On-Demand CE Training
Structured somatic interweaves that bring the body’s information into EMDR Phase 4 reprocessing.
Self-paced on-demand · 5.5 EMDRIA Credits · Program #15007-DL108
Presented by Melissa Benintendi, MA, LPC, EMDRIA Approved Trainer & Consultant
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Who This Training Is For
This intermediate-level training 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 successfully completed an EMDR Basic Training and want to deepen their Phase 4 reprocessing skills.
Prerequisite: completion of EMDR Basic Training. 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
When Phase 4 reprocessing becomes stalled, destabilizing or overly cognitive, the body often holds critical information. This intermediate-level training teaches clinicians to integrate somatic awareness and interoceptive tracking into EMDR sessions safely and effectively.
Drawing from neurobiology, embodiment science, trauma-informed care and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, Melissa Benintendi teaches structured somatic interweaves for Phase 4: tracking somatic states and activation patterns, working safely with dissociation and shutdown, and integrating movement, imagery, grounding and boundary-based interventions. The course combines lecture, case examples and guided experiential practice, and it maintains fidelity to the AIP model and the standard EMDR protocol.
What You Will Learn
Presenter
Melissa Benintendi is an EMDRIA Approved Trainer and Consultant and the Owner and Senior Trainer at The Body in Mind in Springfield, Missouri. With nearly two decades of clinical experience, she specializes in treating trauma, PTSD and dissociative disorders using EMDR and somatic therapies. She leads individual and group therapy intensives and retreats, provides private therapy to individuals and couples, and trains clinicians across the country through advanced workshops and certification consultation.
From 2016 to 2025, Melissa served as Director of Clinical Embodiment at Beyond Healing Center and Institute, where she developed integrated EMDR and somatic therapy models, and she continues as a senior trainer in partnership with Beyond Healing Institute. She co-created the podcasts Notice That – An EMDR Podcast and Beyond Trauma, and she is an adjunct professor at Evangel University. Melissa also presents Updating Your Understanding of Dissociation through a Somatic Lens for EMDR & Beyond. Read Melissa's full bio.
EMDR & Beyond is an EMDRIA-approved EC Provider (#15007).
This program (#15007-DL108) is approved for 5.5 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-DL108) is approved for 5.5 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
Yes. This training is for clinicians who have successfully completed an EMDR Basic Training. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
The total runtime is 5.5 hours. The course is self-paced, so you can work through it on your own schedule.
No. All somatic interweaves are grounded in the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model and support fidelity to standard EMDR protocol.
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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Enroll NowSelf-paced on-demand · 5.5 EMDRIA Credits · EC Provider #15007 · Program #15007-DL108
