Expanding Horizons: Group EMDR Therapy for Children + Families

Live, Virtual Training with EMDRIA-Approved Consultant Cherilyn Rowland Petrie, MA, LMHC

Friday, October 4th 10AM - 3 PM Eastern Time

Skill Level: Intermediate

3.5 EMDRIA Credits Program #17019-84

3.5 CEs

This is a live, virtual training held via Zoom.

Prerequisite: Completion of an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Basic Training

About This Course

Recent years have been stressful, with the world experiencing wars, a pandemic, and political unrest. Smaller crises exist as well, with families in turmoil when a child becomes ill, when stable housing is lost, or when a family member struggles with addiction. In these times, need often outpaces the availability of clinicians able to help. Group models of EMDR Therapy, an evidenced-based treatment, allow more youth and families to receive treatment in a way that is flexible and can be implemented with various age groups, generations, cultures, clinical issues, and settings. Clinician skill and confidence will grow as strategies and guidelines for implementing group protocols with children, adolescents, and families are presented.

In this program, participants will learn about available Group EMDR protocols, the evidence base that supports this work, and both how and when group EMDR work can be implemented with children, teens, and families in various clinical settings. Specifically, clinicians will learn adaptations to accommodate groups of various ages, what to consider when forming groups, and how to begin conceptualizing a place for group EMDR work within their clinical settings. Common perceived barriers to group EMDR work will be discussed, as well as effective strategies to overcome them.

Who Should Take this Training:

This presentation is designed for clinicians who might work with children, teens, and/or families either in their regular practice setting or through community and disaster response efforts, regardless of whether they have previous training in group protocols. Administrators interested in implementing group EMDR work in practice settings involving youth and their families will benefit as well.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify research support for 5 protocols for Group EMDR work with children, teens, and families.
Participants will identify 5 adaptations to facilitate implementing group EMDR protocols with children and families.
Participants will identify 3 perceived barriers to implementing group EMDR practice and 3 possible solutions.

Fees

$125

Cancellation policy: full fee minus $15 before 09/20/24 (two weeks prior to training).
No refund after 09/20/24

CEs

Licensed Participants who complete the full training are eligible to receive 3.5 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.

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.

Connect Training + Consulting is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Connect Training + Consulting maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

About The Presenter: Cherilyn Rowland Petrie, MA, LMHC

Cherilyn became a Florida Qualified Supervisor in 2006 and was credentialed as an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant 2013.

For 20 years, Cherilyn worked as a therapist and then Clinical Supervisor for the Mental Health Team at Kids House, a Children’s Advocacy Center in Seminole County, Florida. There, she specialized in using EMDR Therapy to treat children and adolescents who have experienced early trauma, attachment injury, and neglect, and who have complex clinical presentations.

Now in private practice, Cherilyn remains committed to training others to meet the needs of these traumatized children. She believes in supporting other professionals as they navigate the learning curve of EMDR Therapy and is excited about helping them find creative and effective ways to intervene in the lives of children.

Cherilyn understands the needs of community mental health agencies and the investment they make in training. She is dedicated to helping agencies develop working environments that foster retention of EMDR-trained staff.

Schedule – Eastern Time Zone

10 am - 10:15 am Sign-in, Tech-Check, and Housekeeping

10:15 am - 12 pm Lecture with 15 minute break

12 pm - 1 pm Lunch

1pm – 3 pm – Lecture, Practice, & Videos with 15 minute break

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 both training days in their entirety and actively participate in all supervised practice exercises in order to receive a certificate of completion for this training. Those who attend this workshop in full and complete all the appropriate evaluation forms are eligible to receive CE credits if they have paid for them. 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.

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.