Saturday, 12th October, 2019: Mini-Conference
9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: City Coast Centre, North Road, Portslade, BN41 1DG.
The EMDR Sussex Regional Group is holding a FREE mini-conference of local speakers. It is open to all local EMDR therapists. It is an opportunity to hear about the excellent and innovative EMDR work being done locally and to network.
The topics will include:
Cognitive Neuroscience approach to trauma and the neurobiological mechanisms underpinning EMDR, and current therapeutic interventions - Trudi Edginton
The use of EMDR therapy in a renal setting - Maria Tribe and Victoria Jane Sudlow
EMDR with domestic violence survivors - Helen Lea, Polly Irvin and Eve Sharp
EMDR with children in a medical setting - Charlotte Savins
EMDR and hypnosis in the treatment of trauma - Ruth Henderson
There will also be an opportunity to discuss and set up peer support groups - both regional and topic-based.
A vegetarian and vegan lunch will be provided. If you need a gluten-free option please let us know when you book your ticket.
Transport
There is some parking in the undergroud car park at the venue on a first-come, first-served basis; additional street parking nearby. Buses on nearby Boundary Road and Portslade railway station is a 10 minute walk.
Saturday, 25th January, 2020 - OCD Workshop led by Karsten Böhm
Venue: City Coast Centre, North Road, Portslade, BN41 1DG.
Karsten Böhm (Dr.phil., Dipl.Psych.) is a Trainer in EMDR, Consultant in CBT, and specialist in OCD, Anxiety Disorders and PTSD psychotherapy. He is president of the German EMDRIA board and also member of the German National Guideline Commission on the treatment of OCD. He is a lecturer for psychotherapy at the EMDR-Institute Germany, institutes for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Stuttgart, Bale in Switzerland), medical councils and on several congresses (DGPPN Congress Berlin etc.). He has published a number of articles, chapters and working materials on the use of EMDR in OCD patients. From 2003-2009, he worked as a clinical and ward psychologist at the University Hospital of Freiburg. Currently, he is working as a leading psychologist in Klinik Friedenweiler of Friedenweiler in the Black Forrest, Germany.
Workshop content:
OCDs are difficult to treat.
Various studies have demonstrated that 15–40% of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) do not respond to it; they cannot be motivated to undergo treatment, drop out, or experience persisting difficulties in regulating their emotions. In this practical workshop, EMDR is presented as an additional method in the treatment of OCD.
OCD-patients experienced EMDR as a useful and motivating method. Furthermore, they felt encouraged to deal with their emotions in additional psychological treatments. Confrontation therapy markedly reduced OCD symptoms.
EMDR is shown as a useful augmentation method in treating patients with OCD by using videos, live-demonstrations and speech. Especially, important interweaves for OCD-patients the timing in therapy will be shown.
Trichotillomania seems to be quite similar to treat – but in reality, a lot of changes have to be done to make a treatment work. Differences in the use of EMDR will be shown and demonstrated.
Learning:
Demonstrate the use of the EMDR-protocol for OCD patients
Create specific interweaves for OCD patients
Differentiation between the use of EMDR in OCD and PTSD
Combination of behaviour and emotional level in the treatment for OCD
Use of negative and positive cognitions in OCD Patients
Trichotillomania treatment-plan and EMDR process
Tickets will be available later in the year.
EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. EMDR is a type of psychotherapy used to treat a variety of psychological difficulties.