Virtual EMDR Certificate Training Part 2

Presented by Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC

Saturday, October 19, 2024

8:30 am — 12:30 pm Pacific / 11:30 am — 3:30 pm Eastern

15 CE Credits Live Interactive Trainings
Module 5 October 19th
Module 6 November 2nd
Module 7 November 16th
Module 8 December 14th
8:30 am-12:30 pm Pacific / 11:30 am-3:30 pm Eastern
Presenter: Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC

For those who register but are unable to attend, CE credits (though not Live) will be available by viewing the recording and completing the post-test and evaluation.

Tokens may not be used with trainings series.

15 CE credit hours. This webinar satisfies requirements for live CE credits for all professions except psychologists licensed outside of California.

NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists licensed in California, this webinar satisfies requirements for live, interactive Continuing Education. For psychologists not licensed in CA, due to APA policies, Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.

The last sessions of the training centers on the final re-evaluation phase, reflecting on progress and addressing residual trauma symptoms. Throughout the 8-module training program, participants will not only acquire practical skills and theoretical knowledge but also cultivate a deeper understanding of trauma-informed care and the transformative power of EMDR therapy. Join us on this important journey to strengthen our capacity as catalysts for healing and growth!

Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals.

Content level: Intermediate

Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC, is an EMDR Clinician, Trainer and Author who earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2011. She has been extensively been trained on the use of EMDR and other trauma based interventions and specializes in the areas of trauma, abuse, attachment and substance abuse. Megan has trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. as well as internationally to get the most out of EMDR, trauma and addiction-based skills and practices.

Megan previously owned/operated an intensive outpatient treatment center that was voted best in practice in 2019. She currently owns and operates her own Coaching, Consulting, and Training Business and is passionate about genuinely changing the landscape of mental health and trauma treatment through an authentic hands-on perspective that is uniquely her own.

Megan is the author of the EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories; and Take Back Your Life released by New Harbinger Publications in May of 2023 and EMDR for Dummies with Wiley Publishing set to release in June 2024. To learn more, visit her website at thementalsurvivalist.com

Learning Objectives

After attending this training, participants will be able to

Review effective forms of bilateral stimulation techniques and how to assess which is appropriate for client needs.
Demonstrate how to assess for and identify reprocessing during an EMDR session.
Implement appropriate closure, safety and confidentiality techniques within EMDR.
Assess considerations with children & adolescents and other specialized populations within EMDR.
Review and identify ethical considerations within use of EMDR.
Implement effective ways to incorporate EMDR via Telehealth and in person.

Webinar Outline

Program outline

Module 5: October 19^th, 2024 8:30-12:15 Pacific Time

Analyzing Phase 3: Assessment
Understanding the goals of this phase
Exploring the importance of the neural networks of trauma and ‘staying out of the way,’
Phase 3 Protocol Set up with live demo
Client’s role and clinician’s role in EMDR
Introducing Phase 4: Desensitization.
- Goal of this phase
- Exploring the use of BLS during this phase
- Identifying mile markers during desensitization
- Live demo

Module 6: November 2^nd, 2024 8:30-12:15 Pacific Time

Practice session 2- 1:00-4:15 Pacific Time

Review of Phases 3 & 4
- Analyzing Phase 5: Installation
- Exploring the goal of this phase, rating the VOC, checking in on PC, assessing the SUD
- Identifying the change in BLS during this phase
- How to use a mini installation for incomplete sessions
Analyzing Phase 6: Body Scan and checking in with physical sensations
- Review of a full EMDR demonstration
- Assessing for a complete vs. incomplete processing session
- Using resourcing skills to assist with closure
- Analyzing Phase 7: Closure

Module 7: November 16^th, 2024 8:30-12:15 Pacific Time

Review of Phase 7: Closure and assessing for new targets
- Analyzing Phase 8: Re-Evaluation
Reviewing how to return to an incomplete sessions
Exploring the Pacing of sessions and how to space EMDR sessions
- Assessing what to target and treatment planning
Interweaves and the use of interweaves through Demonstration and review of demonstration
Blocked Processing
Parts exercise as a group and how to use as interweave
The Path Meditation

Module 8: December, 14^th, 2024 8:30-12:15 Pacific Time

Identifying how to find salient targets through the use of bridge back and forward technique
Understanding Restricted Processing and when to utilize
Restricted processing demo
How to target somatic symptoms with the Pain Protocol
Learning about targeting somatic symptoms with the Affect Tolerance
Demo on Pain Protocol
How to build and create resources out of somatic processes with affect tolerance
How to target sleep/dream disturbances

15 CE

credits