted attachment, and developmental trauma shape the lived experience of adoptees, and learn EMDR strategies to address dissociation, identity disturbance, and affect intolerance. Practical tools—including adaptations across the eight EMDR phases, dissociation-sensitive methods, and attachment repair approaches—will be applied to real-world cases.
Attendees will leave equipped to provide adoption-informed, culturally sensitive EMDR interventions that promote healing, integration, and healthy identity formation.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
6 EMDRIA Credits & 6 CEs
From Research to Practice & Intervention
Shaun/Sienna Bries LICSW, MSW, ITR brings their extensive knowledge and experience to this clinically focused training that translates current research into clear, usable EMDR interventions for real-world practice. Grounded in EMDR Therapy’s Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) framework, this program shows clinicians how minority stress, discrimination, internalized stigma, and identity-based trauma can shape symptom presentation, target selection, and core beliefs—and how to respond with stage-specific strategies across all 8 phases of EMDR. Participants will gain practical tools for inclusive assessment and documentation, affirming communication practices, and interventions that support stabilization, reprocessing, and integration to strengthen resilience and self-worth.
Shaun/Sienna is a two-spirit Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and EMDRIA Certified Clinician practicing in Massachusetts. Their clinical background includes specialized training in EMDR, TF-CBT, ARC, A-CRA, SMART, Psychological First Aid, and post-traumatic stress management, along with participatory action research experience focused on decolonizing trauma work.
The Morning is open to all clinicians 9am-12pm central time, The full day 9am-4pm central time is open to clinicians who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 6 (under review) CEs: 6 (under review)
EMDR & Beyond has developed and expanded our On Demand online course catalog with expert EMDR trainers/clinicians to enhance the clinical application of EMDR therapy as integrated into specialty populations and other therapeutic modalities. Each course indicates is offer for EMDRIA and/or continuing education licensure credits along with a year to complete each course to obtain CE certificates for Certified EMDR Therapists and Approved Consultants as well as required licensure credits. You maintain access to your course after the one year mark for review.
A Guide to integrating EMDR for Healing Trauma & Self Regulation . *The art of restoring regulation through stillness & insight
Kathrin Shafer Ph.D, inventor of the FUN program, shares her insights from her book Falling Awake the FUN guide to brain-body therapies known as EMDR and Yoga Nidra. It provides clear guidance on how to safely use therapeutic tools and self-regulation exercises for clinicians and individuals impacted by trauma, addiction, anxiety, grief, family dysfunction, and stress. It offers a comprehensive toolbox of strategies and techniques to use during therapy sessions or on your own.
The science behind each modality and approach is explained in detail along with how they can be applied to maximize self-care care and enhance the therapeutic relationship. Techniques include case conceptualization, the use of mental imagery, somatic focus, focused eye movements and positions, and many more.
Dr. Shafer draws on her extensive, internationally recognized and evidence-based research in this accessible and innovative presentation. Clinicians will be able to diversify their scope of practice and further aid their clients’ healing through the integrative potential of The FUN Program; EMDR and Yoga Nidra.
Level: Intermediate
CEs: 3 (APA Only)
A two-day EMDR refresher for licensed, EMDR-trained clinicians focused on delivering culturally responsive, language-attuned care for Spanish-speaking clients. Refresh the 8 phases and 3 stages, strengthen belief-focused interventions, and gain practical strategies for adapting EMDR with cultural precision. this training offers expansive handouts to assist trainees in using EMDR with Spanish Language with clients.
ON DEMAND OFFER:
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
EMDRIA CREDITS:
CE CREDITS:
Kenya Rocha LMHC, an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, brings her extensive experience in teaching, consultation, and clinical practice to this 1 hour training. Known for her clear, practical teaching style, Kenya equips clinicians with the tools they need to strengthen their confidence and conceptualization from the AIP perspective.
This 1-hour training introduces the power of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) theory to transform how you work with relationships across all 8 phases. This is the 1 hour ‘Get You Started’ with relationships and couples.
