**This is a special 6-day, 30.5-CE interactive and didactic certification program resulting in a certified EMDRPT-II^® credential through Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. **

This program provides continuing education, not higher education (i.e. it is not meant to replace a graduate degree and the rigorous educational requirements of initial licensure). The length of this program, objectives, and requirements for certification have been designed accordingly.

Our EMDR programs and associated credentials are exclusively affiliated with and available through Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. and Online CE Credits. EMDR certification is provided by various entities across the US and abroad, but continuing education certification is not regulated nor owned by any one particular education provider, association, or broker. Individual state regulatory authorities solely determine scope, competency, and legal right to practice, as is true for any other therapy modality (CBT, DBT, etc.). To determine the quality and legitimacy of your investment, we encourage you to look at the experience and education level of your trainer, cost of the program, ongoing requirements if there are any, quality level of the learning platform, and established reputation of the education provider.

IMPORTANT: This exclusive, live certification program takes place during a 6-day non-contiguous period in January 2025 – ***view Program Schedule here.

• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION:

  To receive your EMDRPT-II^® live cohort certification credential, you MUST register and pay for at least 2 upcoming live one-hour consultations or practice labs with your trainer Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, to take place in January and/or February 2025. You may register now from our Live Consultations page here.

EMDR is a set of evidence-based, powerful tools available to clinicians who treat psychological trauma and PTSD, as well as other mental health conditions. While EMDR skills have been popular for many years, comprehensive expert-quality training in these skills can be difficult to find and is often cost-prohibitive (i.e. some EMDR training companies charge $10K-$15K for comprehensive advanced level certification, plus ongoing renewal fees and “supervision” requirements).

In this 6-day advanced level comprehensive EMDR training program, you will review in detail the classic 8-phase model of EMDR before progressing into more advanced modifications and adaptations for other populations, modalities, and co-occurring mental health concerns (e.g. adapting EMDR for telehealth, addiction, anxiety, depression, and for your work with children and minority identity individuals). Your instructor, Stanford-trained neuroscientist and trauma psychologist Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, will break down the mechanisms of EMDR. She’ll demonstrate how it engages the thinking, feeling, and primitive areas of the brain, effectively translating EMDR into a powerful set of tools you’ll be confident and excited to use with your clients. Her program curriculum establishes a firm core foundation of classic EMDR that will allow you to both DO it well and understand how it works and why it works. Research shows that clinicians who understand why and how a therapy works are more likely to experience better client outcomes. This is unique to Dr. Sweeton’s teaching style, and her progression from a solid base to more advanced concepts enables you to be more flexible in how you approach trauma treatment with EMDR – truly a standard bearer in modern EMDR practice. This live, interactive, webinar-based program will require participants to engage in practical application through case studies, Q&A, client demonstrations, and consultation/practice labs.

DISCLAIMER: To minimize excessive transactional burden, if you request to be converted to an “Everything Plan” membership AFTER purchasing this certification program, you may do so only within 48 hours of your registration on a 24 month plan, paid in advance at the prevailing annual rate.

Attendance and Location Details

Date and Time

**Special 6-day, 30.5-CE Live webinar event**

Day 1: Thursday, January 2, 2025, 9:00am – 4:30pm CST / 10:00am – 5:30pm ET / 7:00am – 2:30pm PT (Module: EMDR Skills for Trauma Treatment – Part 1)

Day 2: Friday, January 3, 2025, 9:00am – 4:30pm CST / 10:00am – 5:30pm ET / 7:00am – 2:30pm PT (Module: EMDR Skills for Trauma Treatment – Part 2)

Day 3: Monday, January 6, 2025, 9:00am – 4:30pm CST / 10:00am – 5:30pm ET / 7:00am – 2:30pm PT (Module: Advanced EMDR Skills for Complex Trauma)

Day 4: Friday, January 10, 2025, 10:30am – 12:30pm CST / 11:30am – 1:30pm ET / 8:30am – 10:30am PT (Module: Must-Have EMDR Skills for Teletherapy)

Day 5: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 11:00am – 2:00pm CST / 12:00pm – 3:00pm ET / 3:00am – 12:00pm PT (Module: EMDR Skills: Practical Modifications for Children & Other Populations)

Day 6: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 8:30am – 4:30pm CST / 9:30am – 5:30pm ET / 6:30am – 2:30pm PT (Module: EMDR for Anxiety & Depression: Basic EMDR Skills & Modifications)

***** (Must attest that you’ve registered for and attended at least 2 one-hour consultation/practice lab events with Dr. Sweeton, published on our Live Consultations page here)

*Zoom link will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to training start date

Objectives:

