For the EMDR Professional

This Georgia EMDR Network strives to bring 1-2 prominent EMDR presenters to our area every year as well as many regular local networking events and local presenters.

Upcoming Trainings:

• October 1st  Tuesday 6-8pm EST  2 hour Webinar “EMDR and Target Selection for Guilt and Shame”  by Arianne Struik.  Australian psychologist and EMDR Trainer Arianne Struik digs deep into the impact of childhood trauma.  Childhood trauma is a recipe for blaming ourselves and life-long feelings of shame.  During EMDR processing, these negative beliefs are dismantled and changed.  Some clients, however, get stuck in guilt and shame before and during processing.  Arianne will discuss how to assess the risk for clients to start EMDR, what is needed in preparation, and how to set up the EMDR processing in a safe way.  She will also elaborate on Francine Shapiro’s plateaus of processing and how to use this framework to understand why the client is stuck and which interweaves to use in which part of the processing.  Suicidal and self-harming behavior will be discussed from a trauma lens.  

Arianna Struik is a highly sought after trainer having presented at EMDRIA Canada and elsewhere.  This is a webinar you really, really don’t want to miss!  And will be highly discounted for our Georgia EMDR Network.  Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emdr-and-target-selection-for-guilt-and-shame-tickets-1000376612377 for $45 registration.  NO RE-PLAYS available for this webinar, only live.  EMDRIA CEUs approved. 

• We’ve collaborated with Envision Workshops to offer our Georgia EMDR Network a 15% discount for upcoming EMDR workshops 😊

  October 25^th   10am-4:45pm EST “EMDR 2.0!” with Drs Ad De Jongh and Suzy Matthijssen     https://workshops.envisioncourses.com/emdr-20-enhanced-emdr-therapy-usd/?coupon=GEORGIAEMDR15OFF

  Plus pencil in for the following week a local PEER EMDR 2.0 DISCUSSION GROUP  November 1st   2pm EST  on ZOOM after attending EMDR 2.0 (or a previous EMDR 2.0 workshop) to discuss incorporating this EMDR protocol into your work!  Zoom link:     Meeting ID: 838 4561 3205        Passcode: 890210  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83845613205?pwd=wG7xDm2y6ACoT1f5IA7PBghdcB6saK.1

• We’ve also collaborated with Krentzel-Tattersall Trainings to offer our Georgia EMDR Network a 15% discount for upcoming EGO STATE and EMDR 10-month course 😊 

  Ego State and EMDR- Working with Complex PTSD and Dissociation.  Once a month for 2 hours course, the first Friday of every month from 9-11am EST.  Sept 2024-June 2025.

  Develop mastery in working with complex trauma presentations.  The course builds on Ego state models integrated with the AIP model and assists clinicians in understanding how to conceptualize and treat complex trauma.  Classes consist of didactic learning along with videos of work with clients that compliments the teachings.  Contact them on website to learn how to receive the awesome discount!     https://www.krentzel-tattersall.com/ego-states-10-session-program

We also host local presentations and networking activities.  Please join us! 

• Thursday evening, August 22^nd 7pm FREE EMDR Community ICE CREAM SOCIAL!  At Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream, Perimeter   Let’s build community and network while enjoying a summer treat.  Don’t be shy😊  We want to meet and greet with as many of our EMDR community as possible.  Bring business cards.  Please notify Angie@clinicalconversationsinc.com that you plan to attend.  Address 1230 Ashford Crossing #300-A, Atlanta 30346

• September 20^th 1-3pm EST          FREE presentation on  “Special EMDR Considerations when Working with Men” by EMDR Approved Consultant Jeremy Fox, LPC.  This free in-person! event hosted by High Focus in Johns Creek.  Do you treat men in your practice? Do you need a refresher in how to overcome blocks or under-accessing of emotions during phase 4 of EMDR? If so, this is the presentation for you. Join us as we explore the distinctive EMDR conceptualization and treatment concerns relevant to male clients. We will address crucial cultural concerns that will benefit all EMDR therapists who treat men, the foundational factors essential for effective EMDR therapy with men, as well as ego state and IFS-informed treatment planning, interweaves, and reprocessing for male clients. 

  We will also discuss how to surmount common blocks in reprocessing with special protocols, including Ulrich Lanius’ Bottom Up Protocol, Jim Knipe’s Level of Urge to Avoid (LOUA) procedure, and somatically-informed cognitive interweaves.  We will also explore a newly peer-reviewed and published AIP model method of action, the Zeigarnik effect, and how this may inform both target conceptualization and relieve blocked reprocessing during phase 4. 

  Participants must be EMDRIA Basic Trained to attend. 1.5 EMDRIA CEUs will be applied for.  Attendance is limited to 20 people so please email Angie@clinicalconversationsinc.com to reserve your spot.  Light and yummy snacks and drinks provided.