24 Jun EMDR and Dissociation
Description:
Early in my experience as an EMDR clinician, there seemed to be this common mantra. “Don’t use EMDR with dissociation” or “If they score ___ on this assessment do not move forward”. The problem is, these are the very clients that I was seeing in my therapy room, and these are the very clients that need EMDR! This led me into my unintentional specialization of using EMDR with dissociative disorders.
In this training, we learn how to recognize, assess for, treat, and above all else destigmatize the dissociative experience. Dissociation is not one thing, it is many things. It is this fantastic and often beautiful labyrinth of human experience that is in my bias, not something to fight, but something to team up with as we use EMDR.
Pre-requisites: This training requires participants to first take an EMDR basic training before taking this advanced training. Participants are required to be post basic training, however are not required to be certified in EMDR.
Cost:
$210.00
Objectives:
- Explain how to assess for dissociation both using measures and through experience with the client
- Describe the major theories of dissociation
- Discuss how to speak to clients about parts work and not make it weird
- Identify stabilization skills for clients experiencing dissociation
- Discuss rational for updated processing procedures for use with clients experiencing dissociation
- Demonstrate basic parts work interventions as Phase 2 EMDR interventions
Presenter:
NIK JOHNSON
M.S., LPC-S, REGISTERED PLAY THERAPIST™- SUPERVISOR, EMDR CONSULTANT
Cristina Reynolds joined the Center for Counseling and Family Relationships in 2018. She earned her Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Cristina became Licensed as a Professional Counselor in 2018. Cristina is EMDR Trained and is an Internationally Credentialed Sandtray Therapist. Her background includes counseling in a private university setting where she helped college students cope and adapt with life transitions and as a crisis counselor for children in schools. She works with adolescents, parents, and adults, specializing in trauma work.