The follow up training for this is Deeper Connections 4.5 working with couples & families.
This program is intended for Doctorate Level and Master Level Psychologists, LMFT, LMHC, LPC, LISW, LMSW and other Master Level Mental Health Practitioners. Who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Level: Introductory – Intermediate – 1.5 EMDRIA Credits & 1.5 CEs
This program is brought to you through a collaborative effort between MOSAIC Family Counseling Center Inc., & EMDR & Beyond.
This six-hour continuing education course is designed for licensed mental health professionals in Iowa who seek to become qualified clinical supervisors under Iowa administrative rule. The training provides a comprehensive overview of supervisory roles & responsibilities, key legal and ethical frameworks, evidence informed supervision practices, documentation and supervision planning and strategies for effective developmental support of supervisees.
Upon completion, participants will be equipped to design and implement supervision plans in accordance with Iowa’s licensure requirements, support supervisees toward independent licensure, and safeguard ethical and regulatory compliance.
Your handouts will include many options for structuring your plan, engage in assessment activities, tracking and reporting.
By the end of this course, participants will meet requirements for listing with the State of Iowa as an approved Clinical Supervisor.
Already a supervisor? Need Ethics or additional Supervisory CEs?
Basic Supervision Course
Iowa CEs 6
Invisible Currents: Navigating Transference & Countertransference Across Clinical Roles – Meets Criteria for Ethics and Supervision CEs
The AIP Advantage in Clinical Conceptualization
Kenya Rocha LMHC, an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, brings her extensive experience in teaching, consultation, and clinical practice to this 1.5 hour training. Known for her clear, practical teaching style, Kenya equips clinicians with the tools they need to strengthen their confidence and conceptualization from the AIP perspective.
Gain clinical clarity from the very first session. This dynamic 1.5 -hour training introduces the power of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) theory to transform your intake process into a meaningful foundation for treatment. You’ll learn to identify how past experiences shape current struggles, explore self-belief systems, and integrate cultural, developmental, and systemic factors into case conceptualization. Whether or not you use EMDR, this workshop equips you with tools to build insight, deepen attunement, and move your clients from stuck to supported—starting at intake.
This program is intended for Doctorate Level and Master Level Psychologists, LMFT, LMHC, LPC, LISW, LMSW and other Master Level Mental Health Practitioners.
EMDR Training not necessary for this offer. Come see the theory EMDR is based on.
Level: Introductory – Intermediate – 1.5 EMDRIA Credits & 1.5 CEs
JaCarie Owens, LMHC – owner of Courageous Minds Counseling in West Des Moines, IA -brings her clinical expertise and deep understanding of relational trauma to this 4-hour intermediate-advanced level training, designed to provide an integrative framework for understanding and treating personality disorders through the lens of attachment theory and trauma-informed care.
Participants will explore how early attachment disruptions contribute to the development of personality disorders, with a specific focus on differentiating clinical presentations such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). Building on this foundation, the course examines how EMDR therapy’s 8-phase protocol can be adapted for clients with complex needs—emphasizing pacing, resourcing, cognitive interweaves, and somatic interventions.
Through clinical case examples and applied strategies, attendees will gain practical tools to support safety, stabilization, and long-term healing for clients impacted by relational trauma. With a strong emphasis on cultural responsiveness, the training also addresses how clinicians can effectively conceptualize and treat personality disorders in a way that honors each client’s identity, lived experience, and unique context.
Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
4 EMDRIA Credits & 4 CEs
Kenya Rocha LMHC, an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, brings her extensive experience in teaching, consultation, and clinical practice to this 6-hour training. Known for her clear, practical teaching style, Kenya equips clinicians with the tools they need to strengthen their confidence and fidelity in EMDR therapy.
This course provides an Intermediate, practice-focused exploration of EMDR therapy grounded in the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model. Participants will review the foundational principles of AIP and refine application of EMDR’s eight phases and three stages. Through discussion of Roy Kiessling’s EMDR Processing Continuum (EMD, EMDr, EMDR), clinicians will learn how to select and apply the most appropriate approach for different clinical presentations.
