Jen Shotwell

Part One: Training Overview

Table of Contents

Schedule

Training Overview

Required Readings/ Media

EMDR Trainee Skills Checklist

Part Two: Introduction

Origins of EMDR Therapy

Summary of EMDR Therapy

Evidenced Based Therapy

EMDR Therapy Community

Professional Considerations for EMDR Therapy

Differentiation From Other Therapy Models

Part Three: Introduction to the Brain

Understanding the Brain

Understanding Trauma

How Memory Works

Adaptive Information Processing (AIP)

Part Four: Foundation of EMDR Therapy

Key Components of EMDR

Overview of the Eight Phases of EMDR

Phase 1: History Taking & Treatment Planning

Phase 2: Preparation & Stabilization

Phase 3: Assessment

Phase 4: Desensitization

Phase 5: Installation

Phase 6: Body Scan

Phase 7: Closure

Phase 8: Reevaluation

Part Five: Phase One – Phase Three Support

Phase One: Assessing for Client Readiness

Phase One: Client Readiness Checklist

Phase One: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire

Phase One: Dissociative Experiences Scale II (DES-II)

Phase Two: Window of Tolerance

Phase Two: Resource Development and Installation (RDI)

Phase Two: Resource Development and Installation (RDI) Procedural Steps

Phase Two: State Change vs. Trait Change

Phase Two: Safe/Calm Place

Phase Two: Container Exercise

Phase Two: TICES

Phase Three: Target Memory Identification

Phase Three: How to Take a SUD (Subjective Units of Disturbance)

Phase Three: Target Assessment Worksheet

Phase Three: Finding the Negative & Positive Cognition

Phase Three: Examples of Negative & Positive Cognition

Phase Three: Examples of Negative & Positive Cognition

Phase Three: Future Template Protocol

Phase Three: Procedural Steps for Future Template

Part Six: Phase Four – Phase Eight Support

Phase Four: Bilateral Stimulation (BLS) Info

Phase Four: Cognitive Interweave

Phase Four: Informational Plateaus

Phases Four - Seven: Reprocessing & Closure Worksheet

Phase Eight: Reevaluation Information