Elaine Strid – EMDR: Effectively Treat Trauma and Move Clients Forward

Outline

EMDR & How it Changes the Brain

• Definition: Origin from Francine Shapiro
• Purpose in resolution of trauma
• How EMDR rewires the brain
• Neurobiology

EMDR 8 Stages Protocol and More

• Get the client ready for EMDR
• Identify and explain the 8 Stages
• How to handle dissociation
• Checking the safety in the safe place
• SUDs (Subjective Units of Distress)
• Negative and positive cognition
• Installing the positive
• Using body scans
• Being very present and aware of your client
• Re-evaluation
• What to do when things aren’t working well

EMDR Techniques for You and Your Clients

• Safe place techniques for clients outside of therapy
• EMDR when flashbacks happen
• Butterfly hug
• Hot water bath
• Self-tapping
• Foot in shoe tapping
• Breathing out the bad, In with the good

Teaching EMDR Techniques to Clients

• Entry level – benefits to develop safety to use in session
• Add to the client’s toolbox while trauma resolution is occurring
• Develop the client into 3 confidence levels using EMDR techniques:
  • Safety with self
  • Safety with others they are close to
  • Safety with strangers & general safety in public

Importance of Positive EMDR/Positive Cognition Reinforcement

• Practice counselor confidence with EMDR
• Find where the deficits are
• Build self-control, confidence and character traits in your clients
• Help clients develop skills in maturity in relationships
• Help them become more self-aware
  • Somatization awareness
  • Emotional shutdowns
  • Inability to bond
• Build self-value in clients
  • Bonding/attachment skills
  • Confidence in goal setting
  • Capabilities to say no/yes to their dreams

How to Pair EMDR with Other Therapies

• Research base for using EMDR with other therapy techniques
  • CBT
  • Mindfulness
  • Gestalt
  • Pet/Equine

EMDR in Action- Practice Throughout Both Days

• Watch a transformation via an EMDR demonstration
• Practice with questions and body scanning
• Practice of positive cognition and new brain traits
• Use EMDR in fear situations
• EMDR for confidence building
• Restore Self from Compassion Fatigue for yourself

Where to Go from Here?

• EMDRIA Certification guidelines and information
• More intensive EMDR trainings
• Other EMDR resources