Special emphasis is placed on enhancing client stability through affect regulation, resourcing, integrating belief system congruence to deepen processing, and adapting EMDR techniques across developmental stages and cultural contexts. Practical considerations for each phase of EMDR are highlighted, with attention to disrupted attachment histories and developmental impacts such as those outlined by Erikson’s psychosocial stages.
Drawing from the latest peer-reviewed research, this training equips clinicians with updated knowledge and actionable strategies to apply EMDR with greater confidence, precision, and cultural responsiveness. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Introductory – Intermediate – 3.5 EMDRIA Credits & 3.5 CEs
This 4-hour training led by Dr. Sara Brammer & Andrea Gibbs-Wilson, MA, LPC
offers a compassionate and comprehensive exploration of the historical, psychological, and social dimensions of child abuse, neglect, and intimate partner violence. With a focus on the lasting impact of early trauma on individuals and families, participants will examine how childhood exposure to violence affects brain development, attachment patterns, and the capacity to build adaptive, fulfilling lives. Through the lens of trauma-informed care and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, this program integrates the use of EMDR interventions to support healing and resilience in both children and adults. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding data from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey and applying evidence-based trauma therapy techniques to promote long-term recovery and relational well-being. Open to all practitioners.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 4 CEs: 4
Working with Relational Issues In Clinical, Supervisory & Organizational Realms: When the Past Influences the Present
This 3 hour advanced training in ethics for clinicians and supervisors alike, explores the complex dynamics of transference and countertransference as they manifest across therapeutic, supervisory, and organizational relationships. Grounded in psychodynamic theory, trauma-informed care, and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, this course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of how relational patterns—conscious and unconscious—impact clinical outcomes, ethical decision-making, and professional dynamics.
This training incorporates the AIP theory to illuminate how early maladaptive experiences become activated in professional relationships, offering pathways for resolution through trauma-informed, relationally attuned work. Open to all practitioners.
EMDRIA Credits: 3 CEs: 3
Adaptive Information Processing, Family Systems, Developmental and Attachment Theory Integrations with EMDR Interventions
This 5 hour program led by Kenya Rocha MS, LMHC, NCC explores how early attachment wounds, generational trauma, and maladaptive family dynamics contribute to emotional distress and dysfunction. Putting together the conceptualization integrations of Developmental, Attachment and AIP Theories, and using the eight-phase EMDR model, participants will learn how to identify how childhood trauma appears in adults, process, and reframe negative beliefs rooted in childhood experiences. Through a combination of lecture, case studies, and experiential exercises, clinicians will gain practical tools to conceptualize, recognize and treat family patterns that cause childhood wounds. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 5 CEs: 5
This 4 hour continuing educational program led by Patricia Alvarado, LPCC, LMHC, provides a thorough exploration of the multifaceted impact of traumatic stress on children and adolescents. The mental health professional will leave with increased knowledge and skills to support youth effectively and gain insights into how trauma manifests in the physiological, emotional, cognitive & behavioral realms of young individuals. As a foundational training, it is open to all Mental Health Practitioners and Human Service Workers.
Level: Introductory and Foundational
EMDRIA Credits: 0 CEs: 4
This 6 hour specialty training, led by Krista Helman, MSW of the Trauma And Grief Institute of Ottowa, Canada, adapts the eight-phase EMDR model to address the complexities of mourning and grief, emphasizing the reconstruction of the assumptive world. Rooted in the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, this protocol emphasizes how positive memories serve as the bridge to grief integration. By addressing the pain of grief and other blocks to accessing adaptive information, EMDR-GRIEF helps remap the internal representation of the loss in space, time, and attachment, fostering a renewed sense of connection and orientation. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 6 CEs: 6
This workshop offered by Robin Shapiro, a renowned trainer, educator, author and psychotherapist, brings us a wealth of easy to apply interweaves and integrations for mood disorders, sexual trauma and dissociation. Robin brings her clinical experiences to the training room to help support your work. Robin offers guidance, demonstrations, practice and consultation as a bonus to this presentation. This presentation was originally provided in a 12 hour format. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 10
These protocols, developed to quickly reduce distress from acute stress or recent trauma, are especially crafted for use by Mental Health Professionals and non-mental health professionals in high-crisis environments such as schools, medical facilities, and emergency services.
