Thematic Targeting for EMDR Therapy with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

Do you get overwhelmed with Complex Trauma and Dissociative clients with how to select targets for EMDR therapy reprocessing? Dr Jamie had created an awesome presentation to address this very issue. You will gain comfort with your decision-making abilities to develop target selection in a client-centered manner. “Thematic Client History in EMDR Therapy: Enhancing Your Effectiveness with Complex Trauma & Dissociation”

Dr. Francine Shapiro, the founder of EMDR Therapy, indicated that there are many ways to conduct Phase 1 Client History. For clients who experiences complex trauma and clinically significant dissociation, engaging in a history taking process that is too chronological or too list-oriented might be overwhelming or impractical. In this workshop, Dr. Jamie Marich brings in her experience as a phenomenological researcher to assist EMDR therapists in thinking more thematically. Participants are oriented to the phenomenological principles of theme. They will then learn how to conduct a client history thematically for optimally target selection and case conceptualization, with opportunities for practice and discussion.

This presentation is open only for those who have completed EMDRIA basic training. GA LPC and SW CEUS will be applied for as well as EMDRIA CEUs. ((If you are licensed in a state other than Georgia, pre- or post-program approval forms may need to be sent, and you are responsible for checking into the rules of the licensure board in your state as to what is required. If your state does not accept out-of-state providers under any circumstances, we can make arrangements to offer you ASWB or NBCC credits. However, we need to know this BEFORE the training to secure those credits. Please email angie@clinicalconversationsinc.com to discuss))

After this workshop participants will be able to

1. To explain the principles of phenomenology and its connection to the word theme and the term lived experience

2. To list and critically evaluate three major approaches in the EMDR Therapy community other than thematic client history for conducting Phase 1 Client History

3. To conceptualize a client case in the EMDR approach to psychotherapy using the thematic client history approach

4. To select targets for EMDR Therapy reprocessing and develop an ideal “order of operations” in a client-centered manner

Dr. Jamie Marich (she/they/we) is the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, the author of EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches for Using EMDR with Every Client (2011), Trauma and the Twelve Steps: A Complete Guide for Recovery Enhancement (2012), Creative Mindfulness (2013), Trauma Made Simple: Competencies in Assessment, Treatment, and Working with Survivors, Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation (2015), and Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery (2019). Jamie has also co-authored a couple books. Her best-selling book to date, Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Life as well as her personal memoir about surviving spiritual abuse called You Lied to Me About God arrived on all our bookshelves in the last two years. We are thrilled to be sponsoring this excellent author, EMDR clinician, and presenter.