GS2: The Elephant in the Room: Systemic Racism and Psychotherapy

This special plenary presentation will contain a panel of experts who will discuss the importance of educating ourselves about systemic racism, the challenges and opportunities to address racism in EMDR therapy and what we can do to challenge systemic racism. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 213: Parts at Play: Integrating Dissociation Theory and Play Therapy with EMDR

Learn to recognize, access, and build cooperation among self-states of children in the playroom applying key principles to guide treatment. The workshop teaches safety and gradual exposure in the playroom to allow self-states to emerge during preparation for EMDR. * Please note that this program is not approved by the American Psychological Association for CE for psychologists. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 225: Healing the Healer: EMDR-IGTP-OTS & Vicarious Trauma in Black Clinicians

As anti-racism awareness grows, a need arises to resource black clinicians who absorb stories of racism from their clients. Previous research focused on preventing secondary trauma in therapists mostly by increasing coping skills. Little research exists on race-related secondary trauma and the treatment of race-related trauma in therapists. These presenters will detail the use of EMDR-IGTP-OTS in decreasing traumatic stress in black clinicians. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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GS3: EMDR Therapy with an Afrocentric Critical Race Perspective

Despite EMDR’s efficacy, there are minimal references to diversity in EMDR research, and no protocol adaptations for African American clients. Without consideration of the lived experiences of African Americans or acknowledgement of stigma, shame and historical trauma, the relevance of identity, privilege and inclusion in treatment is obscured. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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GS5: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation

To overcome self-alienation, the therapy must focus on transforming the implicitly remembered traumatic experiences by helping clients observe painful emotions and body sensations as communications from their disowned selves and then providing the ‘missing experiences’ for which their child parts have longed. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 312: EMDR in the Treatment of Pain – Underlying Concepts and Current Evidence

The lecture outlines the use of EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain. In the context of this lecture, we will first address the question of how emotional stress and psychological trauma lead to physical pain, before dealing with the specificities of EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain conditions. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 322: Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR Therapy for Chronic Pain—The SAFE Model

This workshop will cover ways of working with pain in all eight phases using the basic EMDR protocol and utilize history taking, preparation, targeting, and reprocessing approaches informed by neuroscience and attachment theory to desensitize the physical and emotional disturbance associated with chronic pain. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 323: Recent Neural Findings: The Dormant Potential of the Body Scan

This seminar will integrate the data regarding the Default Mode Network and the Mirror Neuron System to illustrate the implications of this material with respect to current EMDR treatment; with a specific focus on the expanded utilization of the body scan to render it more robust. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 324: EMDR Treatment of Simple, Complex, and Dissociative Panic

This presentation provides clinicians with research and clinically informed treatment plans for alleviating symptoms of panic across of range of cases. Clinical examples and guidelines are presented for identifying targets, when to extend preparation phase work, and when to address core attachment material or hidden dissociative phobias. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 411: EMDR 2.0. An Enhanced Version of EMDR Therapy?

The purpose of this workshop is to gain new inspiration, based upon this knowledge, for the treatment of patients who display high levels of anxiety and dissociation and show limited treatment effects. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 413: Social Trauma and Adversity: Restoring Connectedness and Resilience

This true “workshop” will include clinical tools and experiential exercises designed to convey key concepts including the nature of social information processing, ingroup/outgroup effects, a new category of resonating NC/PCs (connectedness/belonging), social identity formation, internalized social messages, the impact of “isms” and multiple cultural considerations. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 414: EMDR with Substance Use & Co-Occurring Addictive Behaviors

This program focuses on understanding treatment for addictive disorders such as substance abuse, eating disorders, self-harm behaviors, and love/sex addiction using EMDR Therapy. This program provides insight into case conceptualization and treatment planning when working with clients suffering from substance use disorder and co-occurring addictive behaviors. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 415: Utilization of EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning

Different theoretical frameworks (including attachment theory which research shows underlies the variation in grief reactions) will be presented to guide case conceptualization and utilization of the 8 phases of EMDR therapy for grief and mourning. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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Session 416: EMDR Therapy & Dyslexia

This presentation will explore the ‘lived experience’ of Dyslexia through the lens of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP). It will outline how the AIP paradigm is used for case conceptualization and subsequent treatment using EMDR Therapy. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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GS6: EMDR in the Treatment of Depression – The EMDR DeprEnd Protocol

The studies and our cases show that EMDR is at least equal to CBT treatment in depression (equivalence) but seems to result in more complete remissions than other interventions. EMDR may also lead to a decreased risk of relapses, as an incomplete remission increases the risk of relapse 5 times. In the workshop, the evidence will be presented and our treatment manual (DeprEndr protocol) will be introduced. Please note that all sessions start on U.S. Central Time (UTC-05:00).

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