CIDP is designed to reduce the disturbance in the present from a critical incident or triggering experience. This training is especially good for first responders, military and medical personnel who are working with those who are in crisis. It is also beneficial for those with difficulty managing triggering events and is helpful for human service workers, residential first line providers and administrative personnel.
It is such a gift to be able to bring this to you!
Check with your licensing board for CE attainment.
(Accepted for Licensure credits in Iowa)
This training is open to anyone, you do not have to be trained in EMDR, you do not have to be a clinician to attend.
NO EMDRIA or CE Credits Offered for this Course
This 8.5 hour specialty training, led by Sheila Russel, LISW, explores the application of advance EMDR techniques tailored to the unique needs of first responders and military veterans, with a focus on fostering resilience and utilizing tactical language relevant to these populations. Sheila includes demonstration and practice here to help you apply the skills. Learn to address the specific mental health challenges faced by these groups, including trauma, moral injury and the impact on family dynamic. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners. This program continues to be offered in person up on request at info@emdrandbeyond.com
Level: Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 8.5 CEs: 8.5
Crystal Whitlow, a renowned trainer and educator in EMDR therapy, presents an advanced online course series designed to enhance clinical skills by mastering Jim Knipe’s EMDR Toolbox protocols. This series is structured into three modules, each focusing on a common client defense: dissociation, avoidance, and shame.
Crystal offers an in-depth exploration of these pivotal defenses and their management through EMDR, providing structured approaches to improve trauma treatment outcomes. As Jim Knipe has retired, Crystal has been authorized to teach his materials, ensuring continuity and integrity in the delivery of these advanced techniques. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 6 CEs: 6
This 3 hour Specialty Course led by Kenya Rocha LMHC, offers an in-depth exploration of affective regulation and tolerance within a clinical setting. Calming the Storm is designed to equip clinicians with practical tools to enhance therapeutic progress with abuse survivors, clients with complex trauma and with those who have difficulty tolerating and managing affect. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 3 CEs: 3
This engaging introductory workshop presented by Amanda Goodrich and Darcie Yamada offers a fundamental exploration of Internal Family Systems (IFS) theory, seamlessly integrating it with the first four phases of EMDR therapy. Participants will learn the core assumptions and goals of the IFS model, understand the different categories of parts within the internal family system, and the crucial role of Self Energy.
Through practical applications such as parts mapping and guided meditation, Amanda and Darcie utilize their clinical expertise in applying IFS-informed EMDR clinical interventions, enhancing therapeutic skills, and deepening understanding of both IFS and EMDR methodologies. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 8 CEs: 8
This training, led by Elyse Harper, LMFT, combines two of her popular courses to bring expert information on overcoming the challenge of client resistance, therapist ambiguity, dissociation. She introduces innovative and existing strategies tailored to engage even in the most difficult, resistant client presentations across all 8 phases of EMDR therapy.
This introductory course is designed to provide EMDR practitioners with practical tools and insights to enhance their effectiveness ensuring successful therapeutic outcomes. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Introductory
EMDRIA Credits: 5.5
This introductory EMDR specialty course, presented by the esteemed EMDR Basic Trainer Kenya Rocha, LMHC, focuses on integrating EMDR therapy with couples and family dynamics. Participants will benefit from Kenya’s extensive experience as they explore how to apply the AIP theory to relational and systemic issues through lectures, video demonstrations, and interactive activities. The course aims to enhance the participant’s ability to identify relationship and attachment deficits, develop collaborative positive resources, and understand the ethical considerations involved in working with diverse family structures. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 4.5
In this 5-hour introductory course, Elyse Harper, LMFT, an esteemed EMDR trainer and consultant, offers a deep dive into the nuances of EMDR therapy that clinicians and consultants may often overlook. Drawing from her extensive experience as a consultant and Basic Training coach, Elyse explores the challenges of therapist ambivalence, the treatment of dissociative disorders, and other complex issues that can affect the outcomes of EMDR therapy across its 8 phases.