Module: EMDR Skills for Trauma Treatment Part 1 & Part 2

1. After completing this training, participants will be able to establish the role of the autonomic nervous system in trauma symptomology.
2. After completing this training, participants will be able to characterize the potential neurobiological mechanisms of change in the empirically validated EMDR approach.
3. After completing this training, participants will be able to specify how EMDR techniques can build dual awareness in clients to treat the avoidance that makes trauma and anxiety treatment challenging.
4. After completing this training, participants will be able to communicate the 8 Phases of the EMDR protocol.
5. After completing this training, participants will be able to determine which clients with whom you should use EMDR.
6. After completing this training, participants will be able to communicate the central principle of the Adaptive Information Processing Theory and establish how it informs the EMDR approach.
7. After completing this training, participants will be able to analyze resourcing strategies from EMDR that clinicians can use to help facilitate the processing of trauma.
8. After completing this training, participants will be able to specify the steps clinicians must take to emphasize safety during EMDR sessions.
9. After completing this training, participants will be able to characterize how EMDR techniques can be used to reinforce and activate positive neural networks.
10. After completing this training, participants will be able to evaluate strategies that can help foster the critical connection between client and therapist in EMDR therapy.
11. After completing this training, participants will be able to establish the order of operations for attachment-based EMDR treatment to resolve relational trauma.

Module: Advanced EMDR Skills for Complex Trauma

1. After completing this training, participants will be able to name two ways attachment-focused EMDR differs from the original 8-phase model.
2. After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and practice at least three attachment-focused EMDR techniques.
3. After completing this training, participants will be able to define and describe how to incorporate interweaves.
4. After completing this training, participants will be able to state how clinicians can incorporate “distancing techniques” when helping clients engage with overwhelming material.
5. After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the importance of resourcing and identify two resourcing techniques.
6. After completing this training, participants will be able to name one technique that can help clients build positive neural networks that might not currently exist.

Module: Must-Have EMDR Skills for Teletherapy

1. After completing this training, participants will be able to define “psychological distancing” and name one way it can be used in online therapy.
2. After completing this training, participants will be able to state the difference between resource and desensitization tapping.
3. After completing this training, participants will be able to describe how bilateral stimulation can be incorporated into online therapy.

Module: EMDR Skills: Practical Modifications for Children & Other Populations

1. After completing this training, participants will be able to name two types of BLS that can be used with children.
2. After completing this training, participants will be able to describe at least two differences between conducting EMDR with adults, versus children.
3. After completing this training, participants will be able to state how desensitization can be conducted with a 5-year-old.
4. After completing this training, participants will be able to state how desensitization can be conducted with a 10-year-old.
5. After completing this training, participants will be able to identify one way to manage dissociation and increase resourcing in children.
6. After completing this training, participants will be able to name at least one way parents may be involved in EMDR sessions with children.
7. After completing this training, participants will be able to describe at least two adaptations useful in conducting EMDR with minority identity individuals.

Module: EMDR for Anxiety & Depression: Basic EMDR Skills & Modifications

1. After completing this training, participants will be able to state the 8-phase model of EMDR.
2. After completing this training, participants will be able to identify five key areas of the brain involved in anxiety (and depression).
3. After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice phase 2 techniques.
4. After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice phase 4 techniques.
5. After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice phase 5 techniques.
6. After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice phase 6 techniques.
7. After completing this training, participants will be able to name one difference between anxiety, trauma, and depression.
8. After completing this training, participants will be able to state at least one theory of bilateral stimulation.
9. After completing this training, participants will be able to describe “future template” and how it can be useful in treating anxiety.
10. After completing this training, participants will be able to state two EMDR original 8-phase model modifications recommended when treating anxiety.
11. After completing this training, participants will be able to name the components of the “3-pronged approach” to EMDR.
12. After completing this training, participants will be able to identify one advantage of incorporating tactile stimulation when using EMDR for anxiety.

Program Schedule (3 pages):

Target Audience:

The target audience for this live webinar event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA

Material Author(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA

Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Dr. Jennifer Sweeton is a clinical and forensic psychologist, Amazon #1 best-selling author, and internationally-recognized expert on trauma, anxiety, and the neuroscience of mental health. She is the author of the book, Trauma Treatment Toolbox, published by PESI Publishing & Media. Dr. Sweeton completed her doctoral training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and the National Center for PTSD. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in affective neuroscience from Stanford University, and studied behavioral genetics at Harvard University. Dr. Sweeton resides in the greater Kansas City area, where she owns a group private practice, Kansas City Mental Health Associates, and co-owns Mind Works Professional Education, Inc., a continuing education company. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and is a former President of the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association. Dr. Sweeton offers clinical and forensic psychological services, and is a sought-after trauma and neuroscience expert who has trained more than 15,000 mental health professionals in all 50 US states and over 20 countries.

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