SST is a very direct and solution-oriented way to approach mental health therapy. It provides value and resolution for the client within a single session. Why is this a good thing? Some clients are busy or resistant to therapy (for cultural or other reasons), and may not seek therapy if they think about coming for many sessions in a row. This means we have a unique opportunity to extend services to a deserving but hard-to-reach population.

Learn specific advanced EMDR interventions to use for complex PTSD, addictive and compulsive disorders, fears, and phobias. Use parts work, ego states, and feeling state theory to address addiction and trauma within the framework of classic 8-phase EMDR. This won’t just impress your friends, it’ll help you go next-level with your EMDR applications to help clients!

Just as the body’s immune system can attack itself with a “good response gone bad”, so can the body’s stress response become stuck in a pattern of “false alarms” resulting in misfiring stress responses that turn into chronic anxiety disorders. Learn how to help people with Autostress disorders retune their nervous system and manage anxiety for good!

What is the difference between PTSD and grief? How does grief relate to sexual trauma specifically and why is it important to know how grief plays into sexual trauma? Learn interventions and therapies that will help you address grief in the context of sexual trauma, moving your clients into resilience and long term healing.

Suffering moral injury can be psychologically devastating, especially in the most extreme circumstances (e.g. a cop taking the life of a child, a soldier killing the enemy). Learn how to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to facilitate healing for the most crippling and mentally destructive moral wounds your clients may suffer.