EMDR LEVEL 2

Pre-requisite Experience: Please note that Level 2 applicants need to have completed Level 1 training AND had experience with 6 clients or 10 sessions, or thereabouts.  If in doubt, contact us.

New Zealand Workshops:  Auckland 4 November, Wellington 8 November.  Christchurch training may be mounted if sufficient requests received.

This workshop is presented by Graham Taylor and has been completely re-designed for 2007.  If you completed your Level One training with trainers other than Chris Lee  / Graham Taylor, contact Graham for additional material which is not included in other EMDR Level One trainings.  Many recent papers have been added to the EMDR Level One page.  Before attending the Level Two Workshop you should be familiar with all of this material.

Treatment fidelity is important in obtaining good treatment outcomes with EMDR.  Pre-workshop preparation for this workshop involves completing a fidelity check of three EMDR sessions - you will need to audio- or video- tape sessions to complete the check.    Use this Treatment Fidelity Form (PDF file).  Allow about 3 hours.
We will look at the application of EMDR to well entrenched dysfunctional schema (Core Beliefs).  See the links to the Schema Focused Therapy workshop for relevant background material.   A detailed reading and assessment package will be sent and must be completed before the training.   A self assessment must be completed, and two client assessments.  Allow 4 hours.
We will practice an advanced form of EMDR where some therapist input to the therapy process is required.  Francine Shapiro calls this "Cognitive Interweave", and the relevant chapter from her book will be supplied for pre-workshop reading.  Allow 1 hour.

We draw on Marsha Linehan's pioneering work in treating people with characteristics of "Borderline Personality Disorder" in discussing how to use EMDR with emotionally vulnerable clients.  A visit to two sites about her work is worthwhile.  Click Here and Here.