Training & Events
EMDR training that honors the heart of EMDR while advancing clinical skills and applications!
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.
What to Expect From EMDR & Beyond
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.
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
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
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LIVE TRAINING
If you are looking for live in-person training or webinars, check back often. These are our upcoming live training sessions. We will add more as we finalize new dates
January 22, 2025 - Live In Person and Virtual
This continuing education program, led by Kenya Rocha, LMHC, NCC, is designed to equip clinicians with practical tools to enhance therapeutic progress with abuse survivors and clients with complex trauma. The workshop will focus on the development of emotional regulation skills, distress tolerance and mindfulness practices that promote stability and resilience in clients facing emotional trauma. Open to all mental health practitioners. Will cover some aspects of EMDR.
January 31, 2025 - Live webinar
This 3.5 hour program, led by Kenya Rocha, LMHC, NCC, is designed to equip clinicians with tools to understand and work with individuals experiencing high emotionality resulting from difficult situation or acute traumatic events. You will walk away with applicable tools to deescalate emotionality and understand how the brain stores trauma. No EMDRIA Credits for this course. Open to all who work with people, appropriate for humans service workers, mental health practitioners, emergency personell and others.
February 20 & 21, 2025 Live In Person & Virtual
This 12 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. 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 Therapists.
April 10 & 11, 2025 - Live In Person and Virtual
This 12 hour specialty training, let by Krista Helman, MSW 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.
Introducing emdr & Beyond's
Beyond Series
March 21, 2025 Live Virtual Event
This 7 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.
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ON-DEMAND COURSES
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 (excluding CIDP) offers EMDRIA and 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.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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.
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.
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.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
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.
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 those who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Critical Incident Desensitization Protocols (CIDP)
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 specially crafted for use by non-mental health professionals in high-crisis environments such as schools, medical facilities, and emergency services.
Developed by Roy Kiessling, LISW, a renowned EMDR expert and founder of EMDR Consulting, this course empowers a broad range of professionals, from EMDR clinicians to first responders, to effectively stabilize individuals in crisis situations without the need for mental health licensure or prior EMDR training
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