using emdr as a contemporary psychotherapy • washington dc

Advanced Training: Saturday & Sunday, March 3-4, 2012. An intensive workshop designed for experienced clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of EMDR principles, protocols and procedures in the company of professional peers. EMDR Basic Training is required. 12 CEUs.

Dates: Saturday, March 03, 2012 - Sunday, March 04, 2012

Walk-In Registration begins at 8:15 am

course description

This course builds on the basic precepts of the EMDR model. Enhance your ability to apply EMDR as a comprehensive psychotherapy approach. You will have the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in EMDR; case conceptualization, cognitive interweave strategies, advanced applications of the three-pronged approach, and resourcing strategies that can be used throughout the course of treatment. Deany Laliotis will also address how some of the unique demands of EMDR therapy can present challenging clinical situations for both the therapist and the client. Videotape of actual clinical cases will be presented. You will be encouraged to explore how to apply these procedures and processes with your own clients and you will leave the workshop with new strategies you can use in your practice right away.

here's what people say about this course

"A skilled master therapist and teacher,
Deany has impressive depth and breadth. She is creative,
contagious and an enthusiastic, therapeutic powerhouse."

"The clinical tapes were amazing! They really helped me
understand how to apply all the earlier training."

"I've really appreciated this weekend. I'm moving from being
a clinician who does EMDR to a true EMDR therapist.
Thank you for your modeling and expertise."

location and venue

Washington DC The Ballston Center at Marymount University is spacious and comfortable—an ideal venue and retreat for learning with your peers. Marymount offers the best of all worlds—a leafy urban campus just minutes from all the excitement and resources of Washington DC. The campus is two blocks from the Ballston Metro Station and a quick cab ride from the heart of the nation’s capital, so you’ll be able to enjoy DC’s many monuments and historic sights. Just off I-66, Marymount is also conveniently close to Reagan National Airport and Union Station.

Ballston Center at Marymount University
1000 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, Virginia 22203

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Need more information? Please email Christina Zavalij.

learning objectives:

  • Gain a thorough working understanding of the EMDR treatment protocol.
  • Conceptualize a case over time as the processing evolves and issues shift from foreground to background.
  • Identify where clients are stuck along the three informational plateau(s) of responsibility, safety and choices.
  • Apply cognitive interweave strategies to address developmental deficits as well as facilitate the client's processing.
  • Describe and apply at least three advanced applications of the three-pronged approach.
  • Become familiar with at least three specific strategies to close down incomplete sessions.
  • Apply at least three resourcing strategies to solidify therapeutic gains as well as prepare the client for memory processing.
  • Appreciate the unique clinical demands of EMDR without compromising the integrity of the model or the therapeutic relationship.

This course is designed for clinicians who are seeking to deepen their understanding of EMDR principles, protocols and procedures and successfully integrate EMDR into their clinical practice. Building on the basic precepts of the model, participants will be able to enhance their ability to apply EMDR as a comprehensive psychotherapy approach. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in EMDR; case conceptualization with more complex cases, levels of cognitive interweave strategies, advanced applications of the three-pronged approach, and resourcing strategies that can be used throughout the course of treatment.

The instructor will also address how some of the unique demands of EMDR therapy can present some challenging clinical situations for both the therapist and the client. There will be a live demonstration during the workshop. Videotape of clinical cases will also be presented. Participants will be encouraged to explore how to apply these processes with their own clients.

ceu

12 CEU's. Attendance at entire workshop is required to receive credit.

  • APA: EMDR Institute, Inc is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. EMDR Institute, Inc maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
  • NBCC: EMDR Institute, Inc. is an approved provider through the National Board of Certified Counselors.
  • NASW: Program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers Approval #886413581-5489.
  • EMDRIA: Approval #00017-18.
  • CBRN:  For California, this course meets the qualification for 12 continuing education hours for Registered Nurses as required by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
  • BBS:  For California the course meets the qualifications for 12 CEU's for MFT's and LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, 
  • SW: EMDR Institute, provider #1206, is approved for SW continuing education by the Assoc of SW Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  EMDR Institute maintains responsibility for the program.  Social Workers participating in the course will receive 12 (clinical or social work ethics) CE clock hours.
  • Florida CSWs, MFTs and MHCs:  The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling recognizes EMDR Institute as a provider of continuing education.  Provider Number 50-591.

workshop requirements

Attendees must have completed an EMDRIA approved (50 hour) Basic EMDR Training. Familiarity with Francine Shapiro's text, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures is required.

Proof of completion of EMDR Basic Training Parts 1 & 2 must be provided along with your professional license number when attending the workshop.

Attendance at entire workshop is required to receive credit.

about the presenter

Deany Laliotis, LICSW is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in treatment of traumatic stress disorders and attachment issues. She is a Senior Trainer for EMDR Institute, Inc., where she has been of the faculty since 1993. As an EMDRIA-approved trainer and consultant, she presents world-wide on advanced clinical applications of EMDR. She is the co-director of EMDR of Greater Washington and maintains a private practice in Washington, DC.

Deany has contributed a chapter titled, "Healing the Wounds of Attachment: An EMDR Relational Approach," in, Psychotherapist Revealed: Therapists Speak about Self-Disclosure where she writes about the relational component of EMDR psychotherapy. She has also recently co-authored an article with Francine Shapiro on, "EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing Model: Integrative Treatment and Case Conceptualization," which is published in a special edition of the Journal of Clinical Social Work on Integrative Psychotherapy, October 12, 2010.

Participants from Deany's trainings consistently say that she is a very clear and concise teacher who inspires confidence and enthusiasm among her trainees.

co-sponsors

www.emdr.com
Current research is limited to the application of EMDR to trauma-related disorders.

EMDR Institute, Inc., maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

payment information

Price: $375 after February 21st/Onsite. Walk-In Registration begins at 8:15 am.

Cancellation/Refund:  Tuition refundable up to 15 days prior to workshop date less a processing fee of $50.00. 

This course is Co-sponsored by the EMDR Institute, Inc.
EMDR Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.