Training
EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Presented by Sarah Schubert.
Overview:
This advanced 3-day training gives you knowledge, competence, and confidence to adapt EMDR therapy, as an evidence-based trauma treatment (WHO, 2013; ISTSS, 2020; Phoenix, 2020) into your clinical work with children and adolescents. This Level 2 EMDR training introduces how to creatively adapt each phase of EMDR therapy, the language and techniques, to the child’s developmental age (0-4, 5-12, 13-18 years) and needs.
The training teaches specific skills and techniques for how to prepare younger clients for trauma-focused work, how to compassionately understand blocks, fears, and resistance to memory reprocessing, and incorporates consideration for working with families, and processing of preverbal trauma. This training includes advanced AIP case conceptualisation for complex PTSD and comorbid presentations across the life span, fidelity drift, and advanced EMDR skills, such as interweaves, resourcing, and techniques for dissociation. Various preparation and memory reprocessing protocols are taught in a way that allows creative, flexible, and effective use with clients across the life span.
All Sarah Schubert Psychology workshops and consultation groups are conducted in accord with our Terms and Conditions of Service.
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Trainees will be able to:
Discuss theory underlying EMDR and evidence for its use with children.
Provide children, adolescents, and parents a rationale for trauma-focused work and describe memory and the procedures involved in EMDR therapy.
Adjust each phase of EMDR to the developmental age and needs of the child.
Conceptualise simple and more complex case presentations within an EMDR AIP framework.
Consciously conceptualise the preparation phase with clients across the life span.
Develop a treatment plan and integrate EMDR into a comprehensive child treatment approach.
Understand the role of parents in EMDR therapy.
Effectively use a Resource Development protocol and Cognitive Interweaves.
Work with and treat preverbal trauma using an EMDR storytelling method.
Competence in the use of restricted and contained memory reprocessing protocols.
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This training is accredited by the EMDR Association of Australia as a level 2 training that may form part of basic EMDR trainings. EMDR training as accredited by EMDRAA consits of completion of an accredited Level 1 and Level 2 EMDR training, and 10 hours of EMDR consultation. Refer to EMDRAA for details of EMDR training requirements.
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EMDR-consultation is not part of the training. However, EMDR-consultation by an EMDR Child Consultant is strongly recommended to build on skills, build confidence, integrate knowledge, and ensure safe and effective therapeutic work with complex client presentations.
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The cost of the training is $1,000 + GST per person. This includes all course materials and meals.
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EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Sydney
May 15 - 17, 2024
Prerequisite: EMDR Level 1 (introductory) training, with some experience (at least 4 clients) using EMDR memory reprocessing with clients.
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EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Melbourne
May 29 - 31, 2024
Prerequisite: EMDR Level 1 (introductory) training, with some experience (at least 4 clients) using EMDR memory reprocessing with clients.
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EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Perth
June 12 - 14, 2024
Prerequisite: EMDR Level 1 (introductory) training, with some experience (at least 4 clients) using EMDR memory reprocessing with clients.
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EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Newcastle
August 14 - 16, 2024
Prerequisite: EMDR Level 1 (introductory) training, with some experience (at least 4 clients) using EMDR memory reprocessing with clients.
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EMDR Level Two: Children and Adolescents
Melbourne
Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2024
Prerequisite: EMDR Level 1 (introductory) training, with some experience (at least 4 clients) using EMDR memory reprocessing with clients.
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EMDR Therapy Trainings
For all levels of experience, across the lifespan.
Sarah is currently redeveloping her EMDR trainings.
EMDR Part One: Introductory Training
This is an introductory workshop, This workshop will focus on the theroy and applications of EMDR therapy to PTSD and other presentations within various populations. the aim is that you will have knowlege of trauma theory and treatment and feel confident and competent to begin integrating EMDR Therapy into your clincial work with your clients.
EMDR Part Two: Advanced Adult
This is an advanced training that aims to provide knowledge and skill to apply EMDR therapy to clients with complex, comorbid trauma related presentations, including dissociation. This training will include AIP case conceptialisation skills,, adevanced EMDR preparation theory and echniques, therapeutic interweaves, skills for working with defences, fears, phobias and blocks, and specific EMDR protocols for complex issues, and a refresh on EMDR fidelity.
EMDR Part Two: Advanced children & adolescents
This advanced training gives you knowledge and confidence to adapt EMDR therapy into your clinical work with children and adolescents. This focuses on AIP case conceptualisation for complex PTSD and comorbid presentations, advanced EMDR skills, such as interweaves, resourcing, & techniques for dissociation, and various EMDR protocols that can be adapted with clients across the life span.
For 2025 EMDR Therapy Training dates will be released as soon as Trainings are reaccredited with the EMDR Association of Australia.
Basic Training in EMDR, as accredited by EMDRAA, requires completion of an introductory and an advanced training, and 10 hours of EMDR consultation.
EMDR Therapy trainings will meet AHPRA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development.
For information on EMDR trainings that will be released in 2024 please sign up to register your interest, or email via the contact page if you have a request for in-house training for your organisation.
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Past Training Events
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Adherence to best practice EMDR: Fidelity in the real world
Presented by Dr. Sarah Schubert and A/P Chris Lee.
This webinar focus’ on developing understanding of the EMDR Fidelity Scale (Cooper et al., 2019) to enhance best practice in your clinical setting. Chris Lee will speak to the history, development, and validity of the EMDR Fidelity Scale. Sarah Schubert will discuss the practical application, scoring, and speak to how the scale can be utilised in a flexible way as an EMDR Therapist and consultant.
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EMDR Association of Australia Webinar
Considering the science and conscious conceptualisation for effective EMDR preparation
Dr Sarah Schubert explored the theory of preparation below AIP theory, from the perspective of polyvagal, attachment, and interpersonal neurobiology. From theory, Sarah brought the language and clinical decision making in the preparation phases of EMDR therapy to a conscious level to increase efficiency in creating integrative capacity for memory processing.
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Safe and Sound Protocol Podcast- A Polyvagal Theory Informed Therapy
Episode 14: EMDR and the Safe and Sound Protocol....... a perfect combination. Dr Sarah Schubert, Psychologist and EMDR instructor talks about blending Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol within the EMDR framework.
December 12, 2020 presenter: Joanne Mcintyre
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The Innate Healing wisdom of the body in EMDR Therapy
In this episode Sarah shares her wisdom with us about EMDR as an integrative transdiagnostic therapy.
We talk about the AIP model being a body based model, Symptoms as a reflection of memory being triggered and once adaptive and much more.
