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EMDR Skills for Treating Complex PTSD: Day One

CE Hours 6

About this course

Day One consists of an overview defining Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and the benefits for implementing additional parts work and attachment repair skills throughout the 8 phases of EMDR Therapy. Participants use the provided Therapist Manual and Client Workbook to easily diagram, implement, and demonstrate learned skills for helping clients process through trauma and heal from CPTSD. Through case presentations, discussions, and guided group exercises, participants implement additional skills into phase 1 of EMDR therapy which includes client history, attachment assessment, and protective parts mapping.

Learning Objectives

  • Specify additional interventions used in treating Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with EMDR verses standard interventions in EMDR as defined by EMDRIA.
  • Define Complex Post- traumatic Stress Disorder.
  • Illustrate how trauma is stored in the brain and explain EMDR integrating parts work and attachment repair.
  • Examine research articles identifying CPTSD and attachment related trauma.
  • Formulate a target timeline for major life events.
  • Diagram history taking tools using clusters of memories.
  • Develop and interpret an attachment assessment.
  • Compose a protective parts map and construct a reframed protective parts to internal helpers map.

Learning Levels

  • Advanced EMDR Training

Target Audience

You must have completed basic EMDR training in order to attend. This advanced training is for therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, any provider that treats clients with Complex PTSD and would like to implement specific skills to help clients reprocess trauma, healing through parts work and attachment repair.

Course Instructor(s)

  • Melanie Mahady, LMHC, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, EC Provider

    Melanie Mahady is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida and currently owns Counseling and Brain Wellness Services. She has been in practice for over 15 years and offers individual, family, and couples counseling through weekly sessions and EMDR Weekend Intensives. Her specialties include Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Eating Disorders, Group Trauma, Recent Trauma, Attachment Trauma, and other related issues. She has dedicated her professional career to helping people heal as well as guiding professionals in the field towards their career goals through consultations, education, and supervision. She believes in helping professionals around the globe reach as many people as possible on their healing journey.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity. The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Comte, M., Schön, D., Coull, J. T., Reynaud, E., Khalfa, S., Belzeaux, R., Ibrahim, E. C., Guedj, E., Blin, O., Weinberger, D. R., & Fakra, E. (2014). Dissociating Bottom-Up and Top-Down Mechanisms in the Cortico-Limbic System during Emotion Processing. Cerebral Cortex, 26(1), 144–155.
  • Moser, D. A., Aue, T., Wang, Z., Rusconi Serpa, S., Favez, N., Peterson, B. S., & Schechter, D. S. (2013). Limbic brain responses in mothers with post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid dissociation to video clips of their children. Stress, 16(5), 493–502.
  • Li, Y., Hou, X., Wei, D., Du, X., Zhang, Q., Liu, G., & Qiu, J. (2017). Long-Term Effects of Acute Stress on the Prefrontal-Limbic System in the Healthy Adult. PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0168315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168315
  • de Jongh, A., Amann, B. L., Hofmann, A., Farrell, D., & Lee, C. W. (2019). The status of EMDR therapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder 30 years after its introduction. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 13(4), 261–269.
  • Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Peters, N., Babaii, A., & Egeland, K. (2022). Implementation of evidence-based Treatment for PTSD in Norway: Clinical Outcomes and Impact of Probable Complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2116827. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2116827 ‌

CE Process Info

Content

  • Materials
    4 parts
    • Webinar Recording
    • EMDR Skills for Treating CPTSD Manual
    • EMDR for CPTSD Client Workbook
    • Protective Parts/Internal Helpers List

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0060.

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYSEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0016.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYSEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

FAQs

  • Course Completion
    To complete the course, review the course objectives, then review the material, and then pass the exam with a score of 75% or greater and lastly complete an evaluation. You will get 3 attempts to pass the course, before you will be asked to re purchase. Your certificate will be available to download immediately when you pass the course exam and complete the evaluation.
  • Course Refund
    If a refund request is made within 24 hours from the date of purchase, a refund less processing fees will be granted.
  • Target Audience
    This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.
  • Disability Accomodations
    ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs prior to registering for the course by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578.
  • CELS Grievance
    If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
EMDR Skills for Treating Complex PTSD: Day One
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  • CE Hours
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    Self-Paced
  • Publication Date
    Oct 9th, 2023

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