On-Demand CE Training
An intermediate to advanced on-demand training that applies the Minority Stress Model within EMDR's Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) framework, with affirming strategies for assessment, case conceptualization and each phase of EMDR therapy.
Self-paced on-demand · 3.5 EMDRIA Credits · Program #15007-DL113
Presented by Shaun / Sienna Bries, LICSW, MSW-ITR, EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training
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Who This Training Is For
This program is intended for doctorate- and master's-level mental health professionals, including psychologists, LMFTs, LMHCs, LPCs, LISWs, LMSWs and other master's-level practitioners who have completed an EMDR Basic Training and want to strengthen their clinical work with gender-expansive and 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. It is especially relevant for therapists, counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists working in trauma-focused settings.
Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training. If you have not yet completed Basic Training, start with EMDR Basic Training.
Course Overview
This training uses the Minority Stress Model as a clinical framework within EMDR's Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model to help clinicians understand how discrimination, identity-based trauma and systemic harm shape memory networks, presenting concerns and therapeutic engagement for 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. Affirming care is integrated throughout: the course brings culturally responsive and identity-affirming principles into EMDR case conceptualization, assessment, preparation and reprocessing across all eight phases.
Shaun / Sienna Bries draws on current research, including national data on substance use and mental health among sexual and gender minority populations, to examine how heteronormative assumptions, provider bias and limited research frameworks affect access to affirming care. Topics include the Minority Stress Model as a clinical lens within AIP-informed case conceptualization, inclusive assessment and documentation practices, identity-based trauma in negative cognitions, body sensations and relational patterns, and affirming interventions across the eight phases of EMDR therapy.
Lecture and clinical case examples move from conceptual understanding to applied clinical strategy, so you can bring affirming assessment, inclusive documentation and AIP-informed case conceptualization into your next client session.
What You Will Learn
Presenter
Shaun / Sienna Bries is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and EMDRIA Certified Therapist practicing in Massachusetts, providing individual, family and group therapy for adolescents and adults. They are formally trained in EMDR therapy, the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Model, Psychological First Aid (PFA), Post-Traumatic Stress Management (PTSM) and Sensory Motor Arousal and Regulation Treatment (SMART).
A two-spirited clinician, Shaun / Sienna earned their Master of Social Work in Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency from the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to their work with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. They are also an independent researcher trained in Participatory Action Research (PAR), with a focus on decolonizing trauma work. Read Shaun / Sienna's full bio.
EMDR & Beyond is an EMDRIA-approved EC Provider (#15007).
This program (#15007-DL113) is approved for 3.5 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
To receive EMDRIA credits for this on-demand program, complete the full curriculum and pass the post-course quiz with a score of at least 75%. Your certificate is released automatically once you pass the quiz. The course evaluation is not required for credit, and we welcome your feedback through it.
Cancellation, grievance, accessibility and conflict of interest information for EMDR & Beyond programs is on our Program Disclosures page.
Yes. This program (#15007-DL113) is approved for 3.5 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
Yes. This program is intended for licensed mental health professionals who have completed an EMDR Basic Training. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
No prior specialization is required. This training is designed for EMDR-trained clinicians at any level of experience with this population.
This training builds on the standard eight-phase EMDR protocol. It deepens how you apply the protocol by helping you recognize how minority stress and identity-based trauma show up in memory networks, negative cognitions and therapeutic engagement, so your existing EMDR skills become more attuned and responsive to 2SLGBTQIA+ client experiences.
Complete the full curriculum and pass the post-course quiz with a score of at least 75%. Your certificate is released automatically when you pass. The course evaluation is optional.
Both are on our Program Disclosures page, along with accessibility and conflict of interest information.
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$179.99
Enroll NowSelf-paced on-demand · 3.5 EMDRIA Credits · EC Provider #15007 · Program #15007-DL113
