June 20th - FROM TRAINING TO TREATMENT: MASTER EMDR IMPLEMENTATION - VIRTUAL
FRIDAY JUNE 20TH, 9AM - 12:30PM
VIRTUAL
FRIDAY JUNE 20TH, 9AM - 12:30PM
VIRTUAL
FRIDAY JUNE 20TH, 9AM - 12:30PM
VIRTUAL
From Training to Treatment: Mastering EMDR Implementation
Presenter: Sherie Hawkins, PhD, LPC, NCC, CPCS
DESCRIPTION: This is a specialized workshop designed for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) and Licensed Associate Professional Counselors (LAPCs) who have completed EMDR training but feel uncertain about incorporating it into their clinical practice. Many clinicians struggle with bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge of the standard EMDR protocol and their own clinical intuition and skills. This workshop will provide hands-on guidance, practical strategies, and real-world case applications to help therapists confidently integrate EMDR into their sessions. This workshop will empower therapists to move beyond hesitation and confidently implement EMDR in their practice, ensuring they can effectively support their clients in trauma healing.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. **Enhancing Clinician Confidence and Competence:** Using Case Studies and reviewing the EMDR Standard Protocol, Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the eight-phase EMDR protocol and how to adapt it to different client presentations while maintaining fidelity to the model. Participants will have an opportunity to talk through hesitations and fears that inhibit them from implementation.
2. **Bridging Theory and Practice:** Strengthen clinical conceptualization by integrating the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model from the start of the therapeutic relationship. Participants will learn to assess and conceptualize clients' presenting problems through a trauma-informed lens, ensuring EMDR is embedded within the treatment process rather than viewed as a standalone tool.
This objective emphasizes the importance of using EMDR as a comprehensive treatment framework rather than just an intervention technique. Research highlights that EMDR's effectiveness is maximized when therapists conceptualize cases through the AIP model, identifying how past experiences contribute to current symptoms and structuring treatment accordingly
3. **Assessing Client Readiness for EMDR Processing:** Clinicians will gain greater understanding of the need for assessing client readiness for EMDR Processing. Clinicians will gain tools for assessment including options for Standardized measures as well as client psycho-education regarding what to expect during the EMDR processing (Phase 4) in an effort to create greater client comfort.
Presenter: Sherie Hawkins PhD, LPC, NCC, CPCS
Dr. Sherie Hawkins has a passion for helping people heal from the effects of traumatic experiences. She does this through her direct work with clients primarily utilizing EMDR therapy (www.emdria.org), through her supervision of Licensed Associates and Interns who are serving clients at her practice, Hope Springs Mind, Body, Spirit (www.hopespringscounseling.org) , and through her instruction and supervision of Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate students. Sherie graduated from the University of Georgia in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, Georgia State University in 1998 with a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling, and Regent University in 2014 with a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, a Certified EMDR Practitioner, and a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Sherie founded Hope Springs Mind, Body, Spirit in 2010 as a private practice mental health counseling center that also serves to provide ancillary helping professional services to their clients in order to create opportunity for more “whole person” healing. Hope Springs was named the Georgia affiliate with the Complex Trauma Training Consortium (National Initiative to Embed Expertise in Complex Trauma-Informed Care across the United States – Foundation Trust) in 2022, and as such, provides trauma-informed training workshops to bring awareness of trauma effects physically, mentally, and emotionally as well as the means to heal from those effects.