You can see a full list of trainers in the UK on the EMDR Association website.
EMDR Training in Sussex, and online:
Trainer: Dr Ines Santos (Clinical Psychologist, HCPC Registered, EMDR Europe Accredited Trainer and Consultant)
For details, please contact Ines via her website at EMDR Nexus.
EMDR Child & Adolescent Training (open to those who have completed at least Level 1 training in EMDR):
Level 1, 28th & 29th June, 2024
Level 2, 4th and 5th October, 2040
For an application form please contact Joanne Morris-Smith at
EMDR LEVEL I CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAINING
JOANNE MORRIS-SMITH C. Psychol.
EMDR EUROPE ACCREDITED CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAINER
Friday 28th & Saturday 29th June 2024
9.15 am – 5.00pm
at
The Red Room
CityCoast Centre
North Street
Portslade
East Sussex
BN41 1DG
This EMDR Europe Accredited level I Child Training introduces the use of EMDR with children and adolescents. It is open to therapists who have completed Level I EMDR or Parts 1 & 2. The focus is on clinical skills training in the basic adaptations of the standard EMDR protocol which are necessary when working with children. This training is designed for clinicians experienced in working with children and adolescents according to the criteria defined in the EMDR UK & I Association Guidelines for Working with Children and Adolescents.
The training will consider the changing needs of children at different developmental stages, from 2 - 16 years of age, and how the basic EMDR protocol may be adapted to address these needs. Differences between adults and children in their responses to the EMDR process will also be considered, together with how to assess these responses in children. Determining when the use of EMDR is, and is not, an appropriate and safe therapeutic process to use with children will be explored, as well as how to screen for potential hazards, including issues such as attachment disorders and dissociation. Timing of EMDR in the therapeutic process will also be considered.
By means of video demonstration and case examples, participants will learn how to apply EMDR with children who have experienced past traumatic events such as road traffic accidents, bereavement, fire, and hospitalisation, as well as its application with domestic violence and specific phobias. The use of EMDR with children who have experienced prolonged difficulties; including bullying, bed-wetting, and nightmares will also be discussed. There will also be an introduction to the use of EMDR with multiple and severe and complex traumas in childhood. Participants are encouraged to bring with them any relevant case material they might wish to discuss, since ample time will be allowed for both troubleshooting and for case consultation of existing or potential clients.
About the presenter.
Joanne Morris-Smith, Consultant Chartered Psychologist has been working in Clinical Child Psychology for the last 41 years and has worked in a number of large teaching hospitals. She is an EMDR Europe Accredited Child Trainer and also as an EMDR Institute Facilitator. She founded and chaired the EMDR Europe Child Section Committee for 18 years and been incorporating EMDR into her clinical practise for the last 26 years. A former Deputy Director of the Traumatic Stress Clinic, Joanne founded and runs a similar Child Trauma Clinic for Surrey & Borders NHS FT, which has been running since 1995. She also works in private practise and has been teaching EMDR in Europe for over 20 years. She has presented a number of papers on the subject at international conferences and edited and Occasional Paper of Association of Child Psychology and Psychiatry entitled EMDR: Clinical Applications with Children. No.19. January 2002. She is also co-author of “EMDR for the Next Generation: Healing Children & Families. She has been awarded prizes from The Pierre Janet Centre, University of Lorraine is an Honorary Member of the EMDR UK Association and was awarded the David Sevan-Schreiber Award by EMDR Europe in 2020 for her numerous contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of EMDR.
EMDR CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAINING LEVEL II
JOANNE MORRIS-SMITH C. Psychol.
EMDR EUROPE ACCREDITED CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAINER
Friday 4th & Saturday 5th October 2024
9.15 am – 5.00pm
at
The Red Room
CityCoast Centre
North Street
Portslade,
East Sussex
BN41 1DG
This EMDR Europe Accredited level II Child & Adolescent Training aims to extend and deepen the knowledge of how to use EMDR with children and adolescents with complex traumatisation and developmental trauma disorders. It is open to therapists who have completed an EMDR Europe Accredited Level I Child & Adolescent training as well as having completed EMDR Level II general training or Part 3 & 4 EMDR general training.
The training will briefly review the changing needs of children at different developmental stages, from 2 - 16 years of age, and how the basic EMDR protocol may be adapted to address these needs. Children suffering multiple complex traumatisation have a much greater need for the integration of trauma work with other aspects and treatment of the child’s world. Issues affecting affect regulation, the family system, social relationships, educational functioning and attachment will be discussed in relation to children and adolescents with complex needs. For children with complex traumatisation there is a fundamental need to establish stabilisation and containment and the timing of EMDR processing in the overall treatment plan will be explored. Developing an insight into the window of tolerance for such fragile clients is discussed. The neurobiological aspects of affect regulation and increasing affect tolerance during treatment will all be explored together with developing attunement and fractionating targets. Resource development techniques and resilience will also be explored, together with how and when to use cognitive, educational and other interweaves with these children. How to work with dissociative children and adolescents using EMDR will also be examined.By means of video demonstration and case examples, participants will learn how to apply EMDR with children and adolescents with complex and multiple traumatisation as a result of severe and complex traumatic events including multiple different traumas, domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, attachment disorders and dissociative disorders. Participants are encouraged to bring with them any relevant case material they might wish to discuss, since ample time will be allowed for both troubleshooting and for case consultation of existing or potential clients.
About the presenter.
Joanne Morris-Smith, Consultant Chartered Psychologist has been working in Clinical Child Psychology for the last 41 years and has worked in a number of large teaching hospitals. She is an EMDR Europe Accredited Child Trainer and also as an EMDR Institute Facilitator. She founded and chaired the EMDR Europe Child Section Committee for 18 years and been incorporating EMDR into her clinical practise for the last 26 years. A former Deputy Director of the Traumatic Stress Clinic, Joanne founded and runs a similar Child Trauma Clinic for Surrey & Borders NHS FT, which has been running since 1995. She also works in private practise and has been teaching EMDR in Europe for over 20 years. She has presented a number of papers on the subject at international conferences and edited and Occasional Paper of Association of Child Psychology and Psychiatry entitled EMDR: Clinical Applications with Children. No.19. January 2002. She is also co-author of “EMDR for the Next Generation: Healing Children & Families. She has been awarded prizes from The Pierre Janet Centre, University of Lorraine is an Honorary Member of the EMDR UK Association and was awarded the David Sevan-Schreiber Award by EMDR Europe in 2020 for her numerous contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of EMDR.