Elyse has enriched this course with a thorough clarification of EMDR and trauma terminology, varying from basic to complex, and is packed with practical resources, protocols, and client video demonstrations to enhance clinical effectiveness and the integration of advanced EMDR techniques in complex cases.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 4
This training, led by Elyse Harper, LMFT, focuses on overcoming the challenge of client resistance, a common issue faced by EMDR therapists, especially when working with adolescents and adults. With her extensive experience and enthusiasm for working with hostile and resistant clients, Elyse introduces a variety of innovative and existing strategies tailored to engage even the most difficult clients across all 8 phases of EMDR therapy.
This introductory course is designed to provide EMDR practitioners with practical tools and insights to enhance their effectiveness in engaging resistant clients, ensuring successful therapeutic outcomes. Open to those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Level: Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 3
This course, led by expert EMDR trainers Bonnie Mikelson, LISW, and Madi Musson, LMFT, offers a detailed guide on effectively integrating EMDR therapy into clinical practice. It is designed for both new and experienced EMDR practitioners and provides essential strategies for introducing EMDR, transitioning from other therapeutic modalities, and navigating common challenges encountered by clients across different age groups.
Through comprehensive discussions on structuring sessions, developing treatment plans, and managing crises, this course aims to enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of EMDR therapy in diverse clinical settings. Open to those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Level: Introductory
No EMDRIA Credits or CEs Offered for this program
Martha Norton, LMHC, applies her training expertise to enhance EMDR clinicians’ practice by incorporating somatic interventions to address the bodily storage of trauma. This course offers an 8 phase exploration of how trauma manifests physically and its implications for EMDR therapy, focusing on integrating somatic techniques into EMDR’s structured phases.
Martha provides EMDR practitioners with practical tools and strategies to enhance the effectiveness of therapy by addressing the somatic symptoms of trauma. Through detailed case studies and hands-on techniques, participants will learn to apply these methods effectively within the EMDR framework to improve therapeutic outcomes. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Introductory – Intermediate
EMDRIA Credits: 3
Presented by Kenya Rocha, LMHC, this three-hour intermediate EMDR course utilizes her extensive experience as a clinician, supervisor, and manager to delve into the ethical dimensions of EMDR therapy.
Kenya designed this course to enhance ethical awareness and problem-solving skills within clinical practice, addressing dilemmas related to preparedness, hesitancy to process, and managing emotional content in therapy sessions. Participants engage in robust discussions, exploring real-world scenarios to better understand the integration of ethical considerations into everyday practice. Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Introductory
EMDRIA Credits: 3 CE: 3
Presented by Sheila Russell, LISW, a leading expert in the field of first responder and emergency professional mental health, this two-hour introductory course introduces Critical Incident Desensitization Protocols (CIDP) for crisis interventions. These protocols, developed to quickly reduce distress from acute stress or recent trauma, are especially crafted for use by non-mental health professionals in high-crisis environments such as schools, medical facilities, and emergency services.
No CE or EMDRIA Credits Offered for this Program
This Intermediate online specialty training, led by Krista Helman, an EMDR-approved consultant and expert in grief and loss, is designed to thoroughly integrate EMDR into grief-related counseling across all phases of EMDR therapy. The course offers an in-depth exploration of EMDR-related history-taking and treatment planning specific to clients facing grief-related challenges, such as the loss of a pet, complicated grief, and other unique situations. Through a blend of theoretical understanding and practical application, including client examples and videos, this training equips participants with immediately usable resources and tools for effectively addressing grief with EMDR therapy. While this course provides a solid introduction to EMDR for grief and loss, additional training and supervision are recommended for those seeking to deepen their proficiency.Open to all EMDR Trained Practitioners.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
EMDRIA Credits: 4
