Many licensed mental health professionals and medical professionals have heard about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and that it has strong research for its effectiveness with trauma and other mental health issues. In this workshop, the history of EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model will be explained and discussed. Participants will learn the definition of trauma and how trauma affects the brain and central nervous system of people. For many people who have experienced trauma, they live in self-denigrating or limiting ways. The AIP model explains how EMDR Therapy helps integrate trauma experiences and memories into the adaptive portions of the brain thereby resolving the impact of trauma as a whole. Participants will be introduced to the eight Phases of EMDR therapy and how EMDR is effective with different populations and clinical disorders.
315 | EMDR: An Overview of the Evidence-Based Adaptive Information Processing Model
PRESENTERS
Kathleen Fitzgerald, M.A., Brittany Edie, M.S.
CE CREDITS
1.25
Approved For CE
ASWB, NBCC, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, AOA Category 2A Credits, Georgia Nurses Association, AAFP , Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Approved For CME/CEU
LEVEL
Intermediate
Summary
Learning Objectives
1 Discuss how trauma affects memory from the AIP model.
2 Explain the Safe Calm Place protocol and will briefly practice this technique.
3 Identify three different populations and how EMDR Therapy can be an effective treatment for various disorders in addition to PTSD.