All ABOUT GROUP EMDR: Principles, Protocols, and Applications

Live, Virtual Training with EMDRIA-Approved Trainer Reg Morrow Robinson

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Skill Level: Beginner

3 EMDRIA Credit Program #17019-85

3 CEs Available

This is a live, virtual training held via Zoom.

About This Course:

Whether you’re already trained in an EMDR Group protocol or new to the neighborhood, there’s a lot more to learn about EMDR for Groups…and the possibilities might surprise you.

In addition to Early Intervention for crisis and community disaster, the growing field of EMDR Group protocols now addresses a broad range of applications, populations, and situations. It holds enormous potential to change how and where we practice EMDR Therapy.

Group EMDR expands the options for safely working with adults, kids, and even individuals within a variety of treatment settings and time parameters. "Group" interventions can even be used with individual clients. Whether in the field or in the office, they can help therapists maximize resources while managing window of tolerance in clients with acute trauma, complex trauma, and other diagnoses.

In this three-hour presentation, Group EMDR expert Reg Morrow Robinson will first provide an overview of current EMDR Group protocols and derived techniques to acquaint participants with a variety of options and levels of intervention. She will then explain how to include these options within AIP-informed case conceptualization and treatment planning by outlining where and how each protocol and technique fits into the eight phases and three prongs of EMDR Therapy.

Discussion will focus on how to blend EMDR Group with other therapy approaches related to specific diagnoses and situations. By the end of the workshop, participants will better understand when to include Group protocols and techniques within a stepped care approach, and how to choose the appropriate intervention(s) for a variety of symptoms presentations and diagnoses.

Please note that this brief workshop is meant to assist you in understanding options and developing your plan for a group program aimed at the specific population(s) you wish to serve. It will not teach the specific procedural steps of each protocol or provide practicum opportunities. If you are interested in being trained in G-TEP (the Group Traumatic Episode Protocol) you can learn more here.

About the Presenter: Reg Morrow Robinson, Ed.S, LMHC, LMFT, NCC

During her 30+ years of practice, Reg has delighted in working with other therapists to create a more resilient and connected community.

Reg trained in EMDR in 1995 and completed rigorous EMDR Trainer Training with Dr. Francine Shapiro in 2008. She went on to become an EMDR Institute Trainer before co-founding Connect Training + Consulting. Reg has helped healing professionals across the country master EMDR Therapy through her work as an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, Recent & Group Traumatic Episode (R-TEP/G-TEP) Trainer, EMDRIA Consultant, and Greater Orlando EMDRIA Regional Network Co-Coordinator.

Reg is co-editor of the groundbreaking book: EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond, through Springer Publications. In response to COVID in 2020, Reg wrote Levels of Care for the Coronavirus. In M Luber’s (ed.), EMDR Resources in the Era of COVID-19. She also co-developed the Core Competencies of EMDR Therapy (2015) copyrighted 6.5.2016 .

Reg is the coordinator of Elan Shapiro’s Recent & Group Traumatic Protocols International Network of Trainers, Researchers and therapists. She is a frequent presenter EMDRIA conferences and EMDR Early Intervention summits on the topics of EMDR Consultation, Early Intervention, and Disaster Response.

Reg also has significant expertise in the areas of complex trauma and dissociation. Together with Bill Brislin, she offers the 10 month courses Master Class for Complex Trauma, for EMDR Therapists, and Foundations in Complex Trauma and Dissociation, which is open to therapists with or without training in EMDR Therapy.

Reg has been active in AAMFT nationally and locally since graduate school, serving as president of both her student MFT group and the local Orlando, Florida chapter. She now maintains a virtual practice in Cape Canaveral, FL focusing on individuals and couples recovering from trauma and helping to strengthen relationships.

Learning Objectives:

1. List 6 EMDR Group protocols and derived techniques.

2. List 5 settings or situations in which Group EMDR can be used.

3. Name 3 ways to utilize EMDR Group protocols and derived techniques with clinical populations such as refuges, patients addressing serious or chronic medical conditions, depression, anxiety, addictions, divorce, performance enhancement, and culturally based trauma.

Schedule – Eastern Time Zone

9:45 am - 11:00 am Welcome. Overview of current EMDR Group Protocols and advantages of providing EMDR Group programs.

11:00 am - 11:15 am Break

11:15 am -12 pm - How early EMDR intervention concepts work well for EMDR groups, creating a group plan using concepts from stepped care approach, working with the 8 phases and 3 prongs in a group.

12:00 pm - 1 pm – How to build an EMDR Group program designed to meet different needs. Examples of programs.

Fees

$95

3 EMDRIA Credits

Cancellation policy: full fee minus $15 before two weeks prior to training.
No refund after October 12, 2024.

ADA Assistance

Our in-person trainings are held in facilities that are in compliance with the American Disabilities Act. Please contact Claire at Claire@ConnectEMDR.com or (407) 970-7915 if accommodation is required for this online training.

Statement of Proactive Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

Connect welcomes trainees and consultees from all cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual and gender orientations. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for all trainees and consultees, including Black People, People of Color, Indigenous People, and LGBTQ People. We pledge to proactively address issues of cultural competence and culturally-based trauma during every phase of professional development.

Attendance Requirement

Per EMDRIA, participants must attend the training in its entirety in order to receive a certificate of completion for their training. Those who miss more than 15 minutes of any portion of the training, at any point during the training, may be dismissed from the training at the discretion of the staff and will not receive a certificate of completion, CE credits, or a refund.

CEs

Connect is approved by:

The American Psychological Association (APA). Connect is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Connect maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The National Board of Certified Counselors. Connect has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7534
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.

While most states and licensing boards accept course work that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, licensed professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

This course's APA approval is accepted by social work and counseling boards in most states.

Grievances:

Connect seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to info@ConnectEMDR.com. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.

There is no known conflict of interest nor commercial support for this program.

ALL ABOUT GROUP EMDR: Principles, Protocols, and Applications with Reg Morrow